New list of cyber threats resources from US-CERT

As I have mentioned a number of times in this blog, security is a vital part of Netiquette. This might involve simple spam words or complex security to insure proper and safe communication for both sender and receiver. The list below provides resources to assist in identifying and preventing the world's greatest cyber risks and is indispensable to many, both individual and professional.

Regardless of one's position, it is a good idea to have a knowledge of where these sites are and how/when to access them.







National Cyber Awareness System:

SB13-357: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 16, 2013

12/23/2013 08:38 AM EST

Original release date: December 23, 2013

The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please visit the NVD, which contains historical vulnerability information.

The vulnerabilities are based on the CVE vulnerability naming standard and are organized according to severity, determined by the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) standard. The division of high, medium, and low severities correspond to the following scores:     

·         High - Vulnerabilities will be labeled High severity if they have a CVSS base score of 7.0 - 10.0

·         Medium - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Medium severity if they have a CVSS base score of 4.0 - 6.9

·         Low - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Low severity if they have a CVSS base score of 0.0 - 3.9

Entries may include additional information provided by organizations and efforts sponsored by US-CERT. This information may include identifying information, values, definitions, and related links. Patch information is provided when available. Please note that some of the information in the bulletins is compiled from external, open source reports and is not a direct result of US-CERT analysis.

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