A virulent Linux worm created an attack network on the Internet. The Slapper worm was first seen on Friday the 13th. The worm exploits a previously-disclosed OpenSSL vulnerability to create an attack platform for distributed denial-of-service attacks against other sites. Silicon Valley tech companies were never big on government demands, until the government started talking about spending money on cybersecurity, according to an article in today’s Silicon Valley News. For this reason blocking port 2002/UDP at enterprise firewalls may be a good idea.”]