-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 10/02/02 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:29:44 -0500 From: "NIPC Watch" <nipcwatch@private> To: "Information Technology" <information_technology@private> October 1, CNET Networks - Unix Tools Track Hackers. You have determined that your network has been breached. There are two standard approaches on what to do next: Close the holes as fast as possible and put in safeguards to protect against future attacks. Identify the perpetrator and prepare for prosecution. Most organizations decide to close the holes as quickly as possible because the probability of actually catching an intruder is low. One method of gaining this information is by using tried-and-tested Unix networking tools usually employed in incident-response forensics. Source. http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=9156 September 30, CNET News - FBI to release computer-security updates. The FBI and a prestigious computer-security research group are set to announce new initiatives to keep companies up to date on the most threatening software vulnerabilities, CNET News.com has learned. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center and the SysAdmin, Audit, Networking and Security (SANS) Institute, a research and education organization made up of government, corporate and academic experts, will unveil the initiatives Wednesday, exactly two weeks after the Bush Administration released a draft for comment of the National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace. Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-960215.html _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/information_technology
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