Well, there are several virus alert sources which can be found by searching "computer virus alerts" on Google.  At my University we get alerts from our Information Security Office for both targeted and general alerts.  That is, we get alerts to vulnerabilities in various applications or other programs.  We also get alerts to phishing emails seeking either passwords (supposedly to update the email system) or to install malware.  So reporting those targeted attempts wouldn't do anything for non-university parties.  So strong virus protection and spam filters are probably the best defense.  I refuse to do any banking or medical on the net.  When I get an email purportedly from my bank asking for updated information I know it's bad.  I used to report these to the feds but the overwhelming number of phony emails over whelmed me.  The University now has very good spam filtering on the incoming pipe.  The only problem with that is that now I don't win multi-million dollar lotteries or get big bequests from Nigerian Generals if I'll just send my banking information.  I saw an article in the NY Times science section a year ago that described the computer security  research of a faculty member at Stanford.  His contention was that the computer architecture originally devised by H & P is congenitally unprotectable.  It wasn't a problem until computers became networked and then open to the world.  There are too many holes in the dike to plug and when one gets plugged another spits in your face.  Well you get my point.  Dick King, University of Arizona

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hugh Smith
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Subject: Distrust & Security

ARMA recently quoted a study that said people distrusted their vendors concerning their notification of breaches or other security concerns. 

In a body as large as this, it would be worthwhile to alert each other to hacking attempts, dangerous web sites and such.  This would seem to be a worthwhile endeavor.  But I cannot recall anyone ever alerting the List to a current danger out in the world. 

Whenever someone send me a spurious phishing attempt to gain information, I notify the financial institution of this attempt so they can take action.

I wonder if it would be worthwhile for us to alert each other to new viruses and other security breaches. I note that MIT is attempting to recruit it students to such a program. This was reported on “The Hacker News.”

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