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
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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
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
[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
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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
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[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
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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
-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
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.
La version française suit
THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
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ADVISORY
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Number: AV02-029
Date: 5 June 2002
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Multiple Vulnerabilities - Yahoo! Messenger
[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 LENS in London. WEN]
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Washington DC, USA,
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OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-079 Date: 11 June 2002
NEWS
OCIPEP Issues Advisory - Securing and Protecting Your Web Server
With the recent increase of web site defacements with anti-G8 messages,
OCIPEP has issued an advisory reminding system and network administrators to
maintain secure web
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-080 Date: 12 June 2002
NEWS
Ottawa to Buy Smallpox Vaccine for All Canadians
The Ottawa Citizen reports that the federal government will purchase
millions of doses of the smallpox vaccine, enough to inoculate every
Canadian. Dr. Ron St. John, executive director of
[At least life as a politician in DC will be interesting
again as they will be facing the biggest turf war ever
which could get quite nasty. The proposed Homeland
Security Department will also have to survive 88
congressional committees and subcommittees. So one
should really ask whether this
NIPC Daily Report 13 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.
.
Microsoft discloses
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-080 Date: 13 June 2002
NEWS
Government Department Equipment Stolen
Ottawa Police are investigating a break-in at a Citizenship and Immigration
Canada office, in which thieves stole a number of weapons, including pepper
spray canisters, batons, body armour and
NIPC Daily Report 14 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.
Press Release - FBI, SBA and Commerce Department Form Alliance to Promote Information
Technology
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-082 Date: 14 June 2002
NEWS
OCIPEP Issues Advisory - New Worm-Frethem.E
OCIPEP has issued Advisory AV02-031 concerning a variant of the Frethem worm that is
spreading in
the wild. Frethem.E contains its own SMTP engine and mails copies of itself to
addresses
-Original Message-
From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT)
Sent: 20 June 2002 12:25
To: Undisclosed Recipients
Subject: UNIRAS Briefing - 187/02 - Microsoft - Cumulative Patches for
Excel and Word for Windows (MS02-031)
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DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-096 Date: 5 July 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-096_e.html
NEWS
Ontario Names Canada's First Anti-Terror Chief
Dr. James Young was appointed to the new position of Ontario Commissioner of
Public Security yesterday. Dr. Young's duties include ensuring that the
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-108_e.html
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-108 Date: 23 July 2002
NEWS
OCIPEP Issues Advisory - PHP Vulnerability
OCIPEP released Advisory AV02-037 today to bring attention to a vulnerability in
versions 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 of PHP. PHP is an HTML-based scripting
NIPC Daily Report 07/23/02
Are hacking defenses winning the war? The Computer Emergency Response Team
(CERT) states that cybercrime is on the rise and that 26,800 incidents were
reported during the first six months of 2002. The methods that hackers use
to attack computers have improved over the
[It looks really good and it is high time that such document is published
to create more awareness about 'wireless insecurity'. WEN]
The Computer Security Division (CSD) of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST - http://www.nist.gov/) has posted draft Special Publication SP
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-110 Date: 25 July 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-110_e.html
NEWS
Possible Lessons for Ottawa from September 11
Ottawa's fire, police and ambulance branches rely on telephones for
inter-service communication. Steve Kanellakos, the city's manager of emergency
[I would recommend to read the Business Continuity Planning
interview with David Spinks as David is very knowledgeable
in this area. http://trust.ncms.org/interviewCO0702.htm WEN]
To: MfgTrust; MfgTrustIG
Subject: Special NCMS Report - Business Continuity Planning
Dear NCMS Alliance Partners:
We're forward thinking and forward looking. We're trying to harness the power
of information and information sphere technologies to better prepare the U.S.
Joint Forces for war about five years from now, he said. During Spiral 3, held
the first two weeks in June, military members from all
-Original Message-
From: Opscen (OCIPEP / GEOCC)
Sent: 30 July 2002 18:22
To: OCIPEP EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION LISTS
Subject: OCIPEP AV02-038 - OpenSSL
La version française suit
THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
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http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-142_e.html
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-142 Date: 11 September 2002
NEWS
U.S. raises colour-coded level one notch
On the eve of the anniversary of September 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft
reported in a televised news conference that the U.S. government
09 September 2002
Survey Shows Progress in Upgrading Information System Security
(Thirty percent of organizations may be unprepared to withstand
cyberattack) (730)
Increasing numbers of corporations are improving their security
measures to withstand a terrorist attack on their information
Release of U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Introduction
Today, President George Bush's Administration released a draft version of the
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. The last U.S. Cyberspace Strategy was
released by the Clinton Administration in 2000. The new strategy
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OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-148 Date: 19 September 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-148_e.html
NEWS
U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace - Links Update
Details of the draft strategy were first reported yesterday in DOB02-146. The
OCIPEP Information Note regarding the draft
[Today's issue is delayed as I was attending an IO/IA workshop
in London. There will be no Infocon News till maybe Thursday/Friday
as London is under a massive 'infrastructure attack' per 20.00
tonight (not by any Al Qaeda terrorists or any cyberterrorists,
but by striking tube (underground)
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-151 Date: 24 September 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-151_e.html
NEWS
Derailed CN train spills fuel in Quebec
A Canadian National (CN) train, en route from Toronto to Senneterre, derailed in
the Mauricie Region of Quebec on Sunday night. Diesel fuel spilled
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Homeland Security: Information Sharing Activities Face Continued
Management Challenges, statement for the record by David M. Walker,
comptroller general of the United States, before a joint hearing of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select
Committee on
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(Interesting report about a part of the critical infrastructure which is
not mentioned very often. WEN)
Key sentence for CIP planner:
...In addition, we are recommending that commercial satellites be
identified as a critical infrastructure sector (or as part of an already
identified critical
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Reilly
Sent: 03 October 2002 18:12
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Announcing 2 NEW Computer Security Special Publications -- NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is releasing
new
DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-158 Date: 03 October 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-158_e.html
NEWS
Kyoto and Beyond
A report prepared for The David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian
Climate Action Network (CANet) entitled Kyoto and Beyond: The Low
Emission Path to Innovation and
... Here, today, you begin to effect a real transformation-a
transformation that will improve our command and control, our
intelligence and our planning-in short, a fundamental step forward to
better meet the security environment that will define the 21st Century.
...
--- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER
W32.Bugbear@mm or I-Worm.Tanatos
NIPC ADVISORY 02-008
October 3, 2002
The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) is issuing this
advisory to heighten the awareness of an e-mail-borne worm known as
W32.Bugbear or I-Worm.Tanatos. This
The latest netsec-letter contains some interesting comments regarding
'The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace'
Good mailing list.
To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEN
-Original Message-
From: Fred Avolio
Sent: 04 October 2002 17:43
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-Original Message-
From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT
Sent: 07 October 2002 14:29
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 330/02 - Microsoft - Vulnerabilities in File
Decompression Functions, Windows Help Facility, Unix 3.0 Interix SDK +
Patch for SQL Server
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-Original Message-
From: Bruce Schneier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 October 2002 23:50
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2002
CRYPTO-GRAM
October 15, 2002
by Bruce Schneier
Founder and CTO
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[2] www.formatex.org/isbook/callforpaper.htm
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From: ISBOOK 2002 [mailto:isbook2002;formatex.org]
Sent: 17 October 2002 18:22
To: Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
Subject: reminder chapters submission
Dear
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-168 Date: 18 October 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-168_e.html
NEWS
OCIPEP issues Incident Analysis
OCIPEP issued Incident Analysis IA02-001, on 17 October 2002, of the
lessons learned following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in New
York and
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:epic_news-admin;mailman.epic.org] On Behalf Of EPIC News
Sent: 24 October 2002 22:15
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: EPIC Alert 9.20
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A Year after 9/11, America Still Unprepared for a Terrorist Attack,
Warns New Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security .
Executive summary:
http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=5100.xml
Full text:
http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=5099
http://www.cfr.org/pdf/Homeland_Security_TF.pdf
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http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-167_e.html
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-167 Date: 17 October 2002
NEWS
Canada's environment threatened by U.S. greenhouse emissions
A report entitled America's Gas Tank, the high cost of Canada's oil and
gas export strategy, jointly issued by the Natural
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-174 Date: 28 October 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-174_e.html
NEWS
OCIPEP issues Advisory AV02-046
On 25 October 2002, OCIPEP issued Advisory AV02-046, subsequent to
CERT/CC's report of a new remote buffer overflow in the Kerboros
Administration
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(This week's Economist has a special section on Information Security
which is well worth a read as it is well researched (in comparison to
the usual cybergeddon article).
P.S. I have been contacted by a Pentagon Reporter who is looking for a
PsyOps expert. He is 'writing a story about possible
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-175 Date: 29 October 2002
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-175_e.html
NEWS
New act to make Ontario's drinking water safe
New legislation aimed at ensuring Ontario has cleaner, safer drinking
water will be unveiled by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves today. The
(Interesting speech by the secretary of the USAF. It looks at how the
USAF is changing and stresses the importance of Space Dominance'. WEN)
'... While the war on terror presents unprecedented challenges, the
future has never been brighter for airmen. We are entering a new age of
air and space
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http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-176_e.html
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-176 Date: 30 October 2002
NEWS
New act to make Ontario's drinking water safe - Update
As reported in the OCIPEP Daily Brief DOB02-175 released 29 October
2002, the Safe Drinking Water Act was unveiled yesterday by
(It contains some interesting articles. I would recommend to have a look
at The Coming Revolution in Intelligence Analysis and the counterpoint
article In addition to that there is also an article about PsyOps during
WWII: The Information War in the Pacific, 1945. WEN)
-Original Message-
From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:uniras;niscc.gov.uk]
Sent: 31 October 2002 14:28
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 383/02 - NISCC - Potential crafted packets
vulnerability in firewalls
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-Original Message-
From: Opscen (OCIPEP / GEOCC) [mailto:Opscen;OCIPEP-BPIEPC.GC.CA]
Sent: 14 November 2002 00:57
To: OCIPEP EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION LISTS
Subject: AV02-047 Trojan Horse: tcpdump and libpcap Distributions
Importance: High
THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
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'... Intelligence officials have made enormous progress in combining
domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering capabilities. They're now
gathering more information and in the past couple of weeks, Ridge said,
they're reporting more chatter. ...'
(The Economist - 'The World In 2003' has a good
(The new bureaucratic monster is coming! I am looking forward to the
turf wars. WEN)
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White House:
President Hails Passage of Homeland Security Department Legislation
Statement by the President
The United States Congress Has Taken An Historic and Bold Step forward
to protect the
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On Behalf Of EPIC News
Sent: 19 November 2002 23:54
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Subject: EPIC Alert 9.23
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@ @ @ @ @
Why worry about computer security?
by Master Sgt. Keith Korzeniowski and Jack Worthy
45th Communications Squadron
11/20/2002 - PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Before going to bed
at night, do you leave your front door unlocked? When parking your car,
do you leave the keys in the ignition?
(Due to a power outage there was no Infocon on Friday. WEN)
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(During the Kosovo campaign the Americans were very keen on German EW
Tornado aircrafts as they lacked EW equipment. According to GAO the US
military has still not beefed up their EW capabilities. The GAO report
is not bad, but it does not take into account other problems
(operational procedures,
CERT Summary CS-2002-04
November 26, 2002
Each quarter, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) issues the CERT
Summary to draw attention to the types of attacks reported to
our
incident response team, as well as other noteworthy incident
and
vulnerability information.
National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 27 November 2002
Daily Overview
. Internet Security Systems has lowered its AlertCon Internet
threat indicator to Level 1, which warrants routine security. (See
Internet Alert Dashboard)
. CERT announces
Department of Defense Homeland Security
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/homeland/
-Original Message-
From: DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE LIST On Behalf Of Press Service
Sent: 26 November 2002 22:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New Security Department Reinforces NORTHCOM Mission
By Master
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/runsafe/
see also:
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/security/
R.U.N.S.A.F.E.
Did you know that with one wrong mouse click you could make it possible
for someone to read all your email, documents, or instant messages? That
they could also view your grades, online
National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 29 November 2002
Daily Overview
The L.A. Times reports that a suicide car bombing at a resort
hotel in Msumarini, Kenya killed at least 16 people Thursday at the same
time that two missiles narrowly missed an
National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 3 December 2002
Daily Overview
. CNN reports a statement attributed to al-Qaeda claimed
responsibility Monday for last week's terrorist attacks on Israeli
targets in Kenya. (See item 13)
. IDG.net reports
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National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 2 December 2002
Daily Overview
. CNN reports the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has
warned airports to review their missile attack measures after Thursday's
attempt to shoot down a passenger plane in
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National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 4 December 2002
Daily Overview
. The Washington Post reports the nature of identity theft has
changed and today is more likely to come from insiders going after a
massive amount of information rather than a thief
National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 5 December 2002
Daily Overview
. CERT announces Vulnerability Note VU#140977: SSH Secure Shell
for Workstations contains a buffer overflow in URL handling feature that
may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
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Sent: 06 December 2002 20:41
Subject: NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #24-2002
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a loose network
of antiwar groups is planning a week of action against warmongering to
occur December 15
Plans Being Made to Protect U.S. Information Infrastructure
(Communications industry preparing list of recommendations) (1140)
Representatives from the U.S. communications industry are pushing a
deadline to develop a list of recommendations to ensure the safety of
the nation's information and
http://www.nipc.gov/publications/infobulletins/2002/ib02-011.htm
National Infrastructure Protection Center
Software Firm Investigation Serves as a General Information Security
Reminder
Information Bulletin 02-011
December 6, 2002
NIPC Information Bulletins communicate issues that pertain
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