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COMPUTER
VIRUS MYTHS -
"The sky is not falling." A wealth of information on virus
hoaxes, Trojan horses, myths, chain letters, urban legends.
Excellent site, mentioned as a reference in the Department of
Energy's CIAC (below) Hoax page.- COMPUTER
INCIDENT ADVISORY CAPACITY
(CIAC) Department of Energy - Check their Hoax page! CIAC is an
element of the Computer
Security
Technology Center at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
- Latest
CIAC Bulletins
on
system vulnerabilities
- CIAC
Virus Information Update
(05/98) - On CIAC's page, find under "What's News (07/08/98):
Keep this Acrobat™ Reader download as a reference:
anti-virus software availability, macro viruses, information
and assistance, computer virus tables,
VIRUS
AND INTERNET HOAXES,
damage definition tables and more.
- INTERNATIONAL
COMPUTER SECURITY
ASSOCIATION
(formerly National Computer
Security
Association)
- DATA
FELLOWS INC. -
Visit their home page and do a "Site Search" for
"Hoaxes."
You will find a wealth of information on hoaxes and on real
viruses. - "Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by
malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think
they are helping the community by spreading the warning.
(Data Fellows Inc., Hoax page)
-
SECURITY
PORTAL -
SecurityPortal.com provides "corporate security professionals
with the information and resources needed to protect their
networks." (Security Portal) Visit the home page and
click on "Top
News" in the
left-hand column for computer security news information.
Additonal information on viruses, anti-virus software, how to
protect your PC, etc.
- STILLER
RESEARCH
"provides FULL protection (Virus and Data Ingrity) for PCs and
Networks." (Stiller Research) Visit the home page and
click on "The
Latest Virus Hoax News."
Additonal information on viruses, anti-virus software, how to
protect your PC, etc.
- SYMANTEC
ANTIVIRUS RESEARCH CENTER
(SARC) - "Now YOU can become a certified virus expert! The
industry's most prestigious team of virus professionals,
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) is offering the first
ever multi-level course aimed at educating, as well as
minimizing, the viral threat to organizations. The SARC Virus
Expert Training Program provides virus training and
certification through a series of web-based and instructor-led
courses." (Symantec AntiVirus Research Center) Download
the manual in Adobe™ Acrobat Reader. Don't miss
Module 2 portion on "How
to identify hoaxes"!
-
NETSCAPE
UPDATE (27 Jul
98) - Long File Name Vulnerability
bk.up.co.uk
Ltd - Specialists
in the protection of business information. Millenium
consultancy, business continuity, disaster management, infomation
security.
ELECTRONIC
PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER
- A wealth of electronic privacy news, resources and archives!
You'll also find a big jar of cookie information!
Don't
miss the EPIC
Alert bulletins!
FEDERAL
COMPUTER WEEK,
FCW Government Technology Group, an IDG Communications
company
FIRST
- FORUM OF INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SECURITY
TEAMS
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY, DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
(NIST)
Federal
Computer Incident Response
Capability
(FedCIRC) - FedCIRC is an initiative undertaken by the NIST,
the Department of Energy's CIAC (above), and the Carnegie
Mellon, Software Engineering Institute's CERT/CC. These
established computer security organizations have banded
together to offer the Federal civilian community assistance and
guidance in handling computer security related
incidents.-
Computer
Security Resources
Clearinghouse
(CSRC) publishes information on a wide
variety
of Internet
security issues
SC
MAGAZINE -
Computer Security and Information Security magazine
UTILITY CONSUMERS' ACTION NETWORK, CYBERCOP,
"Keeping Cyberspace Safe for Consumers"
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