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	from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide Welcome Back and Happy New Year!! I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable new year- now its back to work. I have included an article counting down 10 New Year's resolutions you can make for your computer and network security as well as two news links. One about new viruses and worms already in 2004 and one about a new form of cybercrime extortion.
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Top 10 New Year's Resolutions As 2003 draws to a close and we reflect on the year and start to plan and dream of what 2004 will bring, many of us will turn to declaring New Year's Resolutions- those age-old promises we make to ourselves every January 1st that rarely make it past February. This article will give you a list of 10 things...read more					More Topics • Help! I Think I've Been Hacked!! • Free Intrusion Detection Software • Free Spyware Removal and Blocking Software • Free Packet Sniffer Software • Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
New Year = New Worms Malicious programmers wasted no time trying to make 2004 also "The Year of the Worm". Within days of 2004 starting there were two new threats traversing the Internet. The Jitux virus spreads via MSN Messenger and the Quis Worm which spreads via Outlook...Read More
Security Extortion Seems To Be Cybercrime Du Jour Reminiscent of the Old West or the Mafia, security extortion is part of a new wave of cybercrime. Unlike past extortion, where a hacker typically breaks in first and then holds your data or network "hostage" while asking you for money in exchange for not doing damage...Read More
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