Cable Security, Viruses, Hoaxes and Urban Myths

• Badger IRT Incident Response Team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• CERT the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University - they track reports of computer break-ins
• The CERT FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Denialinfo.com (links to resources about denial-of-service attacks)
• Dr. Solomon's (software vendor)
• IBM
  • IBM Anti-Virus Research
• International Computer Security Association (ICSA)
• Fraud & Scams
• Scambusters
  
• Hoaxes
• Data Fellows Anti-Virus Hoax Warnings
• Hoaxbusters US Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) 
• ICSA Hoax listing
• McAfee includes hoax info in their Virus Information Library
  
• Snopes
• Symantec
• VMyths
  
• Kerberos (a system for user authentication)
  • Kerberos FAQ
  • Carnegie-Mellon Kerberos Reference Page
  • The Kerberos Network Authentication Service
  • Kerberos Information and Help
• Kumite from Barn Owl Software
• Microsoft Security Advisor
• Linux Administrator's Security Guide
• Network Associates (formerly Network General)
  • McAfee
  • PGP Pretty Good Privacy, Internet Encryption
• Nomad Mobile Research Center A person using the name Simple Nomad explores computer security issues
• Symantec
  • Symantec Anti-Virus Center
  • Norton Anti-Virus
• radius (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service)
• SANS Institute (System Administration, Networking, and Security)
• Securityfocus
• Security References from Telstra (an Australian telecommunications company)
• Security Software list from the National Institutes of Health
• San Fernando Valley Folklore Society's Urban Legends Reference Pages
• Solaris Security FAQ from Sun World magazine
• Tripwire multi-platform security software to detect hacking
• Urban Legends
  
• AFU and Urban Legend Archive
• Urban Legends Reference Pages Snopes.com
• VMyths
  
• USENET Newsgroups
• alt.folklore.urban
• alt.security.pgp
• comp.risks  (this publication is also available on the Web; see http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/)
• comp.virus
• Wildlist a list of computer viruses in general distribution

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Comments to: Dave Devereaux-Weber djdevere@doit.wisc.edu
Last Updated: 24-July-2005