=============================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 1, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html =============================================================== SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company =============================================================== Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. Learn how to: - Add the most powerful online encryption - 128-bit - Quickly authenticate your site Get your FREE Guide now at: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n061140330003000 =============================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Code Red wakes up with a whimper" One security firm says Code Red is awake but may be a little groggy. A few thousand servers have reportedly been hit in this newest wave of wriggling, but so far it's not a catastrophe. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_660965_4394_1-1681.html Want to discuss hot security issues like Code Red, the latest IIS vulnerabilities and more with your IT peers? Visit our searchWindowsManageability security forum today! http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Download the patch for Windows 2000 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/critical/q300972/default.asp?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp%3FReleaseID%3D30800%26redirect%3Dno. The patch for Windows NT 4.0 is at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/critical/q300972/default.asp?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp%3FReleaseID%3D30833%26redirect%3Dno. Windows security is a searchWin2000 Featured Topic. Check it out at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS --------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft says over 1 million have downloaded Code Red patch [2] Code Red worm has cost $1.2 billion so far - study [3] Code Red: Microsoft and US government got it wrong [4] Microsoft takes heat for Code Red [5] Code Red fizzles; but what about the next time? [6] Windows XP RC2 hits the Web [1] "Microsoft says over 1 million have downloaded Code Red patch" Microsoft says as of late Monday, more than 1 million anti-Code Red patches have been downloaded. There are about six million targets for the worm. If you're wondering if your server is a target, you may want to check out Eeye's free tool at http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Tools/codered.html. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010731S0008 [2] "Code Red worm has cost $1.2 billion so far - study" Code Red has already been a very messy worm -- worse than a rowdy rock band in a hotel room. A research firm says the worm has done more than $1 billion in damage to networks. That figure represents cleanup, monitoring and checking costs along with the cost of lost productivity. SOURCE: Reuters http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/01/010801hnwormcost.xml [3] "Code Red: Microsoft and US government got it wrong" Is the Code Red worm more hype than hazard? Some numbers from a Web performance monitoring firm show Internet traffic wasn't nearly as slow as Microsoft and Uncle Sam had claimed when the worm was peaking on the 19th and 20th of July. SOURCE: silicon.com http://www.it-director.com/frame.php?name=Silicon.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silicon.com%2Fpublic%2Fdoor%3FREQUNIQ%3D996652723%266004REQEVENT%3D%26REQINT1%3D46172%26REQSTR1%3Dnewsnow [4] "Microsoft takes heat for Code Red" Redmond may be getting red-faced thanks to the Code Red worm. Microsoft is bearing a lot of blame -- for having vulnerable software and for waiting too long to warn people to install protective patches. Some critics wonder if the "download and install it yourself" approach to fixes is the way to go. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6730674.html?tag=owv [5] "Code Red fizzles; but what about the next time?" Diligent network administrators heeded the warnings of security experts and patched their vulnerable Microsoft Internet Information Servers, holding Code Red at bay last night. But what about the next virulent worm in the wild? One security researcher offers his suggestions. SOURCE: searchSecurity http://www.searchsecurity.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci758502,00.html [6] "Windows XP RC2 hits the Web" Windows XP RC2 has left the building -- it's now on the Web. If you registered early for the preview program, you can access the RC2 download on the Conxion site. If you registered later, you can access the download server later in the week. There are no CDs for RC2. 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