Cyberterrorism???? Getting a bit hyped up, aren't we? It's just another stupid worm. And blaming admins for not patching there boxes is bull. You ever been to a university? I defy you to even know where all the vulnerable boxes are, much less get the "owners" to patch them. And tomorrow there will be more - because Microsoft has convinced the world that it's easy to run a box to do whatever it is you need to do, without knowing the first damn thing about security. Put the blame where it belongs - vendors who put out crap for software and jerks who take advantage of that. Until you've walked a mile in the shoes of the admins having to deal with this, keep your smug self-righteous indignation to yourselves. Paul Schmehl (paulsat_private) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ AVIEN Founding Member -----Original Message----- From: Matt Smith [mailto:ratman6at_private] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:29 PM To: 'Richard M. Smith'; jasoncat_private; 'Jay D. Dyson'; 'Bugtraq'; 'Full-Disclosure' Subject: [Full-Disclosure] RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Guys, This puppy is FAR from harmless and I mean far, This SOB is gonna wind up worse than Code Red, Nimda, or even the great worm of '88. I doubt very much the Morris Worm downed ENTIRE COUNTRIES, as Sapphire did to South Korea today. Cyberterrorism has been spoken of for years. Well, guess what boys and girls, it's here, right now. :(. Curious this thing started up on a Friday night isn't it??? All the sysadmins are gone for the weekend and thus could not respond it a timely fashion to this latest security threat. This one is not gonna cleaned up for awhile. I think this thing was written as a weapon of terrorism and it is doing its job. Much to the chagrin of the people like me who now have to deal with the backlash this thing is causing :(. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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