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There are a great many ways malicious users of the Internet are devising to sneak software onto a computer. It can be simply annoying but benign (adware), invasive of privacy (tracking visited web sites), and even destructive.
Security patches and firewalls are excellent defensive measures, but if something gets past those defenses, it’s important to find [...]
In a past edition of NACS-News, information was shared about the increasing frequency of computer system break-ins and related activities across the Internet. Several other attacks have been fought off by UCI computer supporters since that article was written. One major incident involved NACS’ student computing cluster, EA. In late May, an intruder used a [...]
NACS would like the campus community to be aware that there are increasing numbers of people who use their Internet access to attempt to compromise security on computers connected to the network. Their intentions are more often to “have some fun” rather than to steal anything. Simply gaining access, causing pointless network traffic, and the [...]