The DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report (DHS) coversthe publicly reported material for the preceding day(s) not previouslycovered.  This weekly summary provides a selection of those items ofgreatest significance to the InfoSec professional.

Should you not be aware of even one of the itemsdiscussed below it would be wise to familiarize yourself with it.  The headline above each entry will take youdirectly to the DHS report which presented the item for ten business days fromthe date of inclusion.  The Source linkwill take you to the original source cited by DHS.

A very quiet week. A bit of this and that, but not much worthy of drawing attentionto.  The one item that might have impactis that of the disclosure of passwords for Google, Yahoo and Hotmail.  Should you have one of those accounts, youmight want to take some sensible action.


Nothing of significance.


Nothingof significance. 


Do you have a Google, Yahoo or Hotmailaccount?  If yes, perhaps you shouldchange your password.

37.October 6, CNET – (International) Passwords for Google, Yahoo andHotmail accounts illegally leaked online. Documents seen by CNET UK suggestthousands of usernames and passwords for Hotmail, Google and Yahoo accountshave been illegally posted to the Internet. Source: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,3...9303832,00.htm


Nothing of significance.


Nothingof significance.

Note: The DHS only maintains the last ten days of their reports online.  Toobtain copies of earlier reports or complete summaries, go to:


 




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