Description Computer security people basically protect computers, networks, etc. from hackers, viruses, and more. Until about 2 or 3 years ago, computer security wasn't needed very much. Then things like the Melissa virus, the Microsoft break-in made people realize that they needed securi...

A Hacker A hacker is a person obsessed with computers. At the heart of the obsession is a drive master the computer. The classic hacker was simply a compulsive programmer. It is only recently that the term hacker became associated with the computerized vandalism. Great description of Ha...

Code Red Worm Activity Original release date: June 19, 2001 There has been a dramatic increase in reports of website defacements and scans for hosts listening on TCP port 80. This activity appears to be related to the "Code Red" worm, a recently discovered worm that exploits the buffer overflow ...