Computer and Internet security experts were closely watching the development of a mysterious outbreak that appears to have used a new tactic against an old vulnerability to infect thousands, possibly millions, of Web servers, Internet sites and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser users. The widespread attacks began as early as June 20th, but security officials are still piecing together how Microsoft’s Internet Information Servers (IIS) servers — widely used to host popular Internet sites — became infected, passing the virus-like code onto other Web sites and Explorer browsers.
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Mysterious New Threat Secretly Plagues Internet
Posted by: Jay Lyman June 25, 2004 02:15 PMComputer and Internet security experts were closely watching the development of a mysterious outbreak that appears to have used a new tactic against an old vulnerability to infect thousands, possibly millions, of Web servers, Internet sites and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser users. The widespread attacks began as early as June 20th, but security officials are still piecing together how Microsoft’s Internet Information Servers (IIS) servers — widely used to host popular Internet sites — became infected, passing the virus-like code onto other Web sites and Explorer browsers.