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

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

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

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] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-174 Date: 28 October2002

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 Daem

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-172 Date: 24 October2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-172 Date: 24 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-172_e.html NEWS Nova Scotia bridge closed after crane collapse leaves structure sagging The Margaree Harbour bridge on Nova Scotia's Cabot Trail was closed to traffic Wednesday after a crane collapsed

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-171 Date: 23 October2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-171 Date: 23 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-171_e.html NEWS OCIPEP issues Information Note IN02-008 - McAfee Anti-virus OCIPEP has issued Information Note IN02-008 regarding a report received about McAfee anti-virus software generating reports

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-170 Date: 22 October2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-170 Date: 22 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-170_e.html NEWS Report recommends cleanup of toxic sites A new report by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development recommends t

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-168 Date: 18 October2002

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 Was

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-167 Date: 17 October2002

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

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-166 Date: 16 October2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-166 Date: 16 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-166_e.html NEWS State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) to begin today Canadian and American experts are meeting at SOLEC this week to talk about the environmental health of the Great Lakes.

[INFOCON] - (OCIPEP) DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-165 Date: 15October 2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-165 Date: 15 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-165_e.html NEWS Cleanup continues after ships collide A collision between two cargo ships near Montreal prompted an overnight shutdown of the St. Lawrence Seaway. A Canadian bulk carrier vessel collided wit

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-159 Date: 04 October2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-159 Date: 04 October 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-159_e.html NEWS West Nile virus approaching B.C.? The report of a dead raven infected with the West Nile virus in Washington State has prompted B.C. health officials to speculate that the virus may spread

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-158 Date: 03 October2002

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 Efficie

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF - 30 September 2002

http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-155_e.html DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-155 Date: 30 September 2002 NEWS Mass vaccination against smallpox a "staggering task": Dr. Cushman According to Dr. Robert Cushman, the city of Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health, a mass vaccination of Ottawa residents in

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-151 Date: 24September 2002

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 fro

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-149 Date: 20September 2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-149 Date: 20 September 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-149_e.html NEWS Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council appointed President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Richard Fadden, currently Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council, and Security and Intelligence Coordin

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-148 Date: 19September 2002

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 str

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-147 Date: 18September 2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-147 Date: 18 September 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-147_e.html NEWS Research to protect Canadians in case of CBRN attack - Update The Canadian government's interdepartmental initiative to prepare for and respond to chemical, biological, radiological a

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-146 Date: 17September 2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-146 Date: 17 September 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-146_e.html NEWS Slapper worm continues to spread The Linux Slapper worm continued to spread quickly over the weekend and into Monday, with more than 6,700 compromised servers as of early Monday mornin

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-143 Date: 12September 2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-143 Date: 12 September 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-143_e.html NEWS Hurricane Gustav hits eastern Canada Hurricane Gustav dropped 40-80 cm of rain on eastern Canada overnight. The Confederation Bridge between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island was closed,

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-142 Date: 11September 2002

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 elevat

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-141 Date: 10September 2002

http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-141_e.html 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

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-134 Date: 29 August2002

http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-134_e.html DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-134 Date: 29 August 2002 NEWS Consultation on lawful access to telecommunications information The Department of Justice, in collaboration with Industry Canada and the office of the Solicitor General, are examining ways to la

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-128 Date: 21 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-128 Date: 21 August 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-128_e.html NEWS Canada Still a Leader in Connectedness: Conference Board Study A new study released by the Conference Board of Canada reveals that Canada is ranked first in its use of online banking, government

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-126 Date: 19 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-126 Date: 19 August 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-126_e.html NEWS Continued Cable Service Disruption as Labour Dispute Persists As the labor conflict at Vidéotron continues, thousands of its customers in the Quebec City region were left without service when ca

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-125 Date: 16 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-125 Date: 16 August 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-125_e.html NEWS PM, Bush Plan to Meet Before Sept. 11 In order to signal the importance of a neutral and secure border, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and U.S. President George W. Bush are expected to meet at a

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-124 Date: 15 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-124 Date: 15 August 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-124_e.html NEWS "Digital Pearl Harbor" Simulation In July, the U.S. Naval War College and Gartner Research conducted a "Digital Pearl Harbor" simulation that tested U.S. response to attacks on telecommunication

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-123 Date: 14 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-123 Date: 14 August 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-123_e.html NEWS U.S. Department of State Endorses OECD Cybersecurity Guidelines The U.S. State Department said that it will encourage all levels of government, businesses and individuals to implement the Organi

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-116 Date: 2 August2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-116 Date: 2 August 2002 NEWS http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-116_e.html OCIPEP Issues Advisory - Trojan Horse In OpenSSH Distribution On 1 August 2002, OCIPEP released Advisory AV02-039 to bring attention to a Trojan Horse in OpenSSH distribution. The Trojan can allo

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-113 Date: 30 July2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-113 Date: 30 July 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-113_e.html NEWS Saskatchewan Government to Provide Farm Aid The Saskatchewan government has announced that it will provide $220 million in farm aid to the province's livestock and crop producers. The provincial g

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-112 Date: 29 July2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-112 Date: 29 July 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-112_e.html NEWS Twelve Tested for West Nile in Winnipeg A dozen Winnipeg-area residents are undergoing testing to see if they have become the first Canadians infected with the potentially fatal West Nile (WN) vir

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-111 Date: 26 July2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-111 Date: 26 July 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-111_e.html NEWS The Case for Mass Smallpox Vaccination A recent study in the U.S. suggesting that mass vaccination is the most efficient method of eradication, cited in OCIPEP Daily Brief DOB02-102 of 15 July 200

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-110 Date: 25 July2002

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 pro

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief

http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-109_e.html Number: DOB02-109 Date: 24 July 2002 NEWS Ottawa Identifies Seven Banned Terrorist Groups Solicitor-General Lawrence MacAuley announced on Tuesday that seven groups known to engage in terrorist activity, including al-Qaeda, have been banned by the fe

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP Daily Brief Number: DOB02-108 Date: 23 July2002

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 language

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-096 Date: 5 July 2002

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 p

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-093 Date: 2 July 2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-093 Date: 2 July 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-093_e.html NEWS New OCIPEP Advisory - DNS Applications OCIPEP issued Advisory AV02-034 concerning a buffer overflow vulnerability in resolver libraries that support Domain Name System (DNS) applications. So

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-088 Date: 24 June2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-088 Date: 24 June 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-088_e.html NEWS Kananaskis, Calgary Ready for G8 Summit Motorists driving through Kananaskis Country this week will only be allowed to do so in police-escorted convoys and only if they have a reason to be there,

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-087 Date: 21 June2002

OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-087 Date: 21 June 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-087_e.html NEWS Microsoft Issues Cumulative Patches Microsoft Corp. issued a set of cumulative patches on 19 June that applies to all previously released fixes for Excel for Windows and Word for Windows. T

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-086 Date: 20 June2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-086 Date: 20 June 2002 http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/DOB/DOB02-086_e.html NEWS Ottawa Prepares for G8 Protests The City of Ottawa is preparing for violent G8 protests next week and will consider boarding up or closing down several government buildings, including the Parliam

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-082 Date: 14 June2002

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 in

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-080 Date: 13 June2002

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 computers.

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-080 Date: 12 June2002

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 Healt

[INFOCON] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-079 Date: 11 June2002

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 s

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

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

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

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

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

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 DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-074 Date: 4 June2002

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

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

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

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

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

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] - OCIPEP DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-043 Date: 19 April2002

DAILY BRIEF Number: DOB02-043 Date: 19 April 2002 NEWS U.S. Ambassador Comments on Northcom U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci echoed Canadian ministers who insist that Canada has not opted out of the newly created Northern Command (Northcom). The ambassador said that Canada has already done much t

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

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

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

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

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: DOB02-037 Date: 11 April2002

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

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

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

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

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

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

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