"A hacker group released code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend," reports CNet. "While many security researchers believe the publication of such information can encourage security personnel in businesses to patch holes faster, the release of exploit code has typically preceded the largest worm attacks of the past few years. Maiffret and other security researchers worried that next week's Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas will act as a catalyst and spur a malicious hacker to create and release such a worm."
Note: Microsoft published a security bulletin, Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code Execution (823980), and patches on July 16, 2003, here.
