On a related note, ISTS posted "A Predictive Analysis on Cyber Attacks During The War On Terrorism" recently: http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/ISTS/counterterrorism/cyber_attacks.htm From that page: "This report analyzes the possibility of cyber attacks against U.S. and allied information infrastructures in response to anticipated military strikes against terrorists and nation-state sponsors. While many have speculated about the possibility for such cyber attacks, this report provides a detailed, fact-based assessment of the situation. It examines recent trends and precedents and sets out in detail the potential types, targets, and sources of cyber attacks that we should be prepared for. It also makes concrete recommendations for protective actions." Apologies if this has been posted by someone previously. -----Original Message----- From: twistsiwtat_private [mailto:twistsiwtat_private] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:03 PM To: incidentsat_private Subject: FBI Virus Alerts *** PGP Signature Status: unknown *** Signer: Unknown, Key ID = 0xEACEDD72 *** Signed: 9/27/01 8:03:52 PM *** Verified: 9/28/01 2:14:03 PM *** BEGIN PGP VERIFIED MESSAGE *** Hi All, My boss has just had a phone call from one of our software vendors who has in turn been talking with a rep from Cardinal Software. He said that the FBI have just finnished a meeting with many of the major software vendors regarding a flood of new Terrorist related viruses about to be released in the next couple of hours. Some are supposed to be new, others are variants of Nimda (which will presumably have a more profound effect this time). Has anyone else heard these reports? If it is true, we could have an even larger epidemic on our hands. I know everyone this list has their patches upto date though right? =) As well all know though, new explouits are released everyday so be vigilant people & keep an eye out. I would expect Cardinal to lie about this kind of thing to their customers... Scratch ya later Stu *** END PGP VERIFIED MESSAGE *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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