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MS SQL worm crawls to top of attack charts (Newsbytes)
We have a winner! The SQLsnake worm, which also goes by the names Spida and Digispid, has made port 1433 the "most attacked port" according to Dshield.org. It has wrested the top spot from port 80, the favorite food of Code Red and Nimda. Port 80 was the most attacked port for several months. Spida looks for machines running SQL Server without password protection.
NEWS
New tools available for managing patches (Network World)
Does Microsoft's "patch-happy" nature turn your job into a chore? Maybe a couple of new tools will help. Shavlik Technologies is releasing its EnterpriseInspector 2.0 this week. "The Inspector" does remote scanning, and packs tools for checking patches and flaws in Windows-based systems. The software is similar to Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer, but includes a database feature that puts all the security data into one place. Loudcloud last week released some patch management services.
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