Daily Highlights
The Associated Press reports utility crews were working nonstop through the weekend to restore service to hundreds of thousands of people still without power after a windstorm hit western Washington state on Thursday, December 14; it could be several days before everyone has power again. (See item 1)
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The Department of Homeland Security issued on Friday, December 15, a notice of proposed rulemaking, as part of a package of new security measures to vastly strengthen the security of the nation's rail systems in the highest threat urban areas. (See item 14)
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The Glendale, Arizona, police bomb squad was called out early Wednesday, December 13, after a number of homemade explosive devices were found inside a storage locker. (See item 43)
Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector
38. December 15, CNET News — Yahoo Messenger gets security update. Yahoo has issued a "highly critical" update for its popular instant messenger feature as it tries to combat security flaws that could allow an attacker to take over a user's system. The flaws affect versions of Yahoo Messenger 5.0 through 8.0, according to a security advisory released Friday, December 15, by Secunia. Windows users who were running versions of Yahoo Messenger before November 2 are advised to update to Yahoo Messenger 8.1.
Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/23401/
Source: 40. December 14, Government Computer News — Agencies waiting on vendors for IPv6 security products. With the deadline to move their network backbone to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) still about 18 months away, agencies’ biggest concern is whether the security industry will have enough products to support them. Three agency officials who are leading efforts to move to IPv6 expressed concern over the lack of support from security vendors so far, and said federal agencies, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, will have to provide seed money to move products along. “Security has not received the same focus as, say, routers,” said John McManus, Commerce Department deputy CIO and co.chairman of the IPv6 working group. “The Office of Management and Budget’s memo said the security must be at least the same, if not higher. If you can’t secure your network, you will not bring it online.”
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