[55857] in North American Network Operators' Group
Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Feb 13 12:00:15 2003
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:59:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Wow, Symantec is making an amazing claim. They were able to detect
the slammer worm "hours" before. Did anyone receive early alerts from
Symantec about the SQL slammer worm hours earlier? Academics have
estimated the worm spread world-wide, and reached its maximum scanning
rate in less than 10 minutes.
I assume Symantec has some data to back up their claim.
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=1985&EID=0
"For example, the DeepSight Threat Management System discovered the
Slammer worm hours before it began rapidly propagating. Symantec's
DeepSight Threat Management System then delivered timely alerts and
procedures, enabling administrators to protect against the attack
before their environment was compromised."
