 | CERT Coordination Center
 | The CERT Coordination Center - for Computer
Emergency Response Team - coordinates response to security assaults
in the United States. |
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| DNS Stuff
| Reverse lookups, IP lookups, etc. |
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| Disk Recovery Tools
| Part of computer security is being able to
recover data that are lost. NTFS.com produces a series of
simple, powerful tools for recovering from unexpected failures:
undeleting files; partition recovery; and recovering Windows
XP/NT local administrator passwords. |
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| DShield
| Distributed Intrusion Detection System - The
state of system intrusions across the internet |
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| Frisk International
| Frisk manufacturers F-prot, one of the world's
leading antivirus programs. Here's where to find out what's
going on. |
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| Gibson Research Corporation
| Steve Gibson is a serious programmer, with a
strong interest in security. He makes available several tools.
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| Identity Theft
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| Internet Storm Center
| Operated by the SANS Institute - The state of
malicious traffic on the internet. |
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| IP - What is my IP
| This site does what it says, quickly and simply |
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| Kill Disk
| Sometimes you need to completely erase a
harddisk drive. Kill Disk will do this on any computer
that will boot if you use a DOS boot disk. It offers
several levels. The freeware version is probably adequate
just to "clean" a drive. The professional version can do
some very heavy duty cleaning. |
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| McAfee Stinger
| This is a stand-alone application, downloadable
for free from McAfee. It is not an antivirus program, but is
useful for dealing with an infected system. To quote McAfee:
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove
specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus
protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users
when dealing with an infected system. |
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| Nigerian
Bank Scam
| Sure -- you know you're trustworthy, and that's
why you received an anonymous e-mail with poor English, asking you
to provide all your banking information so someone you never met
could provide you with US$20 Million! Read more about it here.
It's called a "419 scam" after the (unenforced) provision in the
Nigerian criminal code. See also the pamphlet
Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud from the US State Department
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. |
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NIST Reference: An Introduction to Computer Security
| This handbook provides assistance in securing
computer-based resources (including hardware, software, and
information) by explaining important concepts, cost considerations,
and interrelationships of security controls. It illustrates the
benefits of security controls, the major techniques or approaches
for each control, and important related considerations |
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| Password
Safe
| A major weakness many people have is weak
passwords. Strong passwords are difficult to track and use.
Password Safe was developed by Bruce Schneier, a serious
cryptographer. It is now being develped further through
Sourceforge. The last version Bruce developed is available
here. |
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| Anti-Phishing
Working Group
| A group dedicated to preventing "phishing" - the
mass distribution of 'spoofed' e-mail messages with return
addresses, links, and branding which appear to come from banks,
insurance agencies, retailers or credit card companies. These
fraudulent messages are designed to fool the recipients into
divulging personal authentication data such as account usernames and
passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, etc.
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Directions to report phishing attacks here. |
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| Scam Listing
| A website listing details of many web scams |
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| Secunia Software Inspector
| How do if all of the software on your Windows
machine is patched? Microsoft Windows Update only updates
Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office?
Secunia offers a scanner (online as well as a personal
version for free) that checks your software against their
database, lets you know what has security vulnerabilities, and
then gives you a link to the patch to repair it. |
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| Sneakemail
| Create one-time use e-mails, so you can track
(and avoid) spam. It comes in two versions, freeware and
low-cost. |
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| Symantec Security Response
| Symantec is one of the premier antivirus
manufacturers. Here's where to find out what's going on. |
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| Virus Database
| Searchable virus database from F-Secure |
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