'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans

Wed May 22 10:09:39 UTC 2002


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'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans

>http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176701.html
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>By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes
>SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.,
>21 May 2002, 11:04 AM CST
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>A mounting trail of evidence has security experts warning that a new
>Internet worm targeting Microsoft SQL servers could be on the loose.
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>Since Monday, a sharp spike in remote probes of TCP port 1433, which
>commonly is used by Microsoft's SQL database, has been reported by
>many server administrators, according to SecurityFocus, which operates
>an incident-reporting system called ARIS.

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