security software incident

  security software incident   Paper details: a selective software incident report should be prepared. The report should cover 2 software incidents, one should be from 25 Sept to 2 Oct and another from 3 Oct to 9 Oct. (in the period Monday 25 September 2017 through Monday 2 October 2017). The software incidents should be a real incident reported in the corresponding week. The report should cite the source of the incident and explain the incident. why this incident has been chosen. (preference should be for high impact incidents or unique incidents). The explanation of the incident must include technical details, the outcome of the attack and possible remedies for such an attack. The report has a maximum total length of 8 pages (max of 3 pages per incident) and introduction (max of‘I page) which compares the sources and recommends a certain source of information and why. Finally. a conclusion (maximum of‘l page) and then bibliography. A single column research paper format should be followed. Your report should be written using your own words, all the details of incidents are available from sources online. There are many incident sources that you can rely on to prepare your report including and not limited to US-CERT (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity) www.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities Internet Storm Center (https://isc.sans.edu/) SANS newsletters (https://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/) http://seclists.org/