<< SBS News this week 7/25/2004>>

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:40:53 -0700

Blog postings this week of Interest

SBS Release Manager Charles Anthe has a couple of posts this week
[including hockey ;-)
http://blogs.msdn.com/canthe/archive/2004/07/19/188373.aspx

Ooh now this tool bar looks cool
PrivBar -- An IE/Explorer toolbar to show current privilege level:
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/24/195350.aspx

What happened to Badmails in Exchange 2003 SP1?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/07/20/188856.aspx

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This month's Harry Brelsford's newsletter
Harry Brelsford's July 2004 SMB Technology Watch Newsletter:
http://www.smbnation.com/newsletter/Issue4-1-july2004.htm

Where will YOU be in September?
I just saw the schedule for SMBNation. I think I'm going to start
sleeping now. I think I'm going to need it!
It looks to be fun filled, jam packed, and just an all around SBS geek
fest.

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ONLINE EVENTS
SBS 2003 End User Experience
Join Microsoft experts on August 5, 2004 to discuss tips, techniques,
and best practices for the SBS 2003 End User Experience. The topics
include Remote Web Workplace, SBS intranet (Windows SharePoint Services)
and Office Outlook 2003 running on SBS clients.

Date: 10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time, 1:00-2:00 Eastern Time on August 5, 2004.

http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000015
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/vcs/sbs0805.ics
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KB - articles of interest

867504 - How to change the publishing settings for free and busy
information on Outlook client computers by using Group Policy:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867504
843539 - You cannot use Outlook Web Access with forms-based
authentication and you receive a Store.exe e-mail alert message:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843539
842200 - How to troubleshoot Windows Server 2003 Domain Name System
Dynamic Update problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842200
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Interesting article on Malware
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And
Alert System - Current Infosec News and Analysis:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-07-23

...just hang on until XP sp2.....

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In other news
Osama 'death' pics hide Trojan threat
Hackers prey on surfers' morbid curiosity to deliver
Hackarmy malware. et.com. ITInternet users have been
warned that messages about the 'suicide' of Osama Bin
Laden posted on internet message boards and usenet
groups are hoaxes masking an attack on their computer.
The messages attempt to persuade readers to download
a file which contains the Hackarmy Trojan.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1156861
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5281604.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,39161518,00.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5499484/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/07/24/virus.binladen.reut/index.html
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,64333,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/23/hackarmy_trojan/
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-07-23-osama-trojan_x.htm
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Bin-Laden-Used-As-Trojan-Horse-Lure&story_id=25997
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,64333,00.html
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US criticised over cyber-security
Homeland security has become a key issue in the US.
Efforts by the US authorities to counter cyber-crime
and terrorism have been criticised in an official
report. It said the Department of Homeland Security's
cyber-strategy suffered from poor coordination and
communication, as well as an inability to set
priorities. The internal report warned that the US
"still faces a number of challenges to address long-
term cyber-threats and vulnerabilities." It described
cyber-terrorism as one of the US's top five security
threats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3921515.stm
http://news.com.com/Report%3A+Federal+cybersecurity+effort+needs+improvement/2100-1009_3-5281898.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5494089/

Inspector general: DHS' cybersecurity efforts only partly successful
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0719/web-dhsig-07-23-04.asp
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Government auditors slam IRS for IT security risks
Reports cite insufficient oversight of contractors,
unauthorized use of PDAs. Auditors from the U.S.
Department of the Treasury have issued two reports
about IT security risks at the Internal Revenue
Service, one saying that contractors working on
IRS systems "committed numerous security violations"
and the other taking the agency to task over
unauthorized use of PDAs.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,94741,00.html
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New Virginia strike force to prosecute cybercrime
Federal, state and local law-enforcement authorities
are linking up in a new operation that will investigate
and prosecute child pornography, fraud and other crimes
perpetrated through use of computers and the Internet.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty and state Attorney General
Jerry W. Kilgore yesterday announced the formation of
the Virginia Cyber-Crime Strike Force.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/23.07.2004/514/
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19 Los Alamos employees put on leave
Fifteen employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory
were placed on leave amid an investigation into
the disappearance of two computer disks containing
classified information,the director of the nuclear
weapons lab said Thursday. Four other employees
also were placed on leave by Director Pete Nanos
in a separate investigation involving an intern
at the lab who suffered a serious eye injury
from a laser.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5490093
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Advertiser Charged in Massive Database Theft
Federal authorities yesterday charged an online
advertiser in Florida with tapping into the computer
system of a large database marketer in Arkansas
and stealing "vast amounts of personal information"
about Americans in what they described as one of
the largest network intrusions in recent memory.
In an indictment filed in the Eastern District
of Arkansas, federal prosecutors charged Scott
Levine, 45, of Boca Raton with 139 counts for
allegedly exploiting network links his company
had to Acxiom Corp. in Little Rock to secretly
download millions of names, e-mail and home
addresses and other details.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9189
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39161298,00.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5481403/
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-07-22-axciom-hack-charges_x.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/22/acxiom_hack_charges/
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,94673,00.html
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Senator wants to ban P2P networks
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary said Thursday that a ban on file-trading
networks is urgently required but agreed to work
with tech companies concerned that devices like
Apple Computer's iPod would be imperiled. Sen.
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said he intended to move
ahead with the highly controversial Induce Act
despite objections from dozens of Internet providers
and Silicon Valley manufacturers. TheInduce Act
says "whoever intentionally induces any violation"
of copyright law would be legally liable for those
violations.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5280384.html
http://news.com.com/Senator+wants+to+ban+P2P+networks/2100-1027_3-5280384.html

US anti-piracy law gathers strength
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39161296,00.htm
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Australian law claims spam success
Legislation designed to cut back on junk emails
and texts appears to be having some success Down
Under. The Spam Act 2003 has led to the closure
of several major Australian-based spammers, the
Australian communications Authority (ACA) claimed
today. Acting ACA chairman Dr Bob Horton said that
the thwarted spammers had reacted to an ACA warning
in late March that the Act was due to come into
force in April and that they would need to comply
with it.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39161303,00.htm
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All eyes on virus protection at Athens Olympics
Terrorism isn't the only security threat officials
are worried about at this summer's Olympic Games
in Athens. They're also concerned about viruses and
worm attacks that could cripple the Olympics' data
network. "Our biggest concern is that somebody could
intentionally or by mistake infect one of the networks
and create severe damage," said Jean Chevallier,
executive vice president at Atos Origin, the Paris-
based company in charge of building the data and
broadcast networks for the Olympic Games in Athens.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5280158.html
http://news.com.com/All+eyes+on+virus+protection+at+Athens+Olympics/2100-7347_3-5280158.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/07/22/olympic.cybersecurity.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/21/cyber.theft/index.html
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64308,00.html
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Corporates hiring people to read staff email
Companies are employing staff to read electronic
communications because of fears that trade secrets
and intellectual property are being leaked. Large
companies are now so concerned about the contents
of the electronic communications leaving their
offices that they're employing staff to read
employees' outgoing emails.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39161409,00.htm
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Microsoft donates to national cyber forensics center
Microsoft Corp. has assigned a full-time analyst
and donated more than $46,000 worth of software
to the National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance,
a public-private partnership in Pittsburgh. The
alliance was established in 2003 as an outgrowth
of the Pittsburgh High Tech Crimes Task Force,
a collaboration of federal, state and local
law enforcement agencies. NCFTA is a mechanism
to let law enforcement tap into the expertise
of industry and academic institutions.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26678-1.html
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Nokia releases 'bluesnarfing' fix
More than six months after acknowledging
a Bluetooth security flaw in a number of its
mobile phones, Nokia said it has released a
software upgrade that fixes the vulnerabilities
in some of its products. In February, Nokia and
Sony Ericsson admitted that some of their Bluetooth-
enabled phones were vulnerable to "bluesnarfing,"
which means that an attacker could read, modify
and copy the phone's address book and calendar
without leaving any trace of the intrusion.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5279854.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39161309,00.htm
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A rounded approach to security
Each week vnunet.com asks a different expert
to give their views on recent virus and security
issues, with advice, warnings and information
on the latest threats. This week Dr RK Raghavan,
consulting advisor for Tata Consultancy Services,
stresses the importance of treating security as
far more than simply a technological issue.
http://www.computing.co.uk/news/1156791
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The weakest security link? It's you
In the late 1960s, Warren Moore was a young
man working in the IT department at apparel
giant Genesco. As a prank, Moore rewrote some
code for the company's IBM mainframe to allow
him to send anonymous messages to co-workers.
But his joke inadvertently resulted in his
message being inserted into a sales forecast
report, which was about to be presented by
a Genesco vice president.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5278576.html
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