CERT Coordination Center 1999 Annual Report
• Annual Review
This annual report gives a detailed overview of CERT Coordination Center activity in 1999.
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
From January through December 1999, the CERT/CC received 32,967 email messages and 2,099 hotline calls reporting computer security incidents or requesting information. We received 419 vulnerability reports and handled 8,268 computer security incidents during this period. More than 4,387,088 hosts were affected by these incidents.
Some of the most serious intruder activities reported to the CERT/CC in 1999 were:
- Growth and Evolution of Distributed Systems Intruder Tools
- Virus and Trojan Horse Activity; Melissa; CIH/Chernobyl; Happy99; and ExploreZip
- RPC Vulnerabilities
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CERT Annual Reports 1994-2010