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Alerts & Notifications

Security Alerts

The following are recent security alerts and bulletins from COT and additional information related to IT security.

2008 Alerts and Bulletins

• Phishing E-mail (May 5, 2008, pdf)
• Storm Worm Links in Valentine E-Cards (Feb. 13, 2008, pdf) 
• Microsoft Security Bulletins for February (Feb. 13, 2008, pdf)
• Targeted Spear-Phishing Attack (Feb. 4, 2008, pdf)
• Global Address List Sync (Jan. 24, 2008, pdf)
• Current Malicious Code Vulnerabilities (Jan. 16, 2008, pdf)
• Microsoft Security Bulletins for January (Jan. 9, 2008, pdf)

2007 Alerts and Bulletins

• Storm Botnet Danger (Dec. 26, 2007, pdf)
• Microsoft Security Bulletins for November (Nov. 14, 2007, pdf)
• COT Website Outage on Sun., Sept. 16 (Sept. 12, 2007, pdf)
• Microsoft Security Bulletins for August (Aug. 15, 2007, pdf)
• Sun Java Vulnerabilities (July 18, 2007, pdf)
• McAfee ePO, Protection Pilot Vulnerabilities (July 12, 2007, pdf)
• Veritas Backup Exec Vulnerability (July 11, 2007, pdf)
• Bulletin - Microsoft Security Bulletins for July (July 10, 2007, pdf)
• Spam and Phishing E-mails (June 25, 2007, pdf)
• Bulletin - Microsoft Security Bulletins for June (June 13, 2007, pdf)
• Mozilla Vulnerabilities (June 4, 2007, pdf)
• Bulletin - Microsoft Security Bulletins for May (May 8, 2007, pdf)
• McAfee Scan Engine Version (May 2, 2007, pdf)
• Microsoft Password Phishing Scam (April 30, 2007, pdf)
• DNS and Password Change (April 25, 2007, pdf)
• Threatening Spam E-mails (April 23, 2007, pdf)
• Frauds and Scams (April 19, 2007, pdf)
• Windows Animated Cursor Exploit (Apr. 5, 2007)
• Fraudulent Microsoft E-mail UPDATE (Apr. 2, 2007)
• Fraudulent Microsoft E-mail (Mar. 30, 2007)
• Phishing Attempts (Feb. 16, 2007)
• w32/sdbot.worm.gen Virus (Feb. 12, 2007)
• Statewide Network Infection (Feb. 8, 2007)

2006 Alerts and Bulletins

• Malicious Scanning of TCP Port 20000 (Nov. 28, 2006)
• Emergency DAT File Released (Nov. 20, 2006)
• Wireless Driver Vulnerability (Nov. 16, 2006)
• Bulletin - Microsoft Updates for November 2006 (Nov. 15, 2006)
• Phishing Attempt E-mails (Oct. 25, 2006)
• McAfee ePO 3.5 Exploit (Oct. 3, 2006)
• Network Infection Detected (Sept. 20, 2006)
• Bulletin - New Microsoft Security Bulletins (Sept. 13, 2006)
  

Other Important Security Items

Dell Notebook Recall - Sept. 11, 2006
Notebook Computer Battery Recall

Notice - Internet Explorer - Sept. 14, 2006
Explorer 7.0 IE 7.0 Incompatibility Issues