-----Original Message----- From: information_technology-admin@private [mailto:information_technology-admin@private] On Behalf Of InfraGard Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:55 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 11/06/03 November 05, eSecurity Planet - 'Critical' Office 2003 patch released. Microsoft has issued a 'critical' update to fix problems in the Powerpoint, Word and Excel products in Microsoft Office 2003, which was released on October 21. Microsoft said the errors occur when a user tries to open or save files that includes an OfficeArt shape that was previously modified or saved in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. The errors mean that documents may not open completely or may be corrupted. In some cases, the documents may open but with missing content. There is no word on whether the 'critical' patch will be shipped with all new sales of the Office 2003 suite going forward. The update is available on the Microsoft Website: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828041 Source: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/prodser/article.php/3104671 November 04, Washington Post - Congressman puts cybersecurity plan on hold. A congressional plan to require publicly traded companies to get computer security audits will be put on hold while technology businesses try to come up with a proposal of their own. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-FL, chairman of a House technology subcommittee, said he will postpone plans to introduce his bill and wait about 90 days to see what kind of alternative the business community proposes. There are no similar bills in the Senate. Businesses often keep cybercrime incidents under wraps and are generally unwilling to publicize any computer security measures, even with law enforcement. According to an April study by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, just 30 percent of companies that experienced cyberattacks last year reported such incidents to authorities. The business community is also generally opposed to government-sponsored requirements on cybersecurity, whether from Congress or the White House. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63587-2003Nov4.html Current Alert Levels AlertCon: 1 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net Security Focus ThreatCon: 1 out of 4 http://analyzer.securityfocus.com/ Current Virus and Port Attacks Virus: #1 Virus in the United States: 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 135 (epmap), 1434 (ms?sql?m), 137 (netbios?ns), 27347 (???), 445 (microsoft?ds), 1243 (BackDoorG), 53 (domain), 443 (https), 80 (www), 139 (netbios?ssn) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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