Virus/Vulnerability Alerts
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- Phishing email re. Cornell accounts (2/12/2008)
- Stormworm trojan horse affecting Windows computers on campus (8/17/07)
- BlackWorm Deletes Windows Files on Feb 3, 2006 (2/1/2006)
- Critical Windows Update MS05-039; Esbot and Zotob Worms on Campus (8/16/05)
- Mytob.DG Windows E-mail Virus - attachments block lifted (6/8/05)
- Sober.P or Trojan.Ascetic.C Producing Large Volume of Spam E-mails (5/16/05)
- Redirect of web traffic to Marketscore lifted (5/10/05)
- Sober.O Windows E-mail Virus (5/3/05)
- MyDoom.AZ Windows E-mail Virus - attachment block lifted (2/21/05)
- Critical Windows Updates Released Feb. 05 (2/10/05)
- Update on Marketscore intercepting web traffic (1/4/05)
- New e-mail virus - fotos.zip attachment (08/31/04)
- Beagle.AG (07/22/04)
- Critical Windows Update MS04-022, MS04-023 (7/13/04)
- Berbew trojan horse (6/25/04)
- Critical Windows Update MS04-011 (5/3/04)
- Beagle.X e-mail virus on campus (4/27/04)
- Netsky.Y worm (4/21/04)
- General warning about e-mail and viruses
- Numerous Beagle and Netsky variants (Feb.-March 2004) - see the CIT Contact Center (HelpDesk)'s Virus Information page
- W32.Novarg.A (01/27/04)
- W32.Beagle.A (01/19/04)
- Buffer Overflow in Sendmail (9/18/03)
- Buffer Overflow in OpenSSH (9/17/03)
- New Microsoft RPC Patch Needed (9/11/03)
- Sobig.F (8/19/03)
- Blaster, Welchia, and Nachi (8/12/03)
- Mimail (8/4/03)
- Buffer Overflow in Microsoft RPC (7/17/03)
- Bugbear.B (6/5/03)
- Buffer Overflow
in sendmail (4/2/03)
- Integer Overflow
in Sun RPC XDR Library Routines (3/19/03)
- SQL Worm (1/25/03)
- SoBig Worm (1/22/03)
- Frethem Worm (July 15, 2002)
- SQL Server Vulnerability (May 21, 2002)
- Klez Worm (April 23, 2002)
- My Party (Jan. 29, 2002)
- Nimda Worm (Sept. 18, 2001)
Related Links at Cornell
- Virus Information from the CIT HelpDesk
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus at Cornell: download, install and use it free of charge
- IP addresses currently being blocked at the campus perimeter
- PureMessage blocks viruses and flags spam on the CIT mail servers
- Lecture Notes from Christine Orshesky's Virus Management Mini-Symposium (June 2002)
Essential Virus-related Links
- Symantec - up-to-date info and fixes from the maker of Norton AntiVirus
- Microsoft TechNet - security patches for Windows systems
- CERT Coordination Center - advisories and vulnerability notes
Hoaxes and Fraud
- Reporting Nigerian Fraud E-mail received at Cornell
- Vmyths - truth about computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends
- CIAC HoaxBusters - more about hoaxes and chain letters
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center