ZDNet

Code Red worm traced to Chinese university

The author of the malicious Code Red worm has been traced to a university in China, according to US officials. The chief technologist at the US General Accounting Office (GAO) told the bipartisan ...
ZDNet

'Code Red' worm claims 12,000 servers

Almost 12,000 Web servers have been infected by a new Internet worm that takes advantage of a security flaw in Microsoft software to deface sites, security experts said on Wednesday. The worm could ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

‘Code Red’ Worms Linger, but Most Problems Are Minor

Campus-computing officials say that they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although network ...
seattlepi.com

'Code Red' worm exploits Microsoft coding flaw

The "Code Red" worm, which has infected almost 150,000 Internet computers since hitting for the second time Tuesday night, couldn't have spread without a Microsoft ...
CNET

Code Red no longer worst of worms

The dreaded Code Red worm was fading from the spotlight Friday, as the pest found fewer Web servers to infect. After hogging headlines and fanning computer technicians' fears for several days, the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

On Campus Networks, ‘Code Red’ Worms Continue Causing Problems, but Most Are Minor

Campus-computing officials say they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although network ...
Computerworld

New worm targets same systems as Code Red

A new and potentially more serious computer worm that tries to exploit the same security hole as the Code Red worm began circulating over the weekend, according to warnings issued by multiple research ...