CRIME FW: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 10/07/02

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From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipcwatch@private] 
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Subject: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 10/07/02

October 5, CNN - 'Bugbear' worms in, opens doors to hackers. The "Bugbear"
worm, which was first reported in the NIPC Daily on 4 October, ".appears to
be designed by someone who intended to steal credit card info or other data,
not necessarily destroy files," said George Stagonis, a researcher for
anti-virus company Central Command. The number of new cases reported daily
is rivaling, and even exceeding, that of the better-known Klez virus, a
similar bug that hit millions of computers this year. "We don't think it's
peaked yet because it's staying way ahead of people updating their
anti-virus software," said Stagonis. Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/04/virus.bugbear/index.html

October 2, The Sacramento Bee - California again target of hacking. Five
months after investigators found a computer hacker had gained access to
sensitive personal data on thousands of state employees, officials are
warning hundreds of agencies of new assaults on a state computer server
nicknamed "Godzilla." In letters sent to 260 state agencies over the past
few days, U.S. Attorney John Vincent and California Highway Patrol
Commissioner D.O. "Spike" Helmick are warning of "possible intrusions" of
state computer systems. Both letters ask officials to check the security of
their computers and report back by Thursday on whether they are secure.
Source: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/4631373p-5649680c.html

Virus: #1 Virus in USA: : PE_FUNLOVE.4099
Source: http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html, Trend World Micro Virus
Tracking Center [Infected Computers, North America, Past 24 hours, #1 in
United States]

Top 10 Target Ports
137(netbios-ns); 80(http); 1433(ms-sql-s); 67(bootps); 21(ftp);
103(gppitnp); 25(smtp); 139(netbios-ssn); 111(sunrpc); 53(domain);
Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center

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