Microsoft has released SQL Server 2000, its flagship database product, to manufacturing and announced that more than 100 enterprise customers will be going live with the system over the next three months.
Security Focus has identified a hybrid distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool that features some of the self-propagating techniques previously seen only in worms. The security group said the Voyager Alpha Force tool, which is similar to the well...
An internet worm that attacks Microsoft's SQL Server database has caused more attacks in the past week than last year's most notorious worms, Nimda and Code Red. Security experts first warned of the problem last week.
A worm that attacks Microsoft's database software spread through the internet over the weekend, causing cash machines to stop issuing money, taking most of South Korea offline, and generally slowing down the internet.
More than 120,000 computers became infected by a worm over the weekend which brought the internet to a standstill for many and caused chaos on corporate networks. The small but malicious Sapphire worm rapidly exploited a six-month-old flaw in...
Microsoft on Monday added another year of life to its aging Windows NT 4 operating system as the company struggles to convert customers to newer products. The software giant said it is extending support for Windows NT 4 Server for an additional 12...