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DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-141 Date: 10 September 2002 NEWS Border should be open to trade-but closed to terrorists During their meeting on Monday, President Bush and Prime Minister Chrétien also discussed the Detroit-Windsor border crossing. The two leaders examined ways of maintaining elevated, tightened border security, while sustaining good trading practices between the two partners. Mr. Chrétien noted the importance of ensuring that "…the threat of terror will not undermine the security of our citizens or hold our economies hostage." (Source: canada.com, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article Comment: Prime Minister Chrétien and President Bush pledged their commitment to the initiatives and programs that have developed from the Smart Border Declaration Action Plan signed by the U.S. and Canada on 12 December 2001. Though the main focus of the Chrétien/Bush meeting proved to be Iraq, the leaders issued a joint statement focusing on cross-border trade. In particular, two joint accelerated border clearance systems, FAST and NEXUS, were mentioned. The statement also included an update on the Smart Border Action Plan items. In the area of Critical Infrastructure Protection (Item #21), the leaders announced the first meeting of a bi-national critical infrastructure protection steering committee (held in late August 2002), where a Joint Framework for Canada-U.S. Cooperation on Critical Infrastructure Protection was agreed to. There are tentative plans for a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Manley and Governor Ridge on September 19-20 to discuss new initiatives. The text of the Chrétien/Bush joint statement is available at: http://pm.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=newsroom&Sub=newsreleases&Doc=can-u. s.border20020909_e.htm Surface-to-air missiles to be positioned in Washington on September 11 Although the White House has not received any credible threats in relation to the upcoming September 11 memorial day, it is expected that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld will approve the positioning of surface-to-air missiles in key Washington locations. Ari Fleischer, a spokesperson for President Bush, said to reporters that there were valid reasons to be concerned about the upcoming anniversary, stating that "Anniversaries can be occasions … of heightened terrorist activity". Mr. Fleischer pointed out that the government has not augmented its colour-coded threat-level indicator from yellow-which refers to "significant threat of risk of terrorist attacks." (Source: msn.com, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article Comment: Surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets were used for security purposes at the G8 Summit in Genoa several months before the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. U.S. Immigration to fingerprint Canadian residents from Islamic countries U.S. immigration agents will start fingerprinting and photographing Canadian residents from Islamic countries entering the U.S. as of tomorrow. According to a U.S. Justice Department spokesperson, the equipment and human resources are in place at selected ports of entry. The program called "National Security Entry Exit Registration System" will be established at all 315 U.S. border crossings by October 1. (Source: Torontosun, 10 September 2002) Click here for the source article Comment: Media reports state that Canadian Arabs and Muslims say that discrimination against them has increased since the September 11, 2001 attacks. An Ekos poll of 1,209 Canadians between 26-28 August 2002 said that 48 percent agreed with racial profiling in the interest of security. A U.S. State Department fact sheet on the "National Security Entry-Exit Registration System" can be found at: http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/02060509.htm. There are no specific references to Canadian residents in this document; however, U.S. regulations allow for the fingerprinting of aliens from a number of identified countries. IN BRIEF Oil slick off the south coast of Newfoundland A bulk carrier vessel registered in the Bahamas was ordered into port at Conception Bay, Newfoundland, as an investigation by the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) revealed that it might be involved in a large oil slick off the south coast of Newfoundland. The CCG confirmed the presence of a 116-kilometre-long slick on Sunday morning, south of the Burin Peninsula. (Source: CBCNews, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article Transport Canada lists items not to be stored in carry-ons Transport Canada has published a listing of 100 objects that passengers will not be permitted to bring on board aircraft in carry-on luggage. The list includes typical items such as guns and grenades as well as atypical items including whips and lacrosse sticks. (Source: globeandmail.ca, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article Comment: To view the entire list, go to Transport Canada's web site at: http://www.tc.gc.ca/majorissues/transportationsecurity/bagage.htm Microsoft blames administrators for Windows 2000 hacking activity Following Microsoft's advisory last week, warning companies to beware of hackers targeting servers running Windows 2000, the software company has reviewed its findings and now believes that hackers were able to exploit the servers because they had not been adequately locked-down. (Source: zdnet.com, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article War-driving users' kit for "IT dummies" Airtouch Networks Inc., a New Jersey-based company, has developed a war-driving kit that will allow companies and people with little technology knowledge to locate wireless networks without much effort. A consultant stated that the new war-driving kit has lawful uses in terms of locating LAN freenets and enabling companies to perform surveys on enterprise wireless LAN sites. (Source: computerworld.com, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source artilce Analyst warns that Pocket PC security is deficient A report by Analyst Gartner warns that Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 handheld operating system lacks the most basic security features. By enumerating deficiencies in the system, the report emphasizes the fact that safeguarding of company data may be jeopardized. Microsoft disputes this assessment. (Source: vnunet.com, 9 September 2002) Click here for the source article CYBER UPDATES See: What's New for the latest Alerts, Advisories and Information Products Threats Symantec reports on W32.Housax.Irc, which is an IRC worm that attempts to send itself to other IRC users. It may arrive as a file named "MyHouse.JPG.EXE". The worm is written in the Borland Delphi programming language and is packed with UPX. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.housax.irc.html Kaspersky Anti-virus reports on the Macro.Word97.Myna family, which is a family of Word97 macro viruses. Upon opening an infected document, the virus disables Word's built-in anti-virus protection and infects the documents. http://www.avp.ch/avpve/ Vulnerabilities NETGEAR 1.0 and 1.3 FM114P URL filter bypassing vulnerability (SecuriTeam). http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5HP01208AQ.html Granite Software ZMerge vulnerability (SecuriTeam). http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5IP02208AI.html Multiple vulnerabilities at Canada.com (SecuriTeam). http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP052A8AU.html Web Server 4 Everyone information disclosure vulnerability (InfoSysSec) http://www.infosyssec.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?target=http://www.infosyssec.com/info syssec/aaa33.htm Tools There are no new updates to report at this time. 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