-----Original Message----- From: NIPC Watch [mailto:nipc.watch@private] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:55 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 5/06/03 May 05, InformationWeek DHS CIO: no 'digital Pearl Harbor' likely. "It's highly unlikely that the United States will experience a crippling "digital Pearl Harbor," the CIO of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says. "While this is a possibility, the probability is relatively low," Steven Cooper said in an online chat sponsored by The Washington Post. "We have done a lot in the federal arena to provide multilayered security for our digital environments and continually 'red team' our networks and applications to find vulnerabilities." The government spends millions of dollars on technology to safeguard IT, and Cooper said he isn't overly concerned about individuals who might compromise the government's IT infrastructure. "I would agree that it is always a risk," Cooper said. "However, all personnel working in the department, including contractors, must pass a security clearance and additional reviews and background checks, depending on level of clearance." Source: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=9400450 Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 1 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net/ Last Changed 8 April 2003 Security Focus ThreatCon: 1 out of 4 www.securityfocus.com Last Changed 18 April 2003 Current Virus and Port Attacks 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 (www), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 25 (smtp), 445 (microsoft-ds), 113 (ident), 139(netbios-ssn), 41170 (---), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 53 (domain) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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