CRIME FW: [Information_technology] Daily News 6/16/03

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    June 14, ComputerWeekly.com
    Cybercorps to boost U.S. federal IT security. IT security at U.S.
    federal
    agencies will get a boost this month from the first class of 46 students
    who
    have completed training under a federal scholarship-for-service program.
    Cybercorps was created in 2000 to produce a pool of security-trained IT
    professionals obligated to work for the U.S. government. The program
    provides up to two years of scholarship funding for students studying
    information security in return for a commitment to work an equal amount
    of
    time for the federal government. The graduates, about half of whom come
    from
    private-sector jobs, were trained at some of the 36 participating
    colleges
    and universities. The Cybercorps program is part of the national plan
    for
    information systems protection developed by the Bush administration.
    Source:
    http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=1225461iC
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    June 13, Federal Computer Week
    DoD moving to IPv6. Beginning in October, all Defense Department assets
    acquired for the Global Information Grid (GIG) must be compatible with
    the
    next-generation Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), according to DoD's
    top
    information technology official. The GIG is a massive DoD network
    designed
    to connect warfighters anywhere in the world. Moving to IPv6 will help
    the
    department achieve its goal of network-centric warfare and operations by
    the
    end of the decade, said John Stenbit, assistant secretary of Defense for
    networks and information integration. Stenbit signed a policy memorandum
    June 9 that outlines DoD's transition to the new protocol by 2008. That
    year
    was chosen because most experts estimate widespread commercial adoption
    will
    take place from 2005 to 2007, he said. Source:
    http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0609/web-dodip-06-13-03.asp
    
    June 13, The Mercury News (CA)
    Hacker sentenced for breaching Eglin AFB, Sandia lab. An 18-year-old
    hacker
    who breached computers at Sandia National Laboratories and posted an
    anti-Israeli message on the Eglin Air Force Base Web site was sentenced
    Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison. Adil Yahya Zakaria
    Shakour
    also was ordered to pay $88,253 in restitution, and his computer use was
    restricted during the three years he will spend under supervised release
    after his prison term. Shakour, a Pakistani national who lives in Los
    Angeles, pleaded guilty in March to computer and credit card fraud
    charges.
    Shakour penetrated the Florida air base's computer server repeatedly in
    April and May 2002, altering the Web page to denounce the Israeli
    advance
    into Palestine. Damage to the air base computer system was estimated at
    $75,000, while more than $2,700 in damage was done to the Sandia
    Laboratories Web site. Source:
    http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/6079276.htm
    
    
    Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 1 out of 4
    https://gtoc.iss.net/
    Last Changed 10 June 2003
    
    Security Focus ThreatCon: 1 out of 4
    www.securityfocus.com
    Last Changed 11 June 2003
    
    Current Virus and Port Attacks
    Virus: #1 Virus in USA: WORM_LOVGATE.F
    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), 445 (microsoft-ds), 139
    (netbios-ssn), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 0 (---), 25 (smtp), 2234
    (directplay),
    113 (ident)
    Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center
    
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