[NTLUG:Discuss] ... a bunch of "code red" reporting ...

[Chris Cox]

And of course... now folks have your credit cards too (unfornately,
I have used mWave in the past)...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20960.html

(I believe it says it was an old vulnerability that was exploited)

They hacked a Texas ISP (oops...I mean cracked...gotta watch
my doubleplusgood talk)


Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> George Lass wrote:
> >
> > What a bunch of idiots:
> >
> > "Code Red claimed two major victims this week, as Microsoft confirmed
> >  that some servers running its MSN Hotmail service were infected with
> >  a version of the worm ..."
> 
> You'd think that after all the embarassment from the previous N times something
> has infected a Microsoft installation, they'd be installing ALL the patches on
> ALL of their machines with a religious fervor.
> 
> But then why should they care - when you are a monopoly, you don't have to.
> 
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