Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1490-996450694-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:53:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 26502 invoked by uid 510); 29 Jul 2001 22:54:02 -0000 Received: from n11.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.61) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 29 Jul 2001 22:54:02 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1490-996450694-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by c3.egroups.com with NNFMP; 29 Jul 2001 23:51:34 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 29 Jul 2001 23:51:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 52717 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2001 23:51:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 29 Jul 2001 23:51:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Jul 2001 23:51:31 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id QAA26929; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:51:19 -0700 Message-Id: <200107292351.QAA26929@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Cc: c4i@yahoogroups.com Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:51:19 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] SANS Security Alert. Code Red Is Set to Come Storming Back! (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [FC - These guys are really getting worried now... IS this why negotiations with the Chinese are more friendly than before?] SANS Security Alert. Code Red Is Set to Come Storming Back! SANS, Microsoft, the NIPC, CERT/CC and four other leading security organizations released the following alert today (Sunday, January 29) at 4 pm. EDT. A Very Real and Present Threat to the Internet: July 31 Deadline For Action Summary: The Code Red Worm and mutations of the worm pose a continued and serious threat to Internet users. Immediate action is required to combat this threat. Users who have deployed software that is vulnerable to the worm (Microsoft IIS Versions 4.0 and 5.0) must install, if they have not done so already, a vital security patch. How Big Is The Problem? On July 19, the Code Red worm infected more than 250,000 systems in just 9 hours. The worm scans the Internet, identifies vulnerable systems, and infects these systems by installing itself. Each newly installed worm joins all the others causing the rate of scanning to grow rapidly. This uncontrolled growth in scanning directly decreases the speed of the Internet and can cause sporadic but widespread outages among all types of systems. Code Red is likely to start spreading again on July 31st, 2001 8:00 PM EDT and has mutated so that it may be even more dangerous. This spread has the potential to disrupt business and personal use of the Internet for applications such as electronic commerce, email and entertainment. Who Must Act? Every organization or person who has Windows NT or Windows 2000 systems AND the IIS web server software may be vulnerable. IIS is installed automatically for many applications. If you are not certain, follow the instructions attached to determine whether you are running IIS 4.0 or 5.0. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me, there is no action that you need to take in response to this alert. What To Do If You Are Vulnerable? a. To rid your machine of the current worm, reboot your computer. b. To protect your system from re-infection: Install Microsoft's patch for the Code Red vulnerability problem: Windows NT version 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30833 Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30800 Step-by-step instructions for these actions are posted at www.digitalisland.net/codered Microsoft's description of the patch and its installation, and the vulnerability it addresses is posted at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url= /technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp Because of the importance of this threat, this alert is being made jointly by: Microsoft The National Infrastructure Protection Center Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) CERT Coordination Center SANS Institute Internet Security Systems Internet Security Alliance ------------------------ Yahoo! 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