Monday, December 17, 2007
Daily Report
• The NRC announced that as a result of recent reports of inattentive security guards at some
nuclear power plants, operators of commercial nuclear power plants and certain fuel cycle
facilities must provide specific information to the agency on their security programs and
practices. The NRC will review the information to determine if additional regulatory
actions are warranted. (See item 7)
• Reuters reports that federal health experts from the CDC will begin testing for
formaldehyde in trailers provided to people displaced by Hurricane Katrina after
complaints of health problems. The CDC is doing the job at the request of FEMA, who
bought the trailers to provide temporary housing for displaced Gulf Coast residents. (See
item 18)
Information Technology
20. December 13, Reuters – (International) Russian computer program fakes chatroom flirting. Internet chatroom romantics beware: your next chat may be with a clinical computer, not a passionate person, trying to win your personal data and not your heart, an online security firm says. An Australian anti-virus software firm, PC Tools, has warned that the software could be abused by identity fraudsters trying to harvest people’s personal details online. The Russian site denied it was intended for identity fraud. A spokesman for PC Tools said the program had a “terrifyingly well-organized” interaction that could fool users into giving up personal details and could easily be converted to work in other languages. “As a tool that can be used by hackers to conduct identity fraud, CyberLover demonstrates an unprecedented level of social engineering,” a Senior Malware Analyst at PC Tools said in a statement.
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071213/wr_nm/russia_internet_dc;_ylt=AsKFYTPyAsSWg059FYbcJ_gjtBAF
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20071213/tc_macworld/quicktime20071213;_ylt=AjqvUQCgEmdpDB_7K9uElq0jtBAF
Source:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=cybercrime_and_hacking&articleId=9052779&taxonomyId=82&intsrc=kc_top
Communications Sector
Nothing to report.
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