-----Original Message----- From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipcwatch@private] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:01 AM To: Cyber Threats Subject: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 09/26/02 September 25, Federal Computer Week Sharing called key to cyber plan. The sharing information and responsibility is key to the success of the public/private partnership envisioned in the Bush administration's draft National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space, experts said Sept. 24. Security experts came together at a forum sponsored by the Cato Institute to share their views on how government and industry should share responsibility for securing the Internet, information technology products, and networks across the country and around the world. There is widespread agreement that government cannot be solely responsible for the cybersecurity of the critical infrastructure, such as the telecommunications and banking sectors. But, said Scott Charney, chief security strategist at Microsoft Corp., the question remains: How can government encourage companies to meet their responsibility to secure what they own and operate? Source: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0923/web-cato-09-25-02.asp September 24, VNUNET Third slapper worm hits the street (Slapper C). Hackers eye virus as base for development. Barely 24 hours after the Slapper B worm started to show up on antivirus monitoring stations, a new variant has cropped up. According to security specialist ISS, Slapper C has infected 1,500 servers already and is spreading, although a source point has not been identified at this time. The company warned that the source code for Slapper has spread quickly among the underground community, and will be the development platform of choice for future attacks. Slapper and its variants exploit a vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer 2.0 of Apache web servers using distributions from Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Gentoo and Slackware. Source: http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1135304 September 24, The Australian Cybercrime code ready. Internet service providers are preparing for a new cybercrime code of conduct that will detail how much data they should keep on subscribers in order to co-operate with police and other law enforcement agencies. The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is about to release the draft of its Cybercrime code of conduct, chairman Justin Milne said. The draft code is the result of more than a year of collaboration between the internet industry and representatives from police and crime authorities. It represents an apparently successful attempt by the internet industry to avoid specific new laws being introduced to specify compliance with authorities. Source: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5153729%255E15306,00.html _______________________________________________ Cyber_Threats mailing list Cyber_Threats@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/cyber_threats
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