MS-ISAC Cyber Alert Level

The Current Cyber Alert Level is: Guarded

Blue

On March 15, 2010, the Cyber Alert Level is remaining at Blue (Guarded) due to vulnerabilities found in Apache HTTP server, Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Internet Explorer. One Informational Bulletin, three Advisories, and one Update to a previous Advisory were issued last week. Organizations and users are advised to update and apply all appropriate vendor security patches as soon as they become available and to continue to update their antivirus signatures daily. Another line of defense includes user awareness training regarding the threats posed by attachments and hypertext links contained in emails especially from un-trusted sources.

FS-ISAC Cyber Alert Levels(New Window)

The Current Cyber Threat Advisory is: Elevated

elevated(New Window)

The Current Physical Threat Advisory is: Elevated

elevated(New Window)

IT-ISAC Cyber Alert Level

The Current Threat Level is: AlertCon 1

AlertCon 1

AlertCon 1 reflects the malicious, determined, global, 24 x 7 attacks experienced by all networks

DHS Threat Alert Level(New Window)

The Current Threat Level is: Elevated

Elevated(New Window)

SANS Institute Info Con(New Window)

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Most Recent MSISAC Advisories

TOP ATTACKING IP ADDRESSES (WORLDWIDE)(New Window)

IP Address Reports Attacks FirstSeen LastSeen ISP(Domain) Country
218.244.231.132(New Window) 156,499 92,897 2009-09-28 2010-03-16 Beijing Yu-tong-chuang-xin Co.ltd (-) China
060.173.011.114(New Window) 1,134,493 90,051 2010-02-03 2010-03-04 Chinanet Anhui Province Network (Cndata.com) China
218.008.251.187(New Window) 112,283 88,955 2009-10-02 2010-03-12 Cncgroup Heilongjiang Province Network (-) China
117.020.016.092(New Window) 90,520 87,907 2009-11-12 2010-02-26 Transworld Associates (pvt.) Ltd (Tw1.com) Pakistan
072.055.133.091(New Window) 89,762 86,945 2010-02-17 2010-03-05 Iweb Dedicated Cl (Privatedns.com) Canada
116.228.179.019(New Window) 191,113 86,864 2009-10-25 2010-03-15 Chinanet Shanghai Province Network (163data.com.cn) China
072.055.133.247(New Window) 88,412 86,652 2009-12-12 2010-02-19 Iweb Dedicated Cl (Privatedns.com) Canada
202.117.054.134(New Window) 172,329 86,183 2010-02-09 2010-03-14 Xian Jiaotong University (Xjtu.edu.cn) China
069.176.047.029(New Window) 86,063 84,535 2010-02-04 2010-02-17 Mikrotec Internet Services Inc (Foothills.net) United States
218.056.061.114(New Window) 94,911 83,864 2010-01-18 2010-03-15 Shandong Province Taihuadianxun Company (-) China

TOP 10 PORTS UNDER ATTACK (WORLDWIDE)(New Window)

Port Trend
16000(New Window) 11.227284623585
33381(New Window) 9.1377217043541
63541(New Window) 8.6008536420821
64824(New Window) 7.2274899620218
3246(New Window) 6.6678739347811
8086(New Window) 5.3824734537597
63234(New Window) 5.1992508521904
60000(New Window) 4.9049142413411
65001(New Window) 4.5729704933724
8085(New Window) 4.1302048971924

News Feeds

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  8. Sophos latest virus and spyware detection
  9. Sophos security news
  10. Critical Infrastructure Protection Infogram Headlines

 

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