SQL Slammer - Wikipedia
WEBSQL Slammer is a 2003 computer worm that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed general Internet traffic. It also crashed routers around the world, causing even more slowdowns. It spread rapidly, infecting most of its 75,000 victims within 10 minutes.
The Inside Story of SQL Slammer | Threatpost
WEBOct 20, 2010 · On Jan. 25, 2003, a new worm took the Internet by storm, infecting thousands of servers running Microsoft’s SQL Server software every minute. The worm, which became known as SQL Slammer ...
Remembering SQL Slammer | NETSCOUT
WEBJan 27, 2023 · Popularly known as the SQL Slammer (though the name Sapphire was suggested within the academic community, it didn't catch on) worm, it infected ~75K vulnerable servers worldwide. The significant disruption it caused made international news.
SQL Slammer 16 years later: Four modern-day scenarios that could …
WEBJan 31, 2019 · It’s been 16 years since the SQL Slammer worm struck on January 25, 2003. It was the fastest spreading computer worm in history, and surprisingly nothing has beat it since.
Slammer - North Carolina State University
WEBThe SQL slammer worm is a computer virus (technically, a computer worm) that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed down general Internet traffic, starting at 05:30 UTC on January 25, 2003. It spread rapidly, infecting most of its 75,000 victims within 10 minutes.
SQL Slammer worm makes a comeback 14 years later
WEBFeb 7, 2017 · The SQL Slammer worm, first seen in the wild in January 2003, exploits a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000. The worm infects the server via User Datagram Protocol port 1434 and carries out distributed denial-of-service attacks on target IP addresses.
After a decade of silence, this computer worm is back and ... - ZDNET
WEBFeb 3, 2017 · Microsoft released a patch to prevent SQL Slammer attacks, but now, almost a decade and a half after it first appeared in the wild, cybersecurity researchers at Check Point have noticed a...
SQL Slammer: How it works--prevent it | ZDNET
WEBJan 27, 2003 · The SQL Slammer worm (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern (Kaspersky), exploits known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000...
Flashback Friday: SQL Slammer - WeLiveSecurity
WEBSep 30, 2016 · On Saturday 25 th January 2003, the internet was hit by a rapacious computer worm now known as SQL Slammer. Spreading like wildfire over the internet via a bug in a version of Microsoft SQL, it...
Slammer: 20 years after | APNIC Blog
WEBFeb 2, 2023 · A tiny UDP worm payload of just 376 bytes spread to all remotely accessible and vulnerable Microsoft SQL servers listening on port 1434 within a matter of minutes. This tiny payload ultimately infected roughly 75,000 hosts worldwide and the disruption it caused made international news.