Anti-Virus White Papers
Tackling 'Slammer' with Technology, Teamwork
Overview In recent years, organizations worldwide have seen several major outbreaks of worms that have, intentionally or otherwise, resulted in Denial of Service (DoS) byproducts. These worms proliferate rapidly and, due to their activity across enterprise systems, have impacted many public and private global networks. On Friday evening, January 24, a malicious worm attacked a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database management component along with the Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000, affecting countless companies worldwide. CA's network team was alerted early on as Unicenter Network and Systems Management detected a pattern of abnormal behavior similar to CodeRed II, a previous worm attack, and subsequently notified appropriate personnel. This information correlated with alerts from eTrust Intrusion Detection. A beta version of eTrust Access Control for Windows safeguarded key servers by preventing penetration using the product's Stack Overflow Protection (STOP) technology, which successfully thwarted the exploitation of the SQL Server vulnerability.
| Publisher | Computer Associates | File Format | HTML & PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Published | August 2003 | ||
| Format | Case Studies | ||
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