Question #1 ========= The world has to deal with newly released vulnerabilities on a daily basis. These vulnerabilities eventually lead to active exploits of systems, and it is our job as cyber security professionals to stop that from happening. research (5) vulnerabilities have been release since Jan 1, 2008 and report back on: 1) What systems, services are affected; 2) What attack vectors could be used to exploit the vulnerable systems; 3) What mitigation factors could be used to stop the attack of the vulnerability; Two URLs that should help in the search: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm http://www.ciac.org Question

#2 ========== Do you know what you machine is up to? We are going to get a better understand of what it is with this question. Ensure that you are on a machine that is connected to the Internet, and perform a netstat of your current situation. Cut and paste the results of this command into your homework assignment. 1) In your own words, describe what you are seeing; 2) Comment on the active connections that you see, including the hosts/connections and the ports used for those connections. 3) Do you see any connections that you did not expect?