Inside Microsoft's Zotob Situation Room
August 26, 2005

By  Ryan Naraine
When Microsoft Corp. shipped the MS05-039 bulletin on Aug. 9 to patch a "critical" flaw in the Windows Plug and Play service, there was general feeling of trepidation within the Microsoft Security Response Center.

Software engineers at the Redmond, Wash., company smelled trouble right off the bat. It had been more than a year since the Sasser worm outbreak and, to MSRC Program Manager Stephen Toulouse, the severity of this PnP vulnerability brought back a mixture of memories ranging from chaos and confusion to outright pride in the way the Sasser threat was handled.

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