-----Original Message----- From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipc.watch@private] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:13 AM To: Daily Distribution Subject: NIPC Daily Report for 14 January 2002 The NIPC Daily Report 14 January 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Netscape vulnerability. Remote attackers can easily perform a denial of service attack on unpatched Netscape Enterprise servers running on Windows NT/2000 with "publishing" enabled. An attacker can crash the service remotely by manipulating web publishing commands built into the web server. (SecuriTeam.com, 11 JAN 2002) Computer security vulnerabilities more than Double In 2001. According to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), more than 52,000 incidents - including Web site attacks, malicious viruses, and network intrusions - were reported last year, up from 21,756 in 2000. A copy of the CERT report can be found at: http://www.cert.org/stats/cert_stats.html. (Newsbytes, 11 JAN 2002) Heritage Foundation study recommends protection of Global Positioning system (GPS). The Heritage Foundation recommends designating GPS radio frequencies and network systems as national critical infrastructure so these systems receive the same protection given to telecommunications, financial systems, utilities and other core operations of vital interest to the country. The report also recommends assigning responsibility for its security to the Department of Defense and taking immediate steps to make the network more secure. GPS is a key technology in battlefield systems, navigation systems and other critical government applications. (Federal Computer Week, 11 JAN 2002) FAA orders cockpit doors improved. US airline companies have been ordered to install cockpit doors designed to prevent intrusion and resist certain gunfire and explosives on more than 6,000 commercial aircraft. Airlines have 18 months to replace the doors. (MSNBC, 11JAN 2002)
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