If you were surfing the 'net yesterday, you might've noticed having trouble reaching some sites. If you work in IT, you might have gotten a phone call yesterday morning to come in and start putting ...

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. On Thursday, London ...

On January 25 th 2003, the Slammer worm exploited a vulnerability in SQL Server 2000, to execute a buffer overflow attack, affecting customers of Microsoft’s relational database management system.

BOSTON — Still patching your SQL Server databases? Well, be sure not to miss the post-Slammer sale! The new W32.Slammer worm, a nuisance for network administrators worldwide, has turned into a ...

The SQL Slammer worm, also called Sapphire, targeted a known flaw in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and clogged Net traffic as it searched for vulnerable systems. The vendor released a patch for the flaw ...

Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws was questioned Monday after a series of internal e-mails revealed that the software giant's own network wasn't immune from ...

Update 26 Jan 2003: Microsoft SQL Server has been hit by a new worm, called SQL Slammer, that has wreaked havoc across the Internet. Full story. A known vulnerability in Microsoft SQL server systems ...

Upfront preparation helped my company ward off the SQL Slammer worm, which exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server and creates a flood of packets, similar to a ...

While organizations around the world this week scrambled to disinfect and patch systems that had been hit by the dangerous new W32.Blaster Internet worm, John Halamka could sit back and relax. “I’m ...