'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176701.html

By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 21 May 2002, 11:04 AM CST

A mounting trail of evidence has security experts warning that a new Internet worm targeting Microsoft SQL servers could be on the loose.

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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