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Code Red worm stays cool
News Widespread use of security patches seems to have minimised the danger that could have been wreaked by the Code Red worm. Several experts said Code Red was the most nefarious worm they've seen since the Cornell Internet Worm, which overloaded an...
[August 1, 2001, 8:40]
Code Red worm traced to Chinese university
News The author of the malicious Code Red worm has been traced to a university in China, according to US officials. The Code Red worm and its predecessor Code Red II take advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) Web...
[September 4, 2001, 11:42]
'Code Red' worm claims 12,000 servers
News But according to eEye's Maiffret, removing Worm.com from the Web will probably have no effect, because the way Code Red is programmed can allow anyone -- including an online vandal or malicious hacker -- to make a list of every system that has...
[July 19, 2001, 9:56]
FBI criticised for ignoring early Code Red warnings
News The security firm that discovered the destructive Code Red worm has launched an attack on the FBI for its reluctance to publicise the Microsoft vulnerability exploited by the worm. The self-propagating worm infected an estimated 975,000 servers in...
[September 6, 2001, 13:18]
Web worm targets White House
News As for the instructions, the Code Red worm was written to flood the Whitehouse.gov site with a massive amount of data, overwhelming it to the point where it could not be accessed. As previously reported, servers infected by the so-called Code Red...
[July 20, 2001, 10:16]
Microsoft takes heat for Code Red
News While network administrators wait and prepare for another round of attacks from the Code Red worm, Microsoft is drawing much of the blame for the pernicious infection (See News Roundup: Code Red sets off new alarms).
[August 1, 2001, 9:00]
Code Red remains a major threat
News Security researchers presented data on Friday indicating that Code Red version 2, a 9-month-old worm, continues to spread slowly across the Internet, compromising computers and leaving them easily accessible to malicious attackers.
[May 7, 2002, 9:04]
FAQ: The Code Red threat
News ZDNet UK answers common questions about the Code Red worm: When will the Code Red worm strike? Named after a caffeine drink favoured by computer programmers, the Code Red worm takes advantage of a hole in Microsoft's Internet Information Server...
[August 1, 2001, 9:08]
FBI accused over Code Red virus confusion
News The Metropolitan Police has criticised the FBI for issuing confused messages about the Code Red worm, which led home PC owners to believe that their computers could be infected by a self-propagating worm that only attacks Internet servers.
[August 1, 2001, 11:43]
Code Red: Alive again and kicking
News The Code Red worm made a quiet comeback Wednesday, with no signs yet of a predicted traffic surge that could affect the functioning of the Internet. As originally reported by CNET News.com, the Code Red worm takes advantage of a hole in IIS.
[August 2, 2001, 9:03]
Companies 'not liable' for Code Red attacks
News Companies that inadvertently spread the Code Red worm to other corporate servers cannot be held liable for causing an Internet attack, say British legal experts. The self-propagating worm, which resurfaced on Wednesday, had raised concerns that...
[August 2, 2001, 14:18]
SirCam tops virus charts for July
News Hyped-up warnings about the return of the self-propagating Code Red worm have overshadowed reports of the SirCam virus, which was by far the most prolific virus throughout July. The Code Red worm poses no threat to home PC users, since it only...
[August 2, 2001, 17:42]
The return of Code Red
News A slight variant of the Code Red worm has appeared and is wreaking havoc in systems around the world despite having no new feature that would defeat any properly patched system or virtually any antivirus software.
[March 24, 2003, 10:23]
Code Red variant causes little alarm
News Security experts said Wednesday there was little cause for alarm from a minor new variant of the destructive Code Red worm that began circulating this week. The first sequel to Code Red also caused widespread damage, but subsequent variations on...
[March 13, 2003, 8:36]
'Code Red': So long, for now
News System administrators have 10 days to fix nearly 300,000 Web servers infected by the Code Red worm before the malicious program halts its largely unsuccessful but ongoing attack on Whitehouse.gov and starts spreading again.
[July 23, 2001, 8:43]
Code Red II: A double whammy
News A new worm, similar to Code Red but perhaps more virulent, was spreading across the Internet on Monday, infecting systems and potentially leaving them vulnerable to further attacks. The new worm, which some are calling Code Red II, attacks the same...
[August 7, 2001, 9:25]
News Schmooze: Code Red fails to impress jaded users
News While originally expected to at least shut down the Internet, if not actually obliterate the planet Earth, the Code Red worm laid pretty low this week -- doubtless waiting for the media coverage to die down before sneakily launching a global...
[August 3, 2001, 17:29]
Code Red is here to stay
News A new permutation of the Code Red II worm was discovered on Friday, and experts say that Code Red is now unlikely ever to disappear. According to Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research at anti-virus firm TruSecure, who...
[August 24, 2001, 15:48]
'Code Red' virus re-infection expected on 1 August
News The malicious Code Red worm, which affected more than 280,000 systems earlier this month, is expected to begin propagating itself again on 1 August, and is likely to re-infect tens of thousands of systems.
[July 27, 2001, 17:30]
Nimda worm causes Internet slowdown
News A new Internet virus, which has been recognised as a hybrid of the Code Red worm, is expected to have a much greater impact on Internet traffic than its predecessor, according to antivirus experts. Analysis of the worm's activity by Matrix.org...
[September 19, 2001, 16:22]
