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- CERT/CC
Incident Notes
- Want to know what's going on in computer security? CERT
(Computer Emergency Response Team) is the place to go in the US. CERT
was formed by the US Department of Defense in 1988, "to address computer
security concerns of research users of the Internet". The CERT Coordination
Center (CERT/CC) is in the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
- CERT Advisory CA-2000-04
Love Letter Worm
- Details on the love bug from CERT.
- PC
Security Basics
- From ZDNet; it doesn't have much to say about hacking, but covers other
threats well.
- Has
your PC been hijacked?
- More information from ZDNet about the February DoS attacks on major Internet
services (including eBay, Yahoo!, and CNN) and on what they might mean to
you.
- Choosing
Protection for Your PC
- ZD Net Special Report on firewalls and related products.
- Avoid
the Mac DoS attack
- A bug in Mac OS 9 allows it to be used to amplify DOS attacks; from ZDNet.
- Hackers attack
DSL and cable modem users
- From NetworkWorld Fusion; News about a hacking program that was disguised
as a movie file.
-
Who's Watching You Surf?- From ZDNet, information about three "spyware" programs -- programs
that keep track of your Web activity -- that you may be inadvertantly installed
on your personal computer.
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