Re: [NEWS] Hacker code could unleash Windows worm
From: Alun Jones [MS MVP] (alun_at_texis.com)
Date: 07/28/03
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:50:00 GMT
In article <MPG.198e6981fafd09f2989727@pdx.news.speakeasy.net>, Neb Revod
<spammers.biteme@flatline.com> wrote:
>You called it, spot on, my friend. The IDS has logged a huge spike in
>attempts at ports 445 and 139 since early yesterday.
>
>I've been away from the mainstream media for the last couple of days, so
>I won't be surprised to hear that its flooded with "the sky is falling"
>reporting.
Oh-so-balanced an observation on the hysterical basis of our current media
choices, followed by a hysterical note of your own:
>It ought to be some kind of crime, albeit a minor one perhaps, to
>operate a system that still has these vulnerabilities.
More appropriate would be to make it a crime to connect to the Internet
without a firewall.
Alun.
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