> 'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans >http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176701.html > >By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes >SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., >21 May 2002, 11:04 AM CST > >A mounting trail of evidence has security experts warning that a new >Internet worm targeting Microsoft SQL servers could be on the loose. > >Since Monday, a sharp spike in remote probes of TCP port 1433, which >commonly is used by Microsoft's SQL database, has been reported by >many server administrators, according to SecurityFocus, which operates >an incident-reporting system called ARIS. --snipped for brevity, full article at url above.