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Alerts

• US-CERT Advisory on Unpatched Microsoft Word Vulnerability
  US-CERT has issued an advisory for users of Microsoft Word
• Beware Of Password Phishing E-mail
  Warning to the UM community about a recent wave of password phishing e-mails
• Cisco Security Advisory: Windows 2000/XP VPN Client
  Information on security announcement for older version of VPN client (4.8.x) - clients should be upgraded to version 5.
• Important Security Update for Mozilla Firefox
  Users of Firefox 1.0 and 1.0.1 are urged to upgrade to version 1.0.2
• Information on the UMD Alert System
  Information on the UM campus alert system
• NetBIOS and SMB Blocked
  OIT will filter NetBIOS and SMB packets at the border of the University Network
• Newly Discovered Windows Vulnerability with JPEG Images
  Information regarding the Microsoft GDI Trojan Horse vulnerability
• Received mail from admin@wam or admin@glue?
  Information pertaining to the hoax mails sent to many e-mail accounts here at the University
• Spyware Alert: MarketScore
  
• Information Sources: Linux Security Advisories
  Information on where to look for security information and updates for Linux.