[INFOCON] - need help: web designer wanted with some time to spare

2003-01-08 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
Dear All, The web site has been on hold for a very long time as I could not afford the bandwidth anymore. Luckily, I have final managed to get a secure server to host the site and mailing list(s) and about a month ago I redesigned the site with a friend of mine to make it more user-friendly and ea

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 2 January 2003

2003-01-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 2 January 2003 Daily Overview . The Stars and Stripes reports the enrollment and claim files of 550,000 beneficiaries of the military's managed-care medical network were stolen on December 14. (See item 8) .

[INFOCON] - Happy New Year & NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 31December 2002

2002-12-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 31 December 2002 Daily Overview . The Washington Post reports that U.S. intelligence officials have identified approximately 15 cargo freighters around the world that they believe are controlled by al Qaeda or could

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 30 December 2002

2002-12-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 30 December 2002 Daily Overview . SecuriTeam reports that certain Cisco products containing support for the Secure Shell (SSH) server are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) if the SSH server is enabled on the

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 27 December 2002

2002-12-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 27 December 2002 Daily Overview . Internet Security Systems has lowered its AlertCon Internet threat indicator to Level 1, recommending regular vigilance. (See Internet Alert Dashboard) . The Washington Tim

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 26 December 2002

2002-12-26 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 26 December 2002 Daily Overview . Internet Security Systems has raised its AlertCon Internet threat indicator to Level 2, in part due to ISS observations of multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks agai

[INFOCON] - North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmsSanta Sleigh Test Flight

2002-12-23 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. WEN *** NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters, North American Aerospace Defense Command 250 S. Peterson Blvd, Suite 116, Peterson AFB, Colo. 80914-3190 Phone: (719) 554-6889 DSN: 692-6889

[INFOCON] - "The Military View of Peace and Security," by GeneralRichard B. Myers

2002-12-21 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
20 December 2002 "The Military View of Peace and Security," by General Richard B. Myers (Access to advanced technology increases threat environment) (3020) (The following article by General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears in the International Information Program el

[INFOCON] - Study Finds Internet Showed Resilience in TerroristAttacks

2002-12-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(The study is available at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309087023/html/index.html. WEN) Study Finds Internet Showed Resilience in Terrorist Attacks (Analysis explores how to brace information technologies for future attacks) (1050) The Internet sustained minimal damage when terrorists attacked

[INFOCON] - Assessing the Risks of Cyber Terrorism, Cyber War andOther Cyber Threats

2002-12-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(Usually I send my detailed comments only onto the IWS Limited List, but as the paper is so interesting I make an exception. I like the paper, even though the definition of Cyberterrorism is not the greatest one and I do not like the bit about the WWII as it is too simplistic ('know thy militar

[INFOCON] - News: London, Friday, December 20, 2002

2002-12-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Friday, December 20, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - USAF: Risk management perfect tool for holiday,winter season

2002-12-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
Risk management perfect tool for holiday, winter season by Lt. Col. Juan Gaud Electronic Systems Center chief of safety 12/18/2002 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFPN) -- In our haste during this time o! f the year we often make decisions without giving much thought to the risks involved or how

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 20 December 2002

2002-12-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 20 December 2002 Daily Overview . CERT has released Advisory CA-2002-3: "Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows Shell." (See item 20) . Foundstone reports a buffer overflow exists in Microsoft Internet Explore

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 19 December 2002

2002-12-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 19 December 2002 Daily Overview . ZDNet reports several critical vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL database system, a light database package commonly used in Linux environments but which runs also on oth

[INFOCON] - News: London, Thursday, December 19, 2002

2002-12-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Thursday, December 19, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 461/02 - Microsoft - Unchecked Bufferin Windows Shell Could Enable System Compromise

2002-12-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
See also Beware the Latest MP3 Worms http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56924,00.html -Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 December 2002 10:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 461/02 - Microsoft - Unchecked Buffer in W

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP AV02-053: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SSHImplementations

2002-12-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: Opscen (OCIPEP / GEOCC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 December 2002 23:09 To: OCIPEP EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION LISTS Subject: OCIPEP AV02-053 La version française suit THE OFFICE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS **

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 18 December 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 18 December 2002 Daily Overview . CERT has received reports of increased scanning of port 445. This may be evidence of the propagation of a worm known as W32/Lioten. (See item 15) . Infoworld reported a sec

[INFOCON] - News: London, Wednesday, December 18, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Wednesday, December 18, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 17 December 2002

2002-12-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 17 December 2002 Daily Overview . CERT has released Advisory CA-2002-36 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in SSH Implementations. (See item 11) . Security Focus has changed its threat condition rating from level 1

[INFOCON] - News: London, Tuesday, December 17, 2002

2002-12-17 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Tuesday, December 17, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - News: London, Monday, December 16, 2002

2002-12-16 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Monday, December 16, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 16 December 2002

2002-12-16 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 16 December 2002 Daily Overview . CNN reports President Bush announced Friday that he is ordering 500,000 military personnel and others in high-risk parts of the world receive the smallpox vaccine. (See item 14) .

[INFOCON] - CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
CRYPTO-GRAM December 15, 2002 by Bruce Schneier Founder and CTO Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analys

[INFOCON] - EPIC Alert 9.24

2002-12-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 13 December 2002

2002-12-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 13 December 2002 Daily Overview . Microsoft has released "Security Bulletin MS02-069: Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise (Critical)." (See item 15) . Microsoft has released "Security Bulleti

[INFOCON] - News: London, Friday, December 13, 2002

2002-12-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Friday, December 13, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 444/02 - Microsoft - Flaw in MicrosoftVM Could Enable System Compromise

2002-12-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 13 December 2002 10:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 444/02 - Microsoft - Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - --

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 11 December 2002

2002-12-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 11 December 2002 Daily Overview . CERT has announced Vulnerability Note VU#630355 - "Netscape and iPlanet Enterprise Servers fail to sanitize log files before they are displayed using the administration client." (

[INFOCON] - USAF: Social engineering: Hackers exploit humanweakness

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(Security is as strong as the weakest link which is usually the human. As Kevin Mitnick said most of the time he got access just by using this technique. More awareness campaigns are needed to address this issue. It is just too easy to trick someone, especially if they are not aware of it and wo

[INFOCON] - REVIEW: "The Art of Deception", Kevin D.Mitnick/William L. Simon

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
REVIEW: "The Art of Deception", Kevin D. Mitnick/William L. Simon BKARTDCP.RVW   20021028 "The Art of Deception", Kevin D. Mitnick/William L. Simon, 2002, 0-471-23712-4, U$27.50/C$39.95/UK#19.95 %A   Kevin D. Mitnick %A   William L. Simon %C   5353 Dundas Street West, 4th Floor, Etobicoke, ON  

[INFOCON] - (HS) OCIPEP Update: Department of Homeland Security

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Date: 28 November 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/opsprods/other/IU02-001_e.asp United States Update: Department of Homeland Security 1.0 President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on 25 November, 2002, thus enacting legislation creating the Department of

[INFOCON] - (HS) Verga Clarifies DoD's Homeland Defense Role

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
... He said President Bush describes the homeland security mission as a concerted effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, to reduce the nation's vulnerability to terrorism, and to minimize damage and to assist in recovery efforts after terrorist attacks. ... ... However, Verg

[INFOCON] - (MIL) Transformation on Display in Qatar

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
... The exercise tests command and control for U.S. Central Command. ... ... There have been hiccups, which is why the military is exercising the system. The setup consumes "an awful lot of bandwidth," said a Central Command official. "Sometimes the computer network goes down, but it has gotten be

[INFOCON] - News: London, Thursday, December 12, 2002

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Thursday, December 12, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 12 December 2002

2002-12-12 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 12 December 2002 Daily Overview . The Wichita Business Journal reports SC Telecom is working on fixing the remaining internal problems in its system after overseas hackers (from Asia and the Middle East) broke into

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 440/02 -Advanced Fee Fraud (4-1-9)

2002-12-10 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Sent: 10 December 2002 15:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 440/02 -Advanced Fee Fraud (4-1-9) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - -- UNIRAS

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 10 December 2002

2002-12-10 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 10 December 2002 Daily Overview . CERT has released Vulnerability Note VU#961489 - "University of Washington IMAP Server vulnerable to buffer overflow after login." (See item 15) . CBS News reports United A

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 9 Dec 2002

2002-12-10 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 9 Dec 2002 Daily Overview . The National Infrastructure Protection Center has released Information Bulletin 01-011: "Software Firm Investigation Serves as a General Information Security Reminder." (See item 2) .

[INFOCON] - News 12/09/02

2002-12-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Monday, December 09, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - NIPC "Software Firm Investigation Serves as a GeneralInformation Security Reminder"

2002-12-09 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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

[INFOCON] - Plans Being Made to Protect U.S. InformationInfrastructure

2002-12-08 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 comm

[INFOCON] - NCIX: "week of action against warmongering"

2002-12-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- 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 1

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 6 December 2002

2002-12-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 6 December 2002 Daily Overview . The Transportation Safety Administration reports that the Explosives Detection Canine Team Program will play an important role in helping it to meet the Dec. 31 deadline for screeni

[INFOCON] - News 12/06/02

2002-12-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Friday, December 06, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 433/02 - Microsoft - Cumulative Patchfor Internet Explorer

2002-12-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 December 2002 10:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 433/02 - Microsoft - Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - ---

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 5 December 2002

2002-12-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 cod

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 4 December 2002

2002-12-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 st

[INFOCON] - News 12/04/02

2002-12-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Wednesday, December 04, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 2 December 2002

2002-12-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 K

[INFOCON] - News 12/02/02

2002-12-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Monday, December 02, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 3 December 2002

2002-12-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 Pr

[INFOCON] - News 12/02/02

2002-12-03 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: Wanja Eric Naef (IWS) Sent: 02 December 2002 20:07 To: 'Infocon' Subject: News 12/02/02 _ London, Monday, Decembe

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 29 November 2002

2002-12-02 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 Isr

[INFOCON] - No Infocon till Monday, Site News & Happy Thanksgiving

2002-11-28 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
Dear All, The Infocon list will be on hold during the next few days till Monday as it will be my 30th birthday on Friday, i.e. I won't be touching a computer for the next two days at least. Originally I was planning to jump out of plane with some of my friends, but luckily for them (I especially m

[INFOCON] - JMU : R.U.N.S.A.F.E.

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 bank

[INFOCON] - (HS) New Security Department Reinforces NORTHCOMMission

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 27 November 2002

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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 Adv

[INFOCON] - CERT Summary CS-2002-04

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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.

[INFOCON] - (MIL) Electronic Warfare: Comprehensive StrategyStill Needed for Suppressing Enemy Air Defenses

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(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, .

[INFOCON] - News 11/27/02

2002-11-27 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Wednesday, November 27, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 26 November 2002

2002-11-26 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC Daily Open Source Report for 26 November 2002 Daily Overview . Internet Security Systems has raised its AlertCon Internet threat indicator to Level 2, due to the large increase of scanning across the Internet, primarily from Asia, and a number

[INFOCON] - News 11/26/02

2002-11-26 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Tuesday, November 26, 2002 _ INFOCON News ___

[INFOCON] - FEMA Infogram: CIP

2002-11-25 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/fire-service/ignov2102.cfm CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTER INFOGRAM November 21, 2002 NOTE: This INFOGRAM will be distributed weekly to provide members of the emergency services sector with news and information concerning the protection of their critical

[INFOCON] - (HS) President Signs Homeland Act, Nominates Englandas Deputy

2002-11-25 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: DEFEND AMERICA LIST [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 November 2002 21:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: News From DefendAMERICA.mil President Signs Homeland Act, Nominates England as Deputy By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 25,

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 420/02 - Malicious Software report

2002-11-25 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 November 2002 16:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 420/02 - Malicious Software report Importance: High -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - ---

[INFOCON] - Announcing the release of 2 NIST Computer SecuritySpecial Publications

2002-11-25 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: compsecpubs@nist. Sent: 25 November 2002 15:38 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Announcing the release of 2 NIST Computer Security Special Publications November 25, 2002 (NIST releases 2 new Special Publications): 1. NIST is pleased to announce the relea

[INFOCON] - News 11/25/02

2002-11-25 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(Due to a power outage there was no Infocon on Friday. WEN) _ London, Monday, November 25, 2002 _

[INFOCON] - USAF: Why worry about computer security?

2002-11-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
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?

[INFOCON] - EPIC Alert 9.23

2002-11-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- On Behalf Of EPIC News Sent: 19 November 2002 23:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EPIC Alert 9.23 == @@@ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @@

[INFOCON] - News 11/20/02

2002-11-20 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Wednesday, November 20, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - (HS) President Hails Passage of Homeland SecurityDepartment Legislation

2002-11-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(The new bureaucratic monster is coming! I am looking forward to the turf wars. WEN) * 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 American

[INFOCON] - (HS) Ridge: Terrorist Threat Persists & Rummy onDARPA's Info Awareness Experiment

2002-11-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
'... 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

[INFOCON] - GAO: Computer Security Report

2002-11-19 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(Infocon will resume tomorrow as normal. (I have been abroad and just returned today). The report below is well worth a read, even though it does not really contain anything new. By the way, I would also recommend reading my all time favourite GAO InfoSec report titled 'Information Security Managem

[INFOCON] - Reality Bytes: Cyberterrorism and Terrorits 'Use' ofthe Internet

2002-11-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(Maura wrote a nice paper. WEN) '... Terrorist 'use' of the Internet has been largely ignored, however, in favour of the more headline-grabbing 'cyberterrorism.' The purpose of this paper is to help remedy that deficiency. ...' Reality Bytes: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist 'Use' of the Internet by

[INFOCON] - The September 2002 Trends in Proprietary InformationLoss Study

2002-11-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: @ncix.gov] Sent: 15 November 2002 14:51 Subject: NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #21-2002 Dear Friends and Colleagues: The September 2002 Trends in Proprietary Information Loss Study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Ameri

[INFOCON] - News 11/15/02

2002-11-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Friday, November 15, 2002 _ INFOCON

[INFOCON] - NIPC: Information Bulletin 02-010

2002-11-15 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
CURRENT THREAT LEVELS • Electricity Sector Physical: Elevated (Yellow) • Electricity Sector Cyber: Elevated (Yellow) • Homeland Security Elevated (Yellow) • DOE Security Condition: 3, modified  • NRC Security Level: III (Yellow) (3 of 5) *

[INFOCON] - News 11/14/02

2002-11-14 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Thursday, November 14, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP AV02-047 Trojan Horse: tcpdump and libpcapDistributions

2002-11-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-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 A

[INFOCON] - NCIX Report: Espionage Against the United States byAmerican Citizens 1947-2001

2002-11-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
(NCIX is the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive. WEN) -Original Message- From: @ncix.gov] Sent: 13 November 2002 12:34 Subject: NCIX WEB SITE UPDATE ADVISORY #20-2002 Dear Friends and Colleagues: A Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) report entitled

[INFOCON] - News 11/13/02

2002-11-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
_ London, Wednesday, November 13, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS ALERT - 24/02 - Multiple RemoteVulnerabilities in BIND4 and BIND8

2002-11-13 Thread Wanja Eric Naef \(IWS\)
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:uniras@;niscc.gov.uk] Sent: 13 November 2002 09:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS ALERT - 24/02 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in BIND4 and BIND8 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - --

[INFOCON] - NIPC: Security Information Update-Beginning Of Ramadan

2002-11-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
National Infrastructure Protection Center Security Information Update-Beginning Of Ramadan Information Bulletin 02-009 November 6, 2002 http://www.nipc.gov/publications/infobulletins/2002/ib02-009.htm NIPC Information Bulletins communicate issues that pertain to the critical national infras

[INFOCON] - News 11/07/02

2002-11-07 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Thursday, November 07, 2002 _ INFOCON News _

[INFOCON] - DoD Directive 8500.1 Information Assurance

2002-11-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
DoD Directive 8500.1 Information Assurance (IA) has been signed and released. Link to this document is available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/d85001_102402/d85001p.pdf Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 8500.1 October 24, 2002 ASD(C3I) SUBJECT: Information Assurance (

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 392/02 - PSS Security Response TeamAlert - New Virus:W32/Braid@mm

2002-11-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-Original Message- From: UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) [mailto:uniras@;niscc.gov.uk] Sent: 06 November 2002 12:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIRAS Brief - 392/02 - PSS Security Response Team Alert - New Virus:W32/Braid@mm -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - -

[INFOCON] - News 11/06/02

2002-11-06 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Wednesday, November 06, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-180 Date: 05November 2002

2002-11-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-180 Date: 05 November 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-180_e.html NEWS Ottawa contributes to the funding of St. John's harbour cleanup The Prime Minister delivered $31 million to the province of Newfoundland yesterday as part of the federal government

[INFOCON] - News 11/05/02

2002-11-05 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Tuesday, November 05, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - FBI Director Outlines Public-Private Plan to ImproveCybersecurity

2002-11-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
01 November 2002 FBI Director Outlines Public-Private Plan to Improve Cybersecurity (Cites cybercrime as agency's first priority) (2820) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller III outlined a plan to strengthen private and government cooperation to improve security of

[INFOCON] - News 11/04/02

2002-11-04 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Monday, November 04, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - UNIRAS Brief - 383/02 - NISCC - Potential craftedpackets vulnerability in firewalls

2002-10-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
-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 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - --

[INFOCON] - News 10/31/02

2002-10-31 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Thursday, October 31, 2002 _ INFOCON News __

[INFOCON] - (CIA) CSI's Studies in Intelligence (UnclassifiedStudies Volume 46, Number 3, 2002)

2002-10-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
(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) http://www.cia.gov/csi/studi

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-176 Date: 30 October2002

2002-10-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
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

[INFOCON] - News 10/30/02

2002-10-30 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
_ London, Wednesday, October 30, 2002 _ INFOCON News

[INFOCON] - (MIL) USAF Transforming Our Air and SpaceCapabilities

2002-10-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
(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

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-175 Date: 29 October2002

2002-10-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
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 Sa

[INFOCON] - The Economist: Survey - digital security

2002-10-29 Thread Wanja Eric Naef [IWS]
(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 P

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