-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:12 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 07.10.03 July 09, IDG News Service - Telcos, IT companies at high risk from economic crime. A survey released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said that 47% of telecommunications and 46% of IT companies surveyed reported suffering from economic crimes, figures only exceeded by the banking and insurance industries. But PwC warned that the apparent high incidence of economic crime in high-tech companies may partly reflect the ability of companies in those well-regulated sectors to detect crime. The Global Economic Crime Survey 2003 covered 3,623 companies from all industry sectors in 50 countries. Economic crime covers many areas, including theft, financial misrepresentation, product piracy, money laundering, bribery and cybercrime. As well as monetary loss, cybercrime had a strong negative effect on staff morale, business relations and company reputation, PwC reported. The full report is available at: http://www.pwcglobal.com/extweb/ncsurvres.nsf/docid/82960380 57E60CD485256D57005B7E3D/ Source: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0709telcoitco.html?net July 09, IDG News Service - Wi-Fi Alliance certifies 802.11g standard. The Wi-Fi Alliance, following successful interoperability testing, has put its stamp of approval on the first batch of products based on the new 802.11g wireless Internet standard. The new 802.11g standard lays out the ground rules for WLAN (wireless LAN) gear that is capable of at least 24M bps (bits per second) and up to 54M bps, while remaining backward compatible with existing 802.11b gear that runs at a maximum 11M bps. Both use radio spectrum in the 2.4GHz radio band. Another standard, 802.11a, defines 54M bps gear in the 5GHz range. What the certification means to users is significant: products that have passed interoperability tests are compatible with one another. Source: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0709wifiallia.html?net July 07, Network World - University net execs face variety of security challenges. A recent Emory University survey of 13 major U.S. universities found that 80% agreed that network security policies are very important, but only half of them are taking steps to combat the growing flood of security breaches. Staffing and budgeting were cited as the main obstacles. A new worry is the legal liabilities created for a university when someone hijacks a school computer and uses it to launch attacks against networks and computers elsewhere on the Internet. "Desktops and laptops are not professionally administered," says Rodney Petersen, of EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit group focused on advancing higher education through IT. "The freedom to allow faculty, staff, and students to alter system configurations and install software make PCs particularly vulnerable," he says. Source: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0707education.html 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), 445 (microsoft-ds), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 113 (ident), 139 (netbios-ssn), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 9323 (---), 0 (---), 4672 (---) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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