Senator calls for mandatory reporting of viruses
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Homeland Security Department's virus alert system is flawed and called for a centralized plan for government response to cyberthreats.
Attack shuts down SCO site
A large-scale denial of service attack, apparently the result of the MyDoom worms, shut down the website of the SCO Group Inc. today.<br>
NIST e-authentication spec out for comment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public comments on its draft recommendations for electronic authentication.<br>
Microsoft sweetens reward as another worm strikes
A new version of the Mimail worm is making the rounds, this time phishing for victims' credit card numbers.<br>
Treasury designates new security official
The Treasury Department has named Tim Hurr as its chief information security officer, a new position to oversee both security compliance and operational security across the department. He started the job in the Office of the CIO on Jan. 12.
OMB: Agencies are halfway to securing IT systems
OMB is expecting a little more than 50 percent of all IT systems to be accredited and certified as secure when it releases its annual report to Congress this summer.<br>
MyDoom variant starting to spread
The first variant of the virulent MyDoom worm has been discovered, just 48 hours after the worm first appeared in the wild.<br>
Davis, Putnam ratcheting up IT security oversight
Two lawmakers are pressing agencies to correct longstanding IT security problems.<br>
DHS launches opt-in cyber alert system
The Homeland Security Department took the wraps off a National Cyber Alert System to advise the general public and computer technicians about systems security threats.<br>
Cryptography pioneer says information security is possible'within a decade
Whitfield Diffie, a discoverer of public-key encryption in the 1970s, expects the distribution of computing processes across networks can produce a more secure computing environment.<br>
Virulent MyDoom virus skirts feds, military users
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED </font color>The W32/MyDoom virus now raging across the Internet has special code designed to prevent it from attacking federal and military users, according to Symantec Corp.<br>
Symantec scores a coup for its intrusion prevention tool
Symantec Corp. has gained an Assurance Level 3 Common Criteria certification for its ManHunt intrusion prevention tool.<br>
Scam spammers go on FDIC phishing expedition
A new e-mail spam hoax is making the rounds of messaging systems in search of private bank account information.<br>
Appropriations bill funds HHS security
The Consolidated Appropriations Act awaiting the president's signature includes $15 million for the Health and Human Services Department's IT Security and Innovation Fund.<br>
NIST releases incident response guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published guidelines for responding to security breaches in government computer systems.
NASA plans smart-card pilot, agencywide rollout
NASA in May will begin testing a smart-card program for access to facilities and information systems.<br>
Task force seeks comments on switching to IPv6
A Commerce Department task force studying the deployment of the next generation of Internet Protocols is asking for public comment on the benefits, costs and status of moving to IPv6.<br>
IBM ups its Common Criteria certification for Linux
IBM Corp. and Novell Inc.'s new SuSE Linux division have reached a higher level of international Common Criteria security certification for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on IBM servers.<br>
New mass-mailing worm on the creep
Some administrators returning to work today after a three-day weekend are finding an unwelcome bagel waiting for them.<br>
First IPv6 products get green light
The IPv6 Forum has completed its first round of interoperability tests to ensure that IT products will work with networks using the new addressing architecture of the next-generation IP.
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