| General Computer Security Sites | SANS Reading Room - Lots of subcategories of information
WinTasks and registry utilities - Know the processes running on your system |
| Computer Security Certifications | GIAC Certification - SANS version of certification, with several subject areas
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| Goals of Computer Security | |
| Information Warfare | "Information Warfare," 1st Ed. - First chapter of Winn Schwartu's book on this topic
Information Terrorism: Can You Trust Your Toaster? - Another viewpoint of the infowar Information Warfare: Issues and Perspectives - A third viewpoint of infowar |
| Viruses | Viruslist Site - Offers current info on viruses and ranks threats
Trend Micro Virus Info Site - Another great source of virus info, and much more Melanie Riebacks's RFID Viruses - What the title says, of course! |
| Rootkits | Greg Hoglund's Rootkit Site - Where else would you start to learn?
Bughunter's Rootkit Site - A good deal of info about Linux LKM rootkits, as well as source code |
| Password Crackers | Cain and Abel - Most popular Windows password cracker (and more)
John the Ripper - Popular Unix cracker, but with Mac and Windows ports THC-Hydra - Unix, open-source, and needing coding help to extend it Online Password Checker - Test the strength of your password! Pwdump6 - Windows 2000/XP/2003 NTLM and LanMan Password Grabber |
| Denial of Service | |
| Access Control | |
| Authentication | |
| Biometrics | |
| Buffer Overflows Attacks | Buffer Overflows - A good deal of info about various buffer overflow attacks and concepts
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| Spyware | Spybot Anti-Spyware - Learn about spyware and how to detect it
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| Packet Sniffing | Wireshark - Moast popular probably, and formerly known as ethereal
TcpDump - The classic sniffer, before Wireshark came along; still good Cain and Abel - Also a packet sniffer (and more) |
| Port Scanning | NMap - Most popular port scanner, with other stuff added
Introduction to Port Scanning - Good article on port scanning Wikipedia's View - Another good overview of port scanning IANA Port Numbers - Nice list of common ports |
| Firewalls | |
| Intrusion Detection | |
| VPNs | |
| Wireless Security | Aircrack - Fastest available (so far) suite of tools for 802.11a/b/g WEP and WPA cracking
Kismet - Powerful wireless sniffer; used in raw monitoring mode Airsnort - Another tool for 802.11 WEP encryption cracking |
| Intellectual Property | |
| TCP/IP | |
| Network Architecture Basics | |
| Risk Assessment | |
| Workplace Issues | |
| Computer Security Policies | SANS Security Policy Project - Massive collection of various computer security policies: the first place to start!
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| "Hacker" Groups | |
| "Hacker" Individuals | |
| Crapware | |
| Cryptography | |
| Backups | |
| Intrusion/Disaster Recovery | |
| Privacy Issues | |
| Computer Forensics | |
| Peer-to-Peer Networks | |
| Computer Crime | Internet Crime Complaint Center - File a complaint or learn how to protect yourself a bit
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| Vulnerability Scanning | National Vulnerability Database - Highly searchable database of all known vulnerabilties
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| Steganography | Wikipedia Entry - Learn about the growing risk of steganography
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