SQL Server worm 1

[chiph]

SQL Servers that are visible to the Internet (which should be *none* of them!) are vulnerable to a worm that is making the rounds. Be sure to patch your server (available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-039.asp)

and make sure that your sa user has a non-blank password.

Read more on it's progress here:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206&mode=thread&tid=109

Chip H.