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Code Red fizzles; but what about the next time?
Network administrators braced themselves Tuesday night for the next incarnation of Code Red, the worm that first poked its head out of the dirt on July 13. But overnight news reports noted that the worm did not assault Web sites last night with denial-of-service attacks. Microsoft Internet Information Servers (IIS) were left to sleep in peace, possibly due to the diligence of administrators who downloaded a patch for the worm. Microsoft said Tuesday that more than one million patches were downloaded.
(SearchSecurity 8/01)
SirCam Worm Getting Hotter
Some e-mail in-boxes continue fill up with an odd assortment of other people's personal documents and images sent without their owner's permission, compliments of the worm-virus dubbed "SirCam." Discovered in the wild on Wednesday, security experts had assumed the virus would quickly be contained. But now it appears that the worst is yet to come: SirCam is spreading fast and is expected to hit many more computers over the weekend.
(Wired News 7/01)