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Code Red still threatens Net
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Posted by: Tweaker
Just when you thought it was safe again!
"It's Back!"
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--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.
At present, more than 18,000 systems appear to be infected and, with a simple command, could be coopted into an attack that could take down any Web site, said Dug Song, a hacker and security architect for network protection firm Arbor Networks. Song was speaking at the CanSecWest security conference here.
Code Red and its two variants use a security hole in Microsoft's flagship Web server--the Internet Information Server--to spread to computers that don't have the vulnerability patched. As servers are infected with Code Red, the worm then scans the Internet using specially formatted data, searching for more vulnerable servers.
Source: CNET News
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