FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -The Code Red worm was first discovered and researched by eEye Digital Security employees Marc Maiffret and Ryan Permeh, the Code Red worm exploited a vulnerability discovered by Riley Hassell. They named it “Code Red” because Code Red Mountain Dew was what they were drinking at the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -UPDATE ON 1ST OF AUGUST, 2001 In comparison, on 19th of July, Code Red infected around 300, 000 servers, and was only stopped because the worm stopped infections by itself. This time around the worm won’t stop spreading for another three weeks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Code-Red version 2 At approximately 10:00 UTC in the morning of July 19th, 2001 a random seed variant of the Code-Red worm (CRv2) began to infect hosts running unpatched versions of Microsoft’s IIS webserver. The worm again spreads by probing random IP addresses and infecting all hosts vulnerable to the IIS exploit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Code Red is a worm that spreads by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS). When a server is infected, it begins scanning for other vulnerable servers and infecting them.