Network Scanners Looking for Vulnerable Sites to Hack

This e-mail comes by way of a listserve from the tech support help desk: Those of you involved in network security might want to keep an eye open for possible problems associated with the following:

\”Libraries:
We do not wish to panic or alarm anyone but we have been informed that a large amount of network scanning is occurring on the Internet, today in particular, with machines seeking out vulnerable sites. Some sites that
have been scanned or hacked have traced these matters back to IPs out of the Far East. For more technical information, you may visit the following link: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-13.html
Thank You. Again, we do not want to alarm anyone. We just want to make sure you are aware of this.\”