This looks to be similar in some respects to what we're trying to do with RAINS Net <http://www.oregonrains.org/otest/index.html> . -----Original Message----- From: information_technology-admin@private [mailto:information_technology-admin@private] On Behalf Of InfraGard Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:47 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 10/23/03 October 20, vnunet.com - UK builds up alert network. Because of the increase in online attacks, the UK government is pushing for the development of a country-wide network of inter-connected advisory units, called Warning, Advice & Reporting Points (Warps). Each Warp will be made up of groupings of organizations with a shared interest. A pilot project for London boroughs, London Connections Warp (LCWarp) will be rolled out to local authorities nationwide in April 2004. Mark Brett, LCWarp program manager, said the Warp scheme meant alerts were likely to be taken more seriously. He added that early tests showed managers often responded to Warp advisories even though they had ignored previous warnings on the same matters from their own staff. Linked to international warning bodies, including CERT, the Warp units will provide threat assessments and statistical data, and will identify trends and new vulnerabilities in an effort to stop attacks spreading. Each unit's staff will be familiar with the needs of the community it serves, to ensure only relevant warnings are passed on to members. Warps could serve large individual organizations with many branches and customers, or focus on geographical areas, trade groups, or specific sectors, such as online banking customers. Source: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1144793 October 20, Federal Computer Week - Executives warn that groups must work together to protect infrastructures. The leaders responsible for the nation's critical infrastructures must create rules for working together in the event of a crisis, according to a presidential advisory group. Those rules will be the first step in avoiding a calamitous domino-like crash of succeeding infrastructures if there is a unified attack, the group said. The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), made up of 30 high-level executives from the private sector, is developing recommendations for President Bush and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The group will make a wide range of recommendations, covering everything from how to disclose software vulnerabilities to where government regulation can enhance security. The council includes representatives from every sector, but the group called on expertise from organizations at DHS, the FBI, national labs and several sector-specific organizations, such as the National Energy Resource Council and the financial services' Banking Industry Technology Secretariat, a technology consortium of the nation's largest banks, to develop the recommendations. The goal of NIAC's recommendations is to alleviate the risks of any disruptions in infrastructures, which include everything from power companies to telecommunications networks. The proposed recommendations are available online: http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NIAC_WG_Rec_Briefing.pdf Source: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/1020/pol-cyber-10-20-03.asp Internet Alert Dashboard Current Alert Levels AlertCon: 2 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net Security Focus ThreatCon: 2 out of 4 http://analyzer.securityfocus.com/ Current Virus and Port Attacks Virus: #1 Virus in the United States: WORM_NACHI.A 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 135 (epmap), 1434 (ms?sql?m), 137 (netbios?ns), 445 (microsoft?ds), 1433 (ms?sql?s), 80 (www), 17300 (Kuang2TheVirus), 139 (netbios?ssn), 4662 (eDonkey2000), 27374 (SubSeven) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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