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05-14-2004



Recent Stories of Interest:
News is pretty lackluster at the moment.

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we'll roll with the increases in news production.........


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News Stories



- Police Call 'Sasser' Programmer a Bottom-Feeding Hacker - at Deutsche Welle (May 14, 2004)
- Wallon Worm Deceives Users - PC World via Yahoo! News (May 13, 2004)
- More Sasser Suspects Arrested - PC World via Yahoo! News (May 13, 2004)
- New Worm Exploits Sasser Flaw - PC World via Yahoo! News (May 13, 2004)
- Germans Hunt for 'Sasser' Accomplices - AP via Yahoo! News (May 12, 2004)
- German police raid homes in Sasser computer worm probe - AFP via Yahoo! News (May 12, 2004)
- German Police Question More Sasser Worm Suspects - Reuters via Yahoo! News (May 12, 2004)
- 'Sasser' Worm Tip of the PC Bug Invasion - at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) (May 12, 2004)
- Sasser Author Comes Clean - NewsFactor via Yahoo! News (May 11, 2004)
- Sasser Variants Raise Questions - PC World via Yahoo! News (May 11, 2004)
- Sasser shows network flaws - USA TODAY via Yahoo! News (May 11, 2004)
- Another Sasser Worm Appears Despite Teen's Arrest - (May 11, 2004)
- Latest epidemic targets your PC - at St. Petersburg Times (May 10, 2004)



Related Web Sites





- World Virus Map - geographical representation of infected files and computers across the globe. Also: the virus information library. From McAfee.com.
- Microsoft Security - includes security bulletins and patches for viruses affecting Microsoft products.
- CERT Coordination Center - studies Internet security vulnerabilities, provides incident response services, and publishes security alerts and computer virus information.
- FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) - performs threat assessment, warning, investigation, and response for threats or attacks against critical infrastructures, including telecommunications, utilities, government operations, and emergency services.
- Virus Bulletin - includes virus hoax listings and virus analyses.
- World Virus Tracking Center - provides real time computer virus infections occuring around the world with summary reports and hoax information. From Trend Micro.
- How Computer Viruses Work - overview of email viruses. From Howstuffworks.com.
- AVP Virus Encyclopedia - online edition of the AVP Virus Encyclopedia.
- Computer Virus Timeline - from 1949, when theories for self-replicating programs first developed, to 2001. From Infoplease.com.
- Antivirus Software Guide - virus updates, and links to tools for virus detection, prevention, and removal. From About: Antivirus Software.








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