Research group Gartner is warning enterprises to "immediately" replace their Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) server software with a more secure server application, following attacks on IIS by the worms Code Red and Nimda.
Last week, mass-mailing computer worm Nimda was released into the wild. It combined elements of the Web-based Code Red virus and attacked the same buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft's IIS software. The trend confirms that IIS has become a popular target for hackers, and Gartner is recommending that companies affected by both worms should look at moving their Web applications to a more secure platform.
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