Worms don't care if you're 'not a bank'

How many times have you been told, 'You worry too much about security it's not like we're a bank'? Or perhaps you're the one that has said something similar when the issue of network security came up. Attitudes like this are one of the biggest reasons why worms have been and continue to be so successful. Worms don't care who you are whether you are a major financial institution or just a home user. If you have a system connected to the Internet you are at risk. In order to illustrate this we'll examine four major worms: Code Red Code Red II Nimda and SQLSnake discuss the scope of the problem its effect on your systems and some steps to prevent you from becoming yet another statistic