-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:49 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 6/25/03 June 25, Associated Press California law forces firms to warn consumers of hacking events. Starting July 1, companies must warn California customers of security holes in their corporate computer networks. Any company that stores data electronically and does business in California must alert customers whenever "unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person." The bill defines "personal information" as an individual's first name or initial and last name, with one of the following: Social Security number; driver's license number; state identification number; or credit or debit card account number and security code. Local politicians call the regulation the first of its kind in the United States, and it could become the model for a nationwide law. Proponents say the California bill makes executives more accountable for computer fraud. It doesn't impose specific monetary fines, but the regulation makes companies with questionable computer networks more vulnerable to lawsuits and public scorn. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22227-2003Jun23.html June 23, Associated Press Feds form anti-terror e-posse. A partnership called the Infragard program has developed between the FBI and 8,300 companies to share information about both cyber and physical threats. On Monday, experts from around the country were expected to gather for the program's first national conference in Washington, D.C. The program, started in 1996, was growing slowly but steadily until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, made security the top priority for the FBI. "When Wall Street was shut down, banking was hit very hard, transportation was hit very hard - they're all part of the infrastructure we're trying to shore up and protect," said Brett Hovington, the FBI's national coordinator of the Infragard program. Hovington says the program allows the FBI to detect patterns that could alert the agency to a terrorist threat. The FBI and companies emphasize that the Infragard program is voluntary and they do not share information such as confidential personnel records protected by privacy laws. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/23/attack/main559834.shtml June 19, IDG News Service Africa confronts cybercrime. Law enforcement agencies and ISPs (Internet service providers) in Africa are trying to stem a wave of cybercrime originating from some parts of the continent. Credit card "cloning" and e-mail scams are the main types of cybercrime, according to Isaac Prah of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Members of the African Working Party on Information Technology Crime--a law enforcement community that collaborates in sharing knowledge and experiences in information technology crime--are lobbying legislators in their countries to enact laws that can be used to prosecute cybercrime. "You cannot prosecute someone for misusing a computer," Prah said, in discussing Ghana's current laws. Organized criminal gangs normally use cybercafes to carry out credit card fraud, Prah and other officials said. In addition, staff in hospitality and other service industries may pass on the credit card details of a client they serve to criminals with whom they are in collusion. Source: http://www.idg.net/ic_1322277_10320_1-5073.html 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.G 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), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 113 (ident), 139 (netbios-ssn), 6346 (gnutella-svc), 0 (---), 25 (smtp) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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