[INFOCON] - News 03/29/02

2002-03-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Friday, March 29, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-029 Date: 28 March2002

2002-03-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-029 Date: 28 March 2002 NEWS Ottawa Learned Lessons from Anthrax Scares The Citizen reports that Ottawa learned crucial lessons about emergency response following a string of anthrax hoaxes last October. Dr. Cushman, Ottawa's medical officer of health, said city hospita

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 28 March 2002

2002-03-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 28 March 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Officers arrest S.F. airport workers. Twenty-five workers

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report for 29 March 2002

2002-03-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 29 March 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Disaster exercise: flaws and progress. About 200 US, Maryland, Virgi

[INFOCON] - 1 Apr Daily Report

2002-04-01 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Below is the NIPC Daily Report for 1 Apr NIPC WWU dw NIPC Daily Report 01 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Government trains cyber defenders, b

[INFOCON] - USAF: Commentary: Don't give 'bad guys' information

2002-04-01 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Commentary: Don't give 'bad guys' information by Christine Saalbach Air Force Personnel Center Operations Security Manager 03/29/02 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- John Wayne used to say, "Talk low. Talk slow. Don't say too much." That is good advice in today's military environment

[INFOCON] - News 04/02/02

2002-04-01 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Tuesday, April 02, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Alert - 12/02 - Malicious Software Report

2002-04-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 02 April 2002 09:25 To: Undisclosed Recipients Subject: FW: UNIRAS Alert - 12/02 - Malicious Software Report Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- -

[INFOCON] - 2 Apr NIPC Daily Report

2002-04-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Below is the NIPC Daily Report for 2 Apr 02. Thanks, NIPC WWU dw NIPC Daily Report 02 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nat

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-030 Date: 02 April2002

2002-04-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-030 Date: 02 April 2002 NEWS Private Industry Offers Proposals for War on Terrorism The U.S. Office of Homeland Security and other federal organizations have been inundated with proposals from high-tech companies on how to better fight terrorism. Howard Schmidt, vice-ch

[INFOCON] - IWS is looking for a sponsor

2002-04-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Dear All, I am currently looking for another sponsor for the web site. I am forced to do this as the site has eaten up all my financial reserves and I will be doing my 'self-sponsored' MSc project over the summer (focused on IO/CIP). Also I want to do a postgraduate certificate at the American Mi

[INFOCON] - News 04/04/02

2002-04-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Thursday, April 04, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 03 April 2002

2002-04-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 03 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. US to issue more secure passports. The State Department unveiled a new "state-of-the-ar

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-031 Date: 03 April2002

2002-04-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-031 Date: 03 April 2002 NEWS FTC, Partners Pursuing Internet Fraud The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with help from the FBI and several state and Canadian agencies, has brought 63 cases against Internet scams in the past six months. The initiative, called Internationa

[INFOCON] - (US) Cybercrime Conference Announcement

2002-04-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[Sounds very interesting. WEN] C O N F E R E N C E A N N O U N C E M E N T National Cybercrime Conference http://www.CybercrimeConference.org/ May 9-11, 2002 at The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois In our current state of heightened national security, the law affecting informatio

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report for 04 April 2002

2002-04-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 04 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. New options in assault on smallpox

[INFOCON] - Your Privacy - April 2002 Mfg.Trust by NCMS

2002-04-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[People who are interested in subscribing to this newsletter should contact John Sheridan @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEN] Mfg.Trust is a monthly feature of the NCMS InfraGard Manufacturing Industry Association Infrastructure assurance for manufacturers.

[INFOCON] - NIST Computer Security FIPS Publication 198

2002-04-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: On Behalf Of Patrick O'Reilly Sent: 04 April 2002 16:15 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: NIST Computer Security FIPS Publication 198 April 3, 2002 -- FIPS 198, The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) (.pdf) (http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fi

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-032 Date: 04 April2002

2002-04-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-032 Date: 04 April 2002 NEWS Oil Spill Near Newfoundland Coast The Coast Guard was keeping a close eye on the area where the Russian shrimp trawler "Katsheshuk" sank off Cape St. Francis, approximately 20 kilometres north of St. John's, Newfoundland. Local residents and

[INFOCON] - USN Technology, US Emergency Preparedness, US-CAInternet Fraud Alliance, Counter-Terrorism

2002-04-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
U.S. Pacific Chief Says Technology Enhances Military Capability 04/04/02 Information technology is "the key to transforming the Pacific Command's war-fighting ability," the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC) told members of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council in Hawaii Ap

[INFOCON] - US Information Security Awareness Week

2002-04-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[I hope that quite a few US list members will sign the petition and thereby show their commitment to Information Assurance. WEN] * With the public's support, we actively promote "Information Security Awareness Week" by urging governors and

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 8 April 2002

2002-04-08 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 8 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Hacking up, disclosure down, FBI survey says. An FBI survey of 503 US corporations, govern

[INFOCON] - News 04/08/02

2002-04-08 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Monday, April 08, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-034 Date: 08 April2002

2002-04-08 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Article: Canada Forges Ahead With Master Plan To Guard Key Infrastructures April 8, 2002 http://ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/pub_communi/article_ipent2_e.html Article: Canadian Official Calls For Cyber-Security Exercise With United States April 8, 2002 http://ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/pub_communi/article_ipen

[INFOCON] - News 04/09/02

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Tuesday, April 09, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - NSA Email Security, Network Security, IA Defense inDepth

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[I have just seen this link in a DoD DISA newsletter. The page contains useful information regarding email security, network security by the lovely people from Fort Mead. WEN] * http://nsa2.www.conxion.com/emailexec/download.htm National Secur

[INFOCON] - (Homeland Defense) Ridge Says States Must DevelopPlans to Thwart Terrorism

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[Interesting speech. WEN] 08 April 2002 Ridge Says States Must Develop Plans to Thwart Terrorism (Remarks to meeting of American Hospital Association April 8) (3880) Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge says all 50 U.S. states must develop local, regional, and then statewide comprehensive plan

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 9 April 2002

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 9 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. NRC opens centralized nuclear security office. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officia

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-035 Date: 09 April2002

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-035 Date: 09 April 2002 NEWS Cyber Division Forming Within FBI The FBI has been forming a new cyber division apparently which will coordinate the various on-line disciplines within the Bureau and investigate exploitations of federal computer systems, according to a gove

[INFOCON] - News 04/10/02

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Wednesday, April 10, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - 2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

2002-04-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2002 00:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey Dear Wanja Eric, Thank you for your interest in the 2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey. The 2002 survey is now posted. To downloa

[INFOCON] - News 04/12/02

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Friday, April 12, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-037 Date: 11 April2002

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-037 Date: 11 April 2002 NEWS Security of G8 Site Compromised: Report A Public Works and Government Services Canada tender that has been posted on the Internet since February provides security details regarding the location of the June 2002 G8 Summit in Kananaskis Countr

[INFOCON] - NIPC: Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Microsoft'sInternet Information Services (IIS)

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
National Infrastructure Protection Center "Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) " Advisory 02-002 11 April 2002 The NIPC is issuing this advisory to highlight the significance of the above vulnerability addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02

[INFOCON] - NIPC DAILY REPORT - 11 APRIL

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 11 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Microsoft releases patch to fix security flaws. Microsoft Corp. released a patch on 10 Ap

[INFOCON] - EPIC Alert 9.07

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of EPIC News Sent: 11 April 2002 20:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EPIC Alert 9.07 == @@@ @@

[INFOCON] - (UK) FIPR Bulletin: Government Data Sharing Reportis Late and Deeply Disappointing

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
FIPR-Bulletin: Government Data Sharing Report is Late and Deeply Disappointing -- You have received this message from the FIPR Bulletin mailing list run by the Foundation for Information Policy Researchhttp://www.fip

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Alert - 13/02 - Malicious Software Report

2002-04-11 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS Sent: 11 April 2002 22:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Alert - 13/02 - Malicious Software Report Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - - - - --

[INFOCON] - News 04/15/02

2002-04-14 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Monday, April 15, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-038 Date: 15 April2002

2002-04-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-038 Date: 15 April 2002 NEWS TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in Manitoba A section of the TransCanada pipeline exploded on Sunday night near Brookdale, Manitoba. The natural gas explosion and ensuing fire led authorities to evacuate the few homes that were within an eight

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-040 Date: 16 April2002

2002-04-16 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-040 Date: 16 April 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Advisory Posted - W32/MYLIFE VIRUS - Multiple New Variants OCIPEP has posted Advisory AV02-019 regarding multiple new variants of the W32/MyLife virus that have been released in the wild and are beginning to spread. The worm variants

[INFOCON] - News 04/17/02

2002-04-16 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Wednesday, April 17, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-041 Date: 17 April2002

2002-04-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-041 Date: 17 April 2002 NEWS Networks at Risk From Hackers and Terrorists The Auditor General warned yesterday that the Government of Canada's critical computer infrastructure is exposed to malicious cyber attacks. Sheila Fraser indicated that computer systems an

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Alert - 14/02 - Malicious Software Report -new variant of K l e z

2002-04-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 17 April 2002 17:32 To: Undisclosed Recipients Subject: UNIRAS Alert - 14/02 - Malicious Software Report - new variant of K l e z Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- -

[INFOCON] - NIPC DAILY REPORT: 17 APRIL, 2002

2002-04-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 17 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Lab helps Seattle pilot federal-local security project. The Lawrence Livermore National Laborato

[INFOCON] - News 04/18/02

2002-04-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Thursday, April 18, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 18 Apr 2002

2002-04-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 18 April 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Power blackouts could stop flow of water in valley. A dispute between power and water utility c

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-042 Date: 18 April2002

2002-04-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-042 Date: 18 April 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Issues Advisory - New Variant of Klez.A OCIPEP issued Advisory AV02-020 to bring attention to a new version of the worm W32.Klez.A@mm, which was first discovered on 25 October 2001. This new variant of Klez is currently spreading thro

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Alert - 15/02 - UNIRAS - MultipleVulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS

2002-04-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 April 2002 17:09 To: Undisclosed Recipients Subject: FW: UNIRAS Alert - 15/02 - UNIRAS - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - -BEGIN PGP SI

[INFOCON] - GAO Information Security

2002-04-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[Interesting. WEN] Information Security: Subcommittee Post-Hearing Questions Concerning the Additional Actions Needed to Implement Reform Legislation. GAO-02-649R, April 16. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-02-649R IWS INFOCON Mailing List @ IWS - The Information Warfare Site http://ww

[INFOCON] - Terrorist Threat to U.S. Financial Institutions

2002-04-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: Opscen (OCIPEP / GEOCC) Sent: 20 April 2002 00:27 To: Opscen (OCIPEP / GEOCC); OCIPEP EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION LISTS Subject: Terrorist Threat to U.S. Financial Institutions Importance: High

[INFOCON] - No INFOCON for at least a while

2002-05-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Dear All, Due to lack of time and funding the INFOCON list will be suspended until further notice (It might continue at the beginning of June depending on whether we will be able to sort out our finances till then, ...). Regards, WEN Wanja Eric Naef Webmaster & Principal Researcher IWS - Th

[INFOCON] - IWS Site and Infocon List Admin News

2002-05-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Dear All, The INFOCON list will resume, but there will be slight changes as I cannot commit too much time to it anymore. This is due to the fact I will have to earn money in order to support the site as I did not manage to find another sponsor. So instead of building up the site as previously pla

[INFOCON] - News 05/27/02

2002-05-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Monday, May 27, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-068 Date: 27 May 2002

2002-05-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-068 Date: 27 May 2002 OCIPEP Issues Paper on Mobile Telephone Services OCIPEP recently issued a paper entitled "Commercial Mobile Telephone Services and the Canadian Emergency Management Community: Prospects and Challenges for the Coming Decade." The paper discus

[INFOCON] - News 05/28/02

2002-05-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Tuesday, May 28, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - Pentagon Rolls Out 'Latest, Greatest Prototype'Soldier System

2002-05-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE LIST Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 May 2002 19:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentagon Rolls Out 'Latest, Greatest Prototype' Soldier System By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 23,

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 28 May 2002

2002-05-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 28 May 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Hackers gain access to records of state workers. Computer hackers working secretly over the past seve

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-069 Date: 28 May2002

2002-05-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-069 Date: 28 May 2002 NEWS Terrorist Threat in Canada Still Exists: CSIS Director There were "warnings of something coming" before September 11 but "nobody had any specific warnings," according to CSIS Director Ward Elcock. Appearing at a House of Commons committee on

[INFOCON] - CERT Summary CS-2002-02

2002-05-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: CERT Advisory Sent: 28 May 2002 19:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CERT Summary CS-2002-02 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- CERT Summary CS-2002-02 May 28, 2002 Each quarter, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) issues the CERT summary to

[INFOCON] - News 05/29/02

2002-05-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Wednesday, May 29, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 29 May 02

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[The daily report is a bit late as I spent 5 hours at a InfoSec company yesterday where they showed me an amazing software product which is light-years ahead of any other similar product. WEN] NIPC Daily Report29 May 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform reci

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-070 Date: 29 May 2002

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-070 Date: 29 May 2002 NEWS Instant Messaging Programs Vulnerable to Attacks Instant messaging (IM) applications, used by millions of computer owners to chat in real-time with friends and co-workers, are being threatened by hackers who can exploit the programs to steal p

[INFOCON] - NEW JEC COMPENDIUM EXAMINES CYBERTERRORIST THREAT

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
For Immediate Release Press Release #107-90 May 29, 2002 Contact: Christopher Frenze Execu

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 30 May 02

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 30 May 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Yucca mountain: transport safety tests promised. On 23 May, Richard Meserve, Chairman of the Nucl

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-071 Date: 30 May2002

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-071 Date: 30 May 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Issues Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability OCIPEP has issued Advisory AV02-027 to bring attention to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in Macromedia JRun 3.0 and 3.1, earlier reported by CERT/CC. The vulnerability can permit

[INFOCON] - NIPC Highlights Issue 2-02

2002-05-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
http://www.nipc.gov/publications/highlights/2002/highlight02-02.htm NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER HIGHLIGHTS A publication providing information on infrastructure protection issues, with emphasis on computer and network security matters. Issue 2-02 May 15, 2002 Editors: Linda Gar

[INFOCON] - News 05/31/02

2002-05-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Friday, May 31, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Briefing - 156/02 - ISS - Microsoft SQL SpidaWorm Propagation

2002-05-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[2] Virus warning: SQL worm trumps Nimda and Code Red An internet worm that attacks Microsoft's SQL Server database has caused more attacks in the past week than last year's most notorious worms, Nimda and Code Red. http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB =RE

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 31 May 02

2002-05-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report31 May 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Debate over exposing chemical risks. The chemical industry in recent months has succes

[INFOCON] - NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #7-2002

2002-05-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: Stephen F. Argubright [Sent: 31 May 2002 16:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #7-2002 Dear Friends and Colleagues, 1. A new NCIX counterintelligence and security awareness poster, titled One Evil, may be viewed and ordered by link

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-072 Date: 31 May 2002

2002-05-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-072 Date: 31 May 2002 NEWS FBI Warns of Shoulder-Fired Missile Attacks The FBI warned yesterday that, although it has no substantiating information on the subject, terrorists may try to shoot down U.S. commercial airliners with shoulder-fired missiles. There is

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 3 June 2002

2002-06-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 3 June 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. California power grid operators issue first alert in nine months. State power grid operators issue

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 4 June 2002

2002-06-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 4 June 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Social engineering attacks via IRC and Instant Messaging. The CERT/CC has received reports of soci

[INFOCON] - Some interesting GAO Reports

2002-06-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
A collection of interesting GAO Reports (ranging from Information Security to Missile Defence to Drinking Water) from the last few months which are pilled up in my room in one corner ... WEN Coast Guard: Vessel Identification System Development Needs to Be Reassessed. GAO-02-477, May 24. http:/

[INFOCON] - ISAW Cyber Defender News: Volume 1, Number 1 - June4, 2002

2002-06-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[A good initiative. WEN.] - This message is sent to you as a service of Information Security Awareness Week (ISAW). If this has been sent to you in error; or you wish to discontinue getting information about ISAW related events,

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-074 Date: 4 June2002

2002-06-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-074 Date: 4 June 2002 NEWS Canadian Forces Called In to Help Fight Alberta Forest Fires The Canadian Forces (CF) will join Alberta firefighters in the battle against forest fires burning close to the city of Edmonton. Edmonton's 1 Combat Engineer Regiment will start wor

[INFOCON] - NIPC Advisory 02-004 & OCIPEP AV02-028 "ISC BIND 9DoS Vulnerability"

2002-06-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
National Infrastructure Protection Center "ISC BIND 9 DoS Vulnerability" Advisory 02-004 4 June 2002 T

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 5 June 2002

2002-06-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 5 June 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. NIPC issues Advisory 02-004, "ISC BIND 9 DoS Vulnerability." The vulnerability is in version 9.x b

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-075 Date: 5 June 2002

2002-06-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-075 Date: 5 June 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Issues Advisory - Denial-of-Service Vulnerability OCIPEP has issued Advisory AV02-028 concerning a denial-of-service vulnerability in Domain Name System (DNS) servers running ISC BIND 9 prior to 9.2.1, which allows a remote attac

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Advisory AV02-029 Multiple Vulnerabilities -Yahoo! Messenger

2002-06-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
La version française suit THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS * ADVISORY * Number: AV02-029 Date: 5 June 2002 ** Multiple Vulnerabilities - Yahoo! Messenger ***

[INFOCON] - EPIC Alert 9.11

2002-06-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of EPIC News Sent: 05 June 2002 21:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EPIC Alert 9.11 == @@@ @@ @ @ @

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Alert - 16/02 - Malicious Software Report

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 06 June 2002 12:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: UNIRAS Alert - 16/02 - Malicious Software Report Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - --

[INFOCON] - News 06/06/02

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Thursday, June 06, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 6 June 2002

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 6 June 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. State CIOs advise on homeland security plan. On 23 May, Steve Cooper, senior director of informati

[INFOCON] - (MIL) interesting mil journals: ISR & Armed Forces

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
I have just got my first copy of the ISR Journal (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) and the Armed Forces Journal and I must say I like them. (I even like the ads as there quite different to normal journal ads which kind of tells you something about the readership. Some ad sound bites: PAC-

[INFOCON] - Conferences: TechNet 2002 (DC) & LE&NS (London)

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[If someone is going to the TechNet conference please let me know as I quite curious what they have to say about Network Centric Warfare & Homeland Security. I won't be able to go as I am attending LE&NS in London. WEN] * Washington DC, USA

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 172/02 - UNIX - Various Briefings

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[I do not know whether I should send out all UNIRAS Briefings or not. Some people complained, some did not. It is kind of difficult to decide. I kind of decided to post the major warnings and leave out all the rest. WEN] -Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 06 June 2002 15

[INFOCON] - UK DTI Study Report Information Security Consultancy

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[Interesting study by the UK Department of Trade and Industry. I would at least have a look at point 5.1 see below WEN] 5.1 Damage caused by Information Security Services 19. Incompetence or misbehaviour by consultants or providers of consultancy services can result in significant damage to an o

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-076 Date: 6 June 2002

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-076 Date: 6 June 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Issues Advisory - Yahoo! Messenger Vulnerabilities OCIPEP has issued Advisory AV02-029 concerning multiple vulnerabilities in Yahoo! Messenger version 5,0,0,164 and prior for Microsoft Windows. These vulnerabilities may allow an

[INFOCON] - President to Propose Department of Homeland Security

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
8 p.m. Eastern Time, June 6, 2002 'Tonight -- I have just gotten off the phone with the bureau chiefs for the networks and others, and the President tonight will give an address to the nation. We have requested time from the networks. And in that address, the President will give an update on the

[INFOCON] - The Department of Homeland Security: InformationAnalysis and Infrastructure Protection

2002-06-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Url of the proposed Department of Homeland Security http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/ General Section: http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/toc.html The Department of Homeland Security Information Anal

[INFOCON] - Homeland Security: Remarks by the President inAddress to the Nation The Cross Hall

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Audio http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020606-8.a.ram Video http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/remarks.v.ram Text http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020606-8.html Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation The Cross Hall 8:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT

[INFOCON] - News 06/07/02

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Friday, June 07, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - Homeland Security Agency Designed to EnhanceIntelligence Efforts

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Homeland Security Agency Designed to Enhance Intelligence Efforts (Senior official discusses proposed cabinet agency) (5940) President Bush is proposing a terrorist-fighting, cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security that contains four key elements ranging from border and transportation secur

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 7 June 2002

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 7 June 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. President Bush proposed a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. Among the new government fun

[INFOCON] - The Terror Alert They Won't Issue

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
[WEN: Rick's nice commentary about the current hype of issuing public terror warnings which most of us get on a daily basis. I guess the US is in the same state as me about six years ago when I moved to London. One day there was a 'security alert' in the underground station, so I kind of felt weir

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-077 Date: 7 June2002

2002-06-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-077 Date: 7 June 2002 NEWS Bush Administration Announces Homeland Security Overhaul President Bush went on national television Thursday night and asked Congress "to join me in creating a single permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission-securing

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Report 10 June, 2002

2002-06-10 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
NIPC Daily Report 10 June, 2002 The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit compiles this report to inform recipients of issues impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical infrastructures. Who protects the nation's infrastructure? Regardless of how the next major terrorist attack may co

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-078 Date: 10 June2002

2002-06-10 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-078 Date: 10 June 2002 NEWS OCIPEP Issues Report - Research Information OCIPEP has posted a report entitled "Towards a National Mitigation Policy - An Investigation of Efforts to Create Safer Communities: Experiences in Canada and the United States." The full rep

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