-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 7:19 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 6/16/03 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 hann elID=22FlavourID=1 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 _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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