ITAA WARNS PUBLIC OF SWEEPING 'CODE RED' INTERNET WORM.The Information Technology Association of America See ITAA. (ITAA (Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA, www.itaa.org) Formerly the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (ADAPSO). A membership organization founded in 1960 that defines performance standards, improves management methods and monitors government ) today warned organizations with Internet-connected computer systems to take immediate action in response to the Code Red Internet Worm (networking, security) Internet Worm - The November 1988 worm perpetrated by Robert T. Morris. The worm was a program which took advantage of bugs in the Sun Unix sendmail program, Vax programs, and other security loopholes to distribute itself to over 6000 computers on the . The worm appears to be spreading rapidly at present, a result of computers not equipped with the latest security software fixes. The Code Red worm takes advantage of a buffer overrun vulnerability, discovered last month, allowing the attacker to gain control over an affected server and deface de·face tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es 1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure. 2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of. 3. websites, orchestrate denial of service attacks, reformat (1) To change the record layout of a file or database. (2) To initialize a disk over again. hard drives or perform other illegal acts. Companies running Microsoft's Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive are urged to download immediately from Microsoft Corporation's website a preventative patch. The patch is located at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp. "This is an extremely serious attack," said ITAA President Harris Miller. "The IT industry is working with the highest levels of government to respond to this problem as quickly as possible and minimize its impact. ITAA reiterates its longstanding call for information security to be a top level priority for business and government alike." The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of over 500 direct corporate members throughout the U.S., and a global network of 41 countries' IT associations. The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. , online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, ASP, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org. |
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