Topic: - on February 3, 2003 at 1:58:52 PM CET
Aggressive net bug makes history
The Slammer worm that recently crippled the internet was the fastest spreading computer bug in history, say security experts.
An analysis of the attack has shown that the worm took just 10 minutes to spread across the world.
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The Sapphire Worm was the fastest spreading computer worm in history. It spread throughout the Internet and infected most of the vulnerable hosts that could be found within ten minutes.
The worm (also called Slammer, SQLSlammer, W32.Slammer) began at almost exactly 5:30 AM (UTC) on Saturday January 25th and spread by infecting copies of Microsoft SQL Server and MSDE 2000 (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine) that were exposed to the Internet.
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