DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Daily Highlights

The Associated Press reports airport directors from a half dozen U.S. cities are meeting with top Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv to learn about one of the world's most rigorous and effective airline screening processes. (See item 17)
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WUSA reports students and staff at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, Virginia, have discovered straight pins in food three times since April 24; food tampering is a felony that carries a penalty of five to 20 years in prison. (See item 23)
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CNN reports the federal government on Monday, May 7, charged six alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey, which is used to train members of the Army Reserve and National Guard for missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. (See item 41)
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Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector

39. May 08, US−CERT — Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07−128A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities that affect Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange, CAPICOM, and BizTalk as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2007. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system. In addition a previously disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft DNS RPC is addressed in this update. Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the May 2007 Security Bulletins. The Security Bulletins describe any known issues related to the updates. Note any known issues described in the Bulletins and test for any potentially adverse effects in your environment.
May 2007 Security Bulletins: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07−may.mspx
Source: http://www.us−cert.gov/current/index.html#microsoft_releases _may_security_bulletin