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Daily Report Monday, November 20, 2006
Daily Highlights
The Los Angeles Times reports the two largest known tunnels on the border that link Nogales, Mexico, with Nogales, Arizona, remain an ongoing tactical problem for authorities to monitor. (See item 14)
The Washington Post reports a new plan to improve information sharing about terrorism establishes a Washington−based threat assessment group that includes federal, state, and local officials, and restructures the way intelligence and other information is handled. (See item 30)
The Associated Press reports three people were shot during what appeared to be a gangland−style confrontation in the food court of the Westfield mall in Annapolis, Maryland. (See item 40)
Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector
35. November 16, eWeek — Exploits surface for MS Patch Day flaws. Proof−of−concept exploit code offering step−by−step instructions to attack worm holes in Microsoft Windows have started appearing on the Internet, prompting a new round of "patch−now−or−else" warnings from computer security experts. The exploits, publicly released on the Milw0rm Website and privately available to partners of penetrating testing firm Immunity, target a pair of critical vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft on Tuesday, November 14. The Milw0rm exploit, released by a hacker called "cocoruder," takes aim at the high−severity bug covered in the MS06−070 bulletin and can be used to launch a network worm against unpatched Windows 2000 systems. Amol Sarwate, manager of the vulnerability research lab at Qualys, is strongly urging businesses running Windows 2000 to test and deploy the MS06−070 patch because of the ease in which a hacker could launch an exploit.
Milw0rm Website: http://www.milw0rm.com/
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