Slammer damage could spread

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Commercial software built around Microsoft's SQL Server could be as vulnerable to the Slammer worm as the database itself

The recent Slammer worm could infect non-Microsoft products, including security tools, according to a security advisory site. This may put businesses at risk from further infections if they fail to...

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