Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1241-989997781-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 16 May 2001 00:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 7165 invoked by uid 510); 16 May 2001 06:24:20 -0000 Received: from ej.egroups.com (64.211.240.230) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 16 May 2001 06:24:20 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1241-989997781-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2001 07:23:01 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyermach1@worldnet.att.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 16 May 2001 07:23:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 78147 invoked from network); 16 May 2001 07:23:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 16 May 2001 07:23:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net) (204.127.131.48) by mta3 with SMTP; 16 May 2001 07:23:00 -0000 Received: from dhs96ndnozw22m ([12.78.116.89]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010516072259.XLGP8745.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@dhs96ndnozw22m> for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 16 May 2001 07:22:59 +0000 Message-ID: <001401c0ddd9$084b53d0$59744e0c@dhs96ndnozw22m> To: <iwar@yahoogroups.com> References: <200105160227.TAA04175@all.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 From: "c.g. treadwell" <fastflyermach1@worldnet.att.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 03:22:57 -0400 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit while this all no longer even gets a large gasp out of me, what happens when the real stuff starts to crumble? That is when "W" will first ask, "where is cyber on that chemical, no its a periodic table"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Cohen" <fc@all.net> To: "Information Warfare Mailing List" <iwar@onelist.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:27 PM Subject: [iwar] news > Fake virus warning carries worm Computer worms have tried all sorts of > ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is > particularly sneaky --it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a > well-known anti-virus firm. Symantec has confirmed the existence of the > worm, known as VBS.Hard.A@mm, VBS/Hard-A, or VBS/Hard@mm, and created > software to detect it. So far, the virus has a low geographical > distribution and has infected a small number of sites, according to a > Symantec report published earlier this week. The worm distributes > itself--like several in the past, including Love Letter Homepage--as an > attachment to an e-mail message. The message is called "FW: Symantec > Anti-Virus Warning," and claims to contain a description of a > non-existent worm in an attached file. > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2760467,00.html > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5933461.html > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/15/010515hnnewworm.xml > > Feds still need to define role in tackling cyberterror The massive Y2K > efforts exerted to prevent a crash of the nation's critical > infrastructure may have moved the nation into the new millennium with a > few battle scars, a panel of experts said Monday, but officials should > heed the lessons learned from that experience when looking toward > protecting the nation's technological backbone in the future. > Cyberterrorism "has no deadline like the 31st of December. It's going > to go on forever," Utah Republican Sen. Robert Bennett said at an Armed > Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) conference on > Monday. "We have this kind of vulnerability now that we never had > before." http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0501/051501td.htm > > U.S. senator: Cyberattacks could 'devastate' nation While President > Bush pushes for a strong defense against a missile attack, a U.S. > senator who led the Y2k effort in Congress warned today that a > cyberattack by a hostile nation could be as disruptive as a nuclear > missile exploding over a U.S. city. Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah), a > leading congressional evangelist on critical infrastructure protection > issues, also called on U.S. civilian agencies to adopt the "red > team/blue team" models usedby the defense agencies to test their > information security defenses. In this model, red teams are the > attacking force, while blue teams defend. > http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60566,00.html.html > > Bush considers cybersecurity board The White House is leaning toward > creating a coordination board to supplement the sole National Security > Council official overseeing federal cybersecurity efforts, a senior > administration official said. When President Clinton signed > Presidential Decision Directive 63 in May 1998, requiring agencies to > secure the systems that support the nation's critical infrastructure, > the directive also created several organizations and established a > national coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and > counterterrorism at the NSC. President Bush said last month that he > would re-examine the organization of and potential overlap among the > agencies with critical infrastructure protection responsibilities, and > the administration announced last week that recommendations would be > issued shortly. > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0514/web-cip-05-15-01.asp > > > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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