Mysterious Scans

[Lancecastor]

From an AP report on the SQ Hell/Slammer/Sapphire web virus that infected 39,000 SQL servers over the weekend, bringing down bank ATM networks and ISP's on Saturday:

"Mysterious scans that could have been a precursor to Saturday's attack have been detected by Internet sensors since last year, searching out vulnerable computers."

Lit runs SQL servers....so I'm now wondering if all those firewall scans we were getting over the past few months was part of SQHell's "pre-launch" strategy.

Thoughts?

Lance

 

[phrodeau]

Yep, and those security cameras at K-mart are always pointed in your direction, too.

 

[Guest]

 

[phrodeau]

There is only one man who can find the truth.

Why, thank you. I'm honored you think so.

 

[woodgie2]

Uh huh...

They seem to have survived. Manu and the team seem to have it covered.

The problem is..?

 

[Guest]

 

[marksgirl]

You know...my ATM was not working all weekend...hummmmm

 

[Lancecastor]

Uh huh...

They seem to have survived. Manu and the team seem to have it covered.

The problem is..?

No problem...I'm just wondering if all those firewall probes people here reported a month or so ago were early warnings of the hackers' search for SQL servers before launching the worm.

See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46928-2003Jan26.html

....if you've not heard about what happened yet.

Cheers

Lance