CNET News has posted another article about the Slapper Worm
"Known as Linux.Slapper.Worm, Slapper and Apache/mod_ssl, the worm's spread has fallen far short of the biggest attackers in recent times. For example, Code Red infected 400,000 servers last summer. And according to the "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace," the Nimda virus compromised 86,000 systems last fall.
Perhaps most telling, security experts are already talking about Slapper in the past tense."
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"Known as Linux.Slapper.Worm, Slapper and Apache/mod_ssl, the worm's spread has fallen far short of the biggest attackers in recent times. For example, Code Red infected 400,000 servers last summer. And according to the "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace," the Nimda virus compromised 86,000 systems last fall.
Perhaps most telling, security experts are already talking about Slapper in the past tense."
Read more