Sasser worm expected to hit hard on Monday
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A new series of worms released onto the Internet exploits a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows 2000 OSes and does not need users to open e-mail attachments in order to propagate, experts said Saturday.
The worm's impact is expected to peak Monday as millions of workers bring their laptops back to their offices, after using them over the weekend to access the Internet from relatively unsecured home locations.
Microsoft has rated the vulnerability exploited by the W32/Sasser A and Sasser B worms as critical and security experts urged all users of vulnerable system to apply patches immediately.