Inside the Slammer worm

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David Moore · University of California, San Diego

Vern Paxson · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Stefan Savage · University of California, San Diego

Colleen Shannon

Stuart Staniford · University of Defence

Nicholas Weaver · University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

The Slammer worm spread so quickly that human response was ineffective. In January 2003, it packed a benign payload, but its disruptive capacity was surprising. Why was it so effective and what new challenges do this new breed of worm pose?.

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Network Security and Intrusion Detection Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Spam and Phishing Detection

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Published in: IEEE Security & Privacy

Volume 1, Issue 4, pp. 33-39

DOI: 10.1109/msecp.2003.1219056

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 64.19

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Inside the Slammer worm

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