-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:03 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 7/29/03 July 28, National Journal Cybersecurity research essential to combat computer crime. Research and development into cybersecurity is essential to combat computer crime, said Andrew Macpherson of Dartmouth University's Institute for Security Technology Studies Monday, July 28. "There's not really any law on the books that tells companies to turn over [information about cyberattacks], except in California," said Trent Teyema, a supervisory special agent with the FBI's squad for criminal computer intrusions. But failing to address vulnerabilities can open networks to terrorism, Macpherson said. "Terrorists are well aware of our prosecutorial thresholds," he said. "They do minor frauds but [do] many of them." Source: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0703/072803td2.htm July 27, Washington Post Safeguarding wireless networks too much trouble for many users. Experts say that wireless fidelity, or WiFi, vulnerability is now one of the most serious threats to computer security. Someone with a WiFi-enabled laptop could walk through an airport and launch a destructive computer virus at every unprotected laptop in the vicinity, because users who tap into a vulnerable network are just as exposed as its host. WiFi equipment comes with an encryption system, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), but entering the required encryption codes can be confusing and can lead to connected systems not functioning properly with each other. Several companies and code-writing organizations are working on new encryption technology, but experts worry that it may take a while for improvements to cycle through product lines, and for consumers to upgrade their equipment. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51284-2003Jul26.html Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 2 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net/ Last Changed 29 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_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: 80 (www), 445 (microsoft-ds), 137 (netbios-ns), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 139 (netbios-ssn), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 113 (ident), 0 (---), 53 (domain), 25 (smtp) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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