Computer Security & Threat Advisories

To a great extent, all of us have a vested interest in computer and internet security. This page collects and reprints certain news, alerts and advisories for informational purposes, but without warranty. We hope you find it valuable.

Security alerts & bulletins

The frames below aggregate several news feeds1 from US-CERT, part of the USA's Department of Homeland Security. Here the computer-security advisories and threat reports are aggregated, and translated to a few languages, via a very simple Yahoo! Pipes application we created. (To bookmark them apart from this site, first open each frame in a new window2; or track the various feeds individually at the US-CERT site.)

1. In September 2009, for the experts, we added "Recently Published Vulnerability Notes." Expect more-timely notices as a result. We also improved translations by increasing the amount of translated content, and prepended dates to some items.

2. Right-click, or Mac users Control-click, on the frame and use the contextual menu.

Tips for technical users

This section is for adept users such as system administrators and certain developers. Others, please see below: "security tips for non-technical users".

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Security tips for non-technical users

The frame below offers security tips to non-technical users. It's where you'll find good advice and best practices for common scenarios, systems and applications — it's not just for the non-technical reader.

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Disclaimer

We do not offer security consulting or similar services, and we are not responsible for content provided by external sources. If you believe issues described here may affect you, we suggest you seek expert in-house advice or the assistance of a reliable source specializing in security issues.

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We aggregate alerts and advisories from the USA's Computer Emergency Readiness Team into two news feeds:

• US-CERT security alerts & bulletins

• US-CERT computer security tips for non-technical users

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