Louisiana declares West Nile virus emergency. Louisiana Governor Mike Foster has declared an emergency after the West Nile virus has infected 58 Louisiana residents, killing four, and putting at least a dozen in the hospital, according to state officials. According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, the mosquito-borne virus has now been found in virtually every corner of the state. The virus was first detected in the US in New York City, and in the past three years it has spread to 34 states, the District of Columbia, and reaching as far west as South Dakota. Before the newly announced deaths, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed 185 human cases and 18 deaths. (Associated Press, 2 Aug) Baltimore considers mandatory water cuts. City water managers in Baltimore, Maryland are considering imposing mandatory curbs on water consumption because the voluntary water conservation efforts the city has urged since January 2001 might no longer be enough. The current approach is cutting consumption by an estimated 5 million to 6 million gallons a day, according to Baltimore Department of Public Works spokesman Kurt L. Kocher. "With the reservoirs still being tapped at the rate they are, with the (supply) being down to 55 percent (of capacity), that is of great concern to us," Kocher added. Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening imposed mandatory bans on watering lawns, washing cars, and hosing down sidewalks. The city is pumping 140 million gallons a day from the Susquehanna River to conserve supplies in the reservoirs, the Sun said. (waternet.com, 2 Aug) Hackers and security experts band together to create new service. A broad group of hackers and security experts have banded together to create a new service that assembles information on vulnerabilities, security tools, and bug-related discussions. Internet-Worked Security Information Service (ISIS) brings together four independent projects--the Open Source Vulnerability Database, the Alldas.de defacement-tracking service, the PacketStorm software database, and the vulnerability watchdog VulnWatch - into a loosely organized collaboration. "There are a lot of commercial organizations that put out this type of information for free, but will it always be that way?" said Chris Wysopal, director of research and development for security company @Stake. "We are calling the project 'open source' because the information in it will be open and free." The move comes a week after Symantec acquired SecurityFocus and its popular spot to talk about software flaws, the Bugtraq mailing list. (CNet News.com, 2 Aug) Central Command, Inc. releases its dirty dozen, top 12 viruses for July 2002. On 31 July, Central Command, Inc., a provider of PC anti-virus software and computer security services, released its monthly listing of the top twelve viruses reported for July 2002. The report, coined the "Dirty Dozen", is based on the number of virus occurrences confirmed through Central Command's Emergency Virus Response Team. The table below represents the most prevalent viruses for July 2002, number one being the most frequent, ranking virus name percentage. (Central Command, 31 Jul) 1. Worm/Klez.E, 57.3% 2. W32/Elkern.C, 16.8% 3. Worm/W32.Sircam, 4. 4% 4. W32/Yaha.E, 4.3% 5. W32/Nimda, 2.6% 6. Worm/Frethem.L, 2.2% 7. W32/Magistr.B, 2.0% 8. W95/Hybris,1.6% 9. Worm/Badtrans.B, 0.9% 10.W95/CIH, 0.5% 11.W32/Funlove, 0.3% 12.W32/Magistr.A, 0.3% _______________________________________________ Infragard_unsecured mailing list Infragard_unsecured@private http://listserv.leo.gov/mailman/listinfo/infragard_unsecured
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