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Slammer Worm Claims Victim Down Under
News Macquarie Telecom has admitted that a variant of the Slammer worm was responsible for a serious disruption to its co-location customers last week. Engineers eventually discovered that the traffic was being generated by some of its customers that...
[January 17, 2005, 8:50]
Help & HowTo: Slammer
News The havoc wreaked by the Sapphire worm, also known as Slammer and SQLExp, could have been avoided if a patch issued by Microsoft last July was administered. Slammer causes increased traffic on UDP port 1434 and spreads via an exploit in Microsoft...
[January 27, 2003, 10:18]
Slammer 'could Have Originated From Asia'
News The Slammer worm -- also known as Sapphire and SQLExp -- exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 Web servers and causes increased traffic between servers. Slammer's spread over the weekend was the largest such incident since the Code Red and...
[January 27, 2003, 13:45]
Slammer May Not Feed On Microsoft Alone
News Microsoft products may not be alone in contributing to the spread of the SQL Slammer worm, security researchers said on Wednesday. Microsoft said that only SQL Server 2000 and MSDE 2000 -- including the retail, service pack 1 and service pack 2...
[January 30, 2003, 7:49]
The Week In Review: Slammer Dunks The Internet
News SQL Slammer worm wreaks havoc on Internet The IT world found out this week when the SQL Slammer worm slowed Web sites and corporate networks to a crawl. Microsoft fails Slammer's security test Microsoft itself admitted it had fallen prey to Slammer.
[January 31, 2003, 15:40]
Microsoft SQL Server: Slammer Virus Update
White Papers This Support WebCast includes a brief update about the Slammer virus, what actions Microsoft is taking, and what actions Microsoft recommends that its customers take.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Slammer: The First 'Warhol' Worm?
News Last week's Sapphire worm, widely known as SQL Slammer, infected more than 90 percent of vulnerable computers within 10 minutes, opening a new era of fast-spreading viruses on the Internet, according to a US think tank.
[February 3, 2003, 16:12]
SQL Slammer Worm Wreaks Havoc On Internet
News SQL Slammer's code instructs the Microsoft SQL Server to go into an endless loop, continually sending out data to other computers, in effect performing a denial of service attack, F-Secure said, comparing the slowdown to the impact of the Code Red...
[January 26, 2003, 9:58]
Flaw Harbours Slammer Potential
News A research company warned on Tuesday that an attacker could use a recently patched Microsoft flaw to create a fast-moving worm similar to SQL Slammer, which spread rapidly across the Internet a year ago.
[December 10, 2003, 7:30]
SAFE SQL Slammer Worm Attack Mitigation
White Papers This document discusses the recently released SQL Slammer worm and its effects on the network and its hosts.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Ex-virus Writer Questioned Over Slammer
News Police are questioning Benny, a former member of the 29A virus writers' club, over the Internet worm Slammer. No link has ever been proved between Benny and Slammer, which temporarily crippled the Internet in January 2003.
[November 29, 2004, 13:35]
The SQL Slammer Worm: Ask The Experts
White Papers This webcast provides better solution to deal with the SQL Slammer Worm. SANS organized an "ask the experts" session so that one can get their questions answered about the new SQL worm that caused so much damage.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Microsoft Warns Of Slammer Morphs
News Microsoft suffered, along with users, in this week's Slammer virus outbreak this week because it has a loose desktop security policy, admitted a Microsoft security officer. He also warned that Slammer variants could attack in future.
[January 31, 2003, 14:18]
SAFE: SQL Slammer Worm Attack Mitigation
White Papers This white paper discusses the recently released SQL Slammer worms and their effects on the network and its hosts. And looks at the numerous technologies are available that mitigate the detrimental effects of the worm.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
SAFE: SQL Slammer Worm Attack Mitigation
White Papers This white paper discusses the recently released SQL Slammer worms and their effects on the network and its hosts. And looks at the numerous technologies are available that mitigate the detrimental effects of the worm.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Symantec Managed Security Services Successfully Protects Clients From The "Slammer Worm"
White Papers Slammer exploited a six-month-old vulnerability in the Microsoft SQL Server, affecting Windows NT, 2000, and XP systems running unpatched Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 applications.
[July 15, 2008, 1:19]
Counting The Cost Of Slammer
News Analyst firms have begun to weigh in with initial estimates of the damage done by the SQL Slammer worm, the virulent program that spread quickly throughout the Internet a week ago. For all the hype of Slammer, it is not as dire as many people think...
[February 3, 2003, 7:54]
Korean Group Plans Slammer Lawsuit
News A South Korean rights group may take Microsoft to task for the carnage caused by the Slammer worm last month. Slammer, also known as the Sapphire worm and SQLExp, exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 Web servers and causes increased...
[February 6, 2003, 14:14]
Microsoft Releases Anti-Slammer Tools
News Microsoft has released early versions of database security applications in reaction to the Slammer worm that wreaked havoc on the Internet last week. The software tools, posted on Microsoft's Web site, give systems administrators a way to check the...
[February 6, 2003, 15:02]
Could Symantec Have Saved You From Slammer?
News The bulk of the Slammer attack was over in a very short time. The Slammer attack There have been loud complaints that Symantec, as part of its DeepSight service, knew about the recent Slammer attack early (which it subsequently bragged about in a...
[March 3, 2003, 11:03]
