'Sasser' Attack Exposes Security Hole
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NEW YORK—Financial services firms worldwide were grazed by Sasser, the latest worm to attack Microsoft Windows operating systems.
However, the attack underscored the need for better security on employees’ personal devices, particularly when they are used outside the corporate firewall.
Institutions from Australia’s Westpac to Sampo Bank of Finland were affected by the worm, which nestles into machines running Windows 2000 and XP, and unlike previous viruses, did not require user intervention to
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