-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:39 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 7/23/03 July 22, Associated Press Risks of public Internet terminals demonstrated. The risks and dangers of using public Internet terminals at cybercafes, libraries, airports and other establishments have been demonstrated by recent high-profile cases where software that logs individual keystrokes has been installed on public computers and used to record user names and password. Neel Mehta of Internet Security Systems Inc. said that while millions of individuals use public terminals without trouble, they should be cautious. "When you sit down at an Internet cafe, ask the owner or operator about the security measures in place," he said. Encrypting e-mail and Web sessions does nothing to combat keystroke loggers, which capture data before the scrambling occurs. Data cookies, files that help Web sites remember who you are, also contribute to the risk of identity theft. Unless you remember to log out, these files could let the next person using the public terminal to surf the Web as you. Browsers typically record recent Web sites visited so users won't have to retype addresses. But such addresses often have usernames and other sensitive information embedded. Secure public terminals should by default have provisions for automatically flushing cookies and Web addresses when a customer leaves, Internet security experts say. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29083-2003Jul22.html July 22, Medill News Service Changes in broadband laws stall. Lawmakers are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue a pending Triennial Review Order that will dictate whether broadband Internet is classified as an information service or a telecommunications service, which in turn determines how it can be regulated. Some cable operators are classified as information service providers and not as telecommunication services, they don't have to let the public or competitors use their pipelines. However, common telecommunication carriers--notably telephone companies that also sell DSL services--must share access. Lawmakers and panelists at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Monday agreed there are two ways to give cable and DSL services an even playing field: place broadband cable services under the same regulations currently imposed on DSL providers; or deregulate DSL companies and let them compete freely in the marketplace. Regulating cable service providers, opponents say, would inhibit industry growth, competition, and capital investment. On the other hand, DSL providers entering a totally deregulated market could get crushed by their cable modem competitors, who control the vast majority of the market share as well as the infrastructure. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111692,00.asp Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 2 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net/ Last Changed 22 July 2003 Security Focus ThreatCon: 2 out of 4 www.securityfocus.com Last Changed 22 July 2003 Current Virus and Port Attacks Virus: #1 Virus in USA: WORM_KLEZ.H 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), 445 (microsoft-ds), 80 (www), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 54846 (---), 113 (ident), 16058 (---), 139 (netbios-ssn), 12072 (---) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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