Worms are getting smarter, and may get nastier.

"The Slammer worm, also sometimes known as Sapphire, was the fastest worm in history, achieving a peak scanning rate of 55 million scans per second. This time, this new worm breed had internal programming flaws and a benign payload, but what about next time? " [1]

Some of the more common types of worm are......

[1] D. Moore et al, IEEE Security and Privacy, July/Aug 2003

Worms are getting smarter, and may get nastier. The Slammer worm, also sometimes known as Sapphire, was the fastest worm in history, achieving a peak scanning rate of 55 million scans per second. This time, this new worm breed had internal programming flaws and a benign payload, but what about next time?

Some of the more common types of worm are.....