--------------- Worm has Servers Seeing Red http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094345,00.html "Almost 12,000 Web servers have been infected by a new Internet worm that takes advantage of a security flaw in Microsoft software to deface sites, security experts said Wednesday. The worm could also help attackers identify infected computers and gain control of them." "...found that almost 11,900 servers had been infected as of 7 a.m. PDT Wednesday." --------------- Virus Technical Information here: http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AL20010717.html Please, PLEASE make sure your IIS webserver(s) are running the latest patches. The patch for this particular (.ida) exploit can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp You can subscribe to Microsoft's security bulletin to be automagically notified of new security patches here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It's also a good idea to subscribe to the The CERT Advisory Mailing List as well: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20cert-advisory These are both very low-traffic lists; I get one or two emails from both lists combined per week. Fins Up, Seth "Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another." -Kenny Ausubel ----------------------------------- Seth Bienek Digitaris Technologies, Inc. tel (972) 690-4131, ext. 103 fax (972) 690-0617 icq 7673959 ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com ----------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org
