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Code Red. Technical name. CRv and CRvII. A website defaced by the worm. Type. Server Jamming Worm. Code Red was a computer worm observed on the Internet on July 15, 2001. It attacked computers running Microsoft's IIS web server. It was the first large-scale, mixed-threat attack to successfully target enterprise networks.
August 4: A complete re-write of the Code Red worm, Code Red II begins aggressively spreading onto Microsoft systems, primarily in China. September 18: The Nimda worm is discovered and spreads through a variety of means including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and backdoors left by Code Red II and Sadmind worm.
The Morris Worm. Graduate student Robert T. Morris, Jr. of Cornell University launches a worm on the government's ARPAnet (precursor to the Internet). [30] [31] The worm spreads to 6,000 networked computers, clogging government and university systems. Robert Morris is dismissed from Cornell, sentenced to three years' probation, and fined $10,000.
Code Red II. Code Red II is a computer worm similar to the Code Red worm. Released two weeks after Code Red on August 4, 2001, it is similar in behavior to the original, but analysis showed it to be a new worm instead of a variant. Unlike the first, the second has no function for attack; instead it has a backdoor that allows attacks.
Nimda. The Nimda virus is a malicious file-infecting computer worm. The first released advisory about this threat (worm) was released on September 18, 2001. Nimda affected both user workstations ( clients) running Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or XP and servers running Windows NT and 2000. [ 3]
List of computer worms. Installed a keylogger; distributed logged information (such as passwords, usernames, etc.) to one of 22 emails. Spread by email; certain variants had no subject and no text. [ 3] Allowed attacker to access computers that were infected. possible ? Stop making money and fix your software!!"
Anti-worms have been used to combat the effects of the Code Red, [34] Blaster, and Santy worms. Welchia is an example of a helpful worm. [35] Utilizing the same deficiencies exploited by the Blaster worm, Welchia infected computers and automatically began downloading Microsoft security updates for Windows without the users' consent. Welchia ...
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