[Am-info] Windows remains exposed despite patching
Fred A. Miller
fmiller@lightlink.com
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:58:34 -0400
"The latest Windows vulnerability still has the potential to be as devastat=
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as January's SQL Slammer worm, in spite of Microsoft's patching, and has pu=
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security vendor ISS on AlertCon 3.=20
Gunter Ollmann, ISS X-Force Security Assessment Services EMEA, said he has=
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discovered three pieces of exploit code over the last weekend that are free=
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available. Exploit codes allow writers of malicious code to use them as=20
templates around which to build worms."
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