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The vulnerability warnings come so often now that they don't even register as news. Microsoft, the largest software company, is probably responsible for more software vulnerabilities than any other company in the world. For example, just last week...
You've probably heard by now about the Spida worm, also known as digispid.b.worm and SQLSnake. Spida, first identified in May, is a worm that attacks SQL Server instances that have a null sa password. Worms and viruses are always dangerous, but...
Congratulations to Andrei Popovici, software engineer at Softure in Bucharest, Romania, and Mingshou Tang, DBA at Toronto-based DS-MAX International. Andrei won first prize of $100 for the best solution to the June Reader Challenge, "Passing the...
By now, you should have heard about the Spida (aka Digispid.B) worm, which attacks Microsoft SQL Server. The main difference between this worm and some others (e.g., the Klez virus/worm) is that it's easily avoidable—simple common sense and a...