Time

Why Worms Like Code Red Are Good For You

This week’s column is about the Code Red worm. First, however, I’d like to talk about microbes. Millions of these microscopic invaders attack major government figures every day. Do you realize whole ...
Houston Chronicle

Code Red worm appears to be under control

The Code Red worm infected thousands of computers each hour today, with about 150,000 scanning the Internet for more victims, even as U.S. Web watchers said the worm's impact had been minimized. At ...
Computerworld

Code Red worm active, but damage unclear

WASHINGTON — The FBI and industry experts confirmed Tuesday night that, as predicted, the Code Red Internet worm began a new round of scanning for vulnerable Web servers last night. However, the ...
Dark Reading

25 Years After Code Red: What the Worm Era Can Teach Us About AI Security

Twenty-five years ago, the Code Red worm emerged as one of the first internet-scale cybersecurity incidents, exploiting vulnerable Microsoft IIS servers and spreading rapidly across organizations ...
News on 6

CODE RED II Worm Spreads Nationwide

WASHINGTON (AP) _ After the original Code Red worm infected about 250,000 computers at its peak last week, its more malicious cousin caused sporadic Internet outages nationwide, including the ...
Houston Chronicle

Code Red worm may be peaking, experts say

LONDON -- The spread of the Code Red computer worm showed signs of peaking today, although security experts warned the Information Technology community not to drop its guard. "Basically, it's reaching ...
Digital Journal

A Recurrence of the ‘Code Red’ Worm?

Kaspersky Labs comments on the rumors surrounding the epidemic concerning this menacing Internet worm. MOSCOW, – Tuesday, July 31, 2001 – At the beginning of this week, press agencies for the US, UK ...
Computerworld

Code Red worm problems could re-emerge Aug. 1

More trouble may be coming Aug. 1 to corporate computer systems that still haven’t been properly patched to defend against the Code Red worm. In a warning issued Thursday, the CERT Coordination Center ...
Billings Gazette

Officials continue warning computer users about Code Red worm

WASHINGTON (AP) Government and private security officials made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to persuade Internet site operators to inoculate their computers against the predicted return of the ...
Ars Technica

How big an effect has the Code Red worm had on your servers?

I have been getting more Code Red traffic than legitimate traffic to my personal server. It's pathetic. Most of the scanning machines originate from the various @Home's and Roadrunner networks. You ...
Nextgov

DOD shuts out worm, public

Despite being "largely successful" in protecting itself against infection from the Code Red worm making its way around the Internet, the Defense Department has shut off public access to many of its ...