Future versions of Slammer may get you if you don't update, says Microsoft, chastened by its own failure to keep all SQL Server patches up to date.
Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws has been questioned after a series of internal e-mails revealed that the software giant's own network wasn't immune from a worm that struck the Internet last weekend.
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SQL Slammer, also known as the Sapphire worm, has highlighted a dirty secret in the IT industry: Software bugs are common and administrators are slow to patch them.
Microsoft has released early versions of database security applications in reaction to the Slammer worm that wreaked havoc on the Internet last week.
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Two years after Chairman Bill Gates called on Microsoft to redouble its efforts to secure its software, the company is beginning to make progress, according to customers--but much work remains.
Microsoft warned customers on Monday that a security hole in Windows 2000 and the company's Web server software is allowing online attackers to take control of corporate servers.
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