Be Wary Of Cyber Security Threat Sites.

While there are many websites to find information on current threats, vulnerabilities, updates, and security news. We all need to be cautious of conflicting information. Below are some credible sites to verify information found on the internet. I have included a small excerpt from their sites.

MSDN - The greatest threat to computer systems and their information comes from humans, through actions that are either malicious or ignorant. When the action is malicious, some motivation or goal is generally behind the attack. (MSDN, 2017)

Symantec - Symantec sees more threats, and protects more customers from the next generation of attacks. (Symantec, 2017)

US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) - The US-CERT Current Activity web page is a regularly updated summary of the most frequent, high-impact types of security incidents currently being reported to the US-CERT. (US-CERT, 2017) US-CERT is a division of the Department of Homeland Security

Security Week Magazine - SecurityWeek provides authoritative news and columns from information security expert and is a trusted source of information and insight to senior level information security executives, researchers and service providers. SecurityWeek content and resources focus on security strategies, techniques, research and statistics. Other coverage includes online privacy and compliance, cybercrime, and other security trends. (Security Week, 2017)

References

MSDN. (2017). Security Threats . Retrieved from Developer network: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc723507.aspx#XSLTsection122121120120

Security Week. (2017). Virus & Threats. Retrieved from Security Week: http://www.securityweek.com/virus-threats

Symantec. (2017). About Symantec. Retrieved from Symantec: https://www.symantec.com/about

US-CERT. (2017). Current Activity . Retrieved from US-CERT: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity