-----Original Message----- From: information_technology-admin@private [mailto:information_technology-admin@private] On Behalf Of InfraGard Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:16 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 11/17/03 November 13, eWEEK - Windows exploits released. Microsoft Corp. released its monthly passel of patches on Tuesday, November 11, including one for a flaw in the Workstation service in Windows 2000 and XP. A successful exploitation would give the attacker complete control of the compromised PC, Microsoft said. Less than 24 hours after Microsoft issued the fix, two members of the BugTraq security mailing list posted exploit code for the vulnerability. The author of one of the exploits said the code had been tested only on a Windows 2000 machine with Service Pack 4 installed and the FAT32 file system running. The other exploit is designed for machines running Windows XP. However, experts said it would take little effort to adapt the code for other Windows machines. And, more importantly, the Workstation vulnerability appears to be a prime candidate for a worm. Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1382271,00.asp November 13, FCC - FCC makes additional spectrum available for unlicensed use. In the Report and Order approved Wednesday, November 13, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made available an additional 255 megahertz of spectrum in the 5.470-5.725 GHz band for use by unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices, including Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs), operating under Part 15 of the FCC's rules. This increases the spectrum available for use by unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz region of the spectrum by nearly 80%--and is a significant increase in the spectrum available for unlicensed devices across the overall radio spectrum. This action will also harmonize the spectrum available for these U-NII devices throughout the world, enabling manufacturers to reduce product development costs by allowing the same products to be used in many parts of the world. The Commission also adopted several allocation changes consistent with the results of the 2003 World Radio Conference and an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). These changes will ensure that critical Federal Government operations are protected from harmful interference. Source: http://www.fcc.gov/ 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_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), 445 (microsoft?ds), 1434 (ms?sql?m), 137 (netbios?ns), 80 (www), 27347 (???), 53 (domain), 4444(CrackDown), 1433 (ms?sql?s), 139 (netbios? _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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