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Current Advisories, Alerts and Warnings


Attack Registry Intelligence Service
http://aris.securityfocus.com/

CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response Site
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) Current Activity
http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html

Current Yahoo Full Coverage News
http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/Tech/Computer_Viruses/

Exploit Prevention Labs
http://www.explabs.com/

HackNotifier - Protect Yourself From Hackers
https://www.hacknotifier.com/

Internet Alerts
http://www.internetalerts.info/

OSVDB: The Open Source Vulnerability Database
http://www.osvdb.org/

SANS Global Incident Analysis Center
http://isc.incidents.org/

Secunia - Vulnerability and Virus Information and Alerts
http://secunia.com/

US-CERT - National Computer Emergency Response Team
http://www.us-cert.gov/

xForce - World's #1 Resource for Computer Threats and Vulnerability
http://xforce.iss.net/



AntiHoax and AntiVirus Sites


About.com Antivirus Resources
http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/

AntiOnline - Maximum Security for a Connected World
http://www.antionline.com/

AntiVirus for Exchange Server
http://www.gfi.com/mailsecurity/

AntiVirus Research and Scientific Papers from IBM Research
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/SciPapers.htm

Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page
http://www.claws-and-paws.com/virus/

Eddy Willems Free Anti-Virus Consultancy Comprehensive List
http://users.pandora.be/wavci/

F-Secure
http://www.f-secure.com/

Handling Internet Hoaxes from the Institute for the Investigation of Irregular Internet Phenomena
http://www.setileague.org/otherweb/hoaxes.htm

Hoax du Jour
http://www.korova.com/virus/hoax.htm

Hoax Encyclopedia
http://antivirus.about.com/library/blenhoax.htm

HoaxKill
http://www.hoaxkill.com/

Hoax Viruses
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

Hoax Warnings from F-Secure
http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/

Hoax Warnings F-Secure (Industrial Standard Information Resource)
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/

Hoaxes and Other Bad Information in the News
http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/hoaxes_in_the_news.html

Hoaxes and Scares
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/

Hoaxes Archives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Hoaxes/

Identifying Hoaxes
http://www.philb.com/hoaxes.htm

Indiana University Knowledge Base Virus Hoaxes
http://kb.indiana.edu/data/afjv.html

Is It a Scam? Find Out with This Search Engine
http://www.jasonmorrison.net/is-this-a-scam/

Kyplex - Cloud Based Website Security and Antivirus Scanner
http://www.kyplex.com/website-antivirus.html

Library of Spoof, Forged, Bogus and Hoax eMail Scams and Web Pages or Sites
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/identitytheft/spoof-email-and-spoof-web-page-library.htm

Lies, Damn Lies and ICQ Messages
http://diamond-back.com/icqlies.html

Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware - Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Purportal.com - The Bunk Stops Here
http://purportal.com/index.php

Symantec Security Response Hoax Page - Threat Explorer
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/avdind_0.mspx

Truth Miners
http://www.TruthMiners.com/truth/

Truth or Fiction
http://www.truthorfiction.com/

Virus Bulletin - Hoaxes
http://www.virusbtn.com/resources/hoaxes/

Virus Busters
http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/

Virus Hoax Busters
http://www.stockhelp.net/virus.html

Virus-L comp.virus Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/faq/

vMyths.com
http://www.vmyths.com/



AntiMyth and Urban Legends Sites


Computer Virus Myths Home Page
http://www.vmyths.com/

Snopes - Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com/

Urban Legends
http://www.UrbanLegends.com/

Urban Legends and Myths
http://www.costumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/html/static/btarticles/urbanlegendsandmyths.html

Urban Legend Combat Kit
http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/

Urban Legends and Folklore from About.com
http://urbanlegends.about.com/



AntiFraud Sites


Anti-Phishing Working Group
http://www.antiphishing.org/

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/

Consumer Action Website Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm

Crimes of Persuasion: Telemarketing and Investment Frauds
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/

CyberCrime
http://www.cybercrime.gov/

Cyber Criminals Most Wanted
http://www.ccmostwanted.com/

CyberFraud and Internet Fraud
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm

Direct Fraud
http://www.directfraud.com/

Economic Crime Investigation Institute
http://www.ecii.edu/

Fraud Bureau
http://www.fraudbureau.com/

Identity Theft
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

Identity Theft Resources Center
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/

Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Internet Fraud: How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm

Internet ScamBusters
http://www.scambusters.org/

National Fraud Information Center
http://www.fraud.org/

Quack Watch
http://www.quackwatch.org/

RipOffs.org - Complaints
http://www.ripoffs.org/

SEC Investor Fraud Warnings
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm

Spam and Phishing: Public Policy Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=155

Spoof eMail Hoax Scams and Web Pages
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/

Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol
http://research.microsoft.com/URLTracer/

U.S. Consumer Gateway: Your Money
http://www.consumer.gov/yourmoney.htm

Where to Complain About Frauds and Scams
http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm

WebAssured.com
http://www.webassured.com/

WeGoLook™ - Internet Fraud Protection
http://wegolook.com/

WiredSafety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/

WorldWide Scam Network
http://www.worldwidescam.com/


AntiChain Letter Sites

BreakTheChain.org - Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation
http://www.BreakTheChain.org/

Chain Letters on the Internet
http://athos.rutgers.edu/~watrous/chain-letters.html


Anti-SPAM Sites

alt.spam FAQ
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/net-abuse-faq/spam-faq.html

Anti-Spam Solutions and Security, Part 2 by Dr. Neal Krawetz
http://securityfocus.com/infocus/1766

Ban Spam
http://banspam.javawoman.com/index.html

BrightMail
http://www.brightmail.com/

Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE)
http://www.cauce.org/

Council for Responsible E-mail (CRE) - Association for Interactive Marketing (AIM)
http://www.interactivehq.org/councils/CRE/

emailerr - Protect Against Spambots
http://www.emailerr.com/

FairUCE
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/fairuce

Fight Spam on the Internet
http://spam.abuse.net/

Jetable.org - Anti-Spam Solution
http://www.jetable.org/en/index

Junk eMail Resource Page
http://www.junkemail.org/

Mail Abuse Prevention System
http://www.mail-abuse.com/

Project Honey Pot
http://www.projecthoneypot.org/

reCAPTCHA Mailhide
http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/

SamSpade
http://www.samspade.org/

Spam and Phishing: Public Policy Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=155

SpamBot Beware
http://www.turnstep.com/Spambot/

SpamBully
http://www.spambully.com/

SpamButcher
http://www.spambutcher.com/

SpamCop
http://spamcop.net/

SpamFighter
http://www.spamfighter.org/

Spam Laws
http://www.spamlaws.com/

StopSpam.org
http://www.stopspam.org/

Zero Spam Network
http://www.0spam.net/


Anti-Vandal, Computer and Network Security Resources

BigFix
http://www.bigfix.com/

Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/

GFI Email Security Testing Zone
http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/


Articles and Papers


Fraud and Deception on the Internet
http://marylaine.com/lies.html

FYI 28 Netiquette Guidelines
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/fyi/fyi28.html

FYI35 - Don't Spew
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/fyi/fyi35.html

Internet Web Hosting Scams and "Free" Hosting Ripoffs by Lori Eldridge
http://www.loriswebs.com/internethostingscams.html

Mailing List Manners 101
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=05386

Netiquette Home Page from Albion.com
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/



Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT®) Alerts


CERT® - Alerts and Tips
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alldocs.html

CERT®/CC - Incident Notes
http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/

US-CERT - National Computer Emergency Response Team
http://www.us-cert.gov/



Government and Non-for-Profit Resources


Computer Crime Research Center
http://www.crime-research.org/

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
http://www.first.org/

The Wildlist Organization
http://www.wildlist.org/

WiredSafety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/



Current Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs:

Accessibility Resources
http://www.AccessibilityResources.info/

Agriculture Resources
http://www.AgricultureResources.info/

Artificial Intelligence Resources
http://www.AIResources.info/

Astronomy Resources
http://www.AstronomyResources.info/

Auction Resources
http://www.AuctionResources.info/

Biological Informatics
http://www.biologicalinformatics.info/

Biotechnology Resources
http://www.BiotechnologyResources.info/

Bot Research
http://www.botresearch.info/

Business Intelligence Resources
http://www.biresources.info/

ChatterBots
http://www.ChatterBots.info/

Data Mining Resources
http://www.DataMiningResources.info/

Deep Web Research
http://www.deepwebresearch.info/

Directory Resources
http://www.DirectoryResources.info/

eCommerce Resources
http://www.eCommerceResources.info/

Elder Resources
http://www.ElderResources.info/

Employment Resources
http://www.EmploymentResources.info/

Entrepreneurial Resources
http://www.EntrepreneurialResources.info/

Financial Sources
http://www.FinancialSources.info/

Finding People
http://www.FindingPeople.info/

Games Resources
http://www.GamesResources.info/

Genealogy Resources
http://www.GenealogyResources.info/

Grant Resources
http://www.GrantResources.info/

Green Files
http://www.GreenFiles.info/

Grid, Distributed and Cloud Computing Resources
http://www.GridResources.info/

Healthcare Resources
http://www.healthcareresources.info/

Information Futures Markets
http://www.InformationFuturesMarkets.com/

Information Quality Resources
http://www.InformationQualityResources.info/

International Trade Resources
http://www.InternationalTradeResources.info/

Internet Alerts
http://www.internetalerts.info/

Internet Demographics
http://www.internetdemographics.info/

Internet Experts
http://www.internetexperts.info/

Internet Hoaxes
http://www.internethoaxes.info/

Intrapreneurial Resources
http://www.IntrapreneurialResources.info/

Journalism Resources
http://www.JournalismResources.info/

Knowledge Discovery
http://www.knowledgediscovery.info/

Military Resources
http://www.MilitaryResources.info/

New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts
http://www.NewEconomyAnalytics.com/

Outsourcing/Offshoring Information and Resources
http://www.OutsourcingOffshore.us/

Privacy Resources
http://www.privacyresources.info/

Reference Resources
http://www.ReferenceResources.info/

Research Resources
http://www.researchresources.info/

RestStress™
http://www.RestStress.com/

Script Resources
http://www.ScriptResources.info/

ShoppingBots
http://www.ShoppingBots.info/

Social Informatics
http://www.SocialInformatics.net/

Statistics Resources and Big Data
http://www.statisticsresources.info/

Student Research
http://www.studentresearch.info/

Theology Resources
http://www.TheologyResources.info/

Tutorial Resources
http://www.TutorialResources.info/

World Wide Web Reference
http://www.WWWReference.info/

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