ADVISORY/Investigates Internet Worm, Experts Comment.

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ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2001

TOPIC: The FBI is reportedly investigating a new internet worm that is similar,
but perhaps more aggressive than, the Code Red worm of several months ago.
Experts in a story by the Associated Press warn that "W32.Nimda," which tries
to break into Microsoft's Internet Information Services software, has
apparently affected thousands of computers. Most home users, including those
running Windows 95, 98 or ME, are not affected, experts in the story said. In
addition to direct Internet attacks, the worm can also travel via e-mail, which
arrives with a blank subject field and an attachment called "README.EXE."
EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on
this story:

Mr. Davis has over 15 years of experience in the information technology security arena. He has an international patent for ensuring the honesty of network gaming. He has served as Chief Information Technologies and Network Security Manager for the U.S. Treasury on the Treasury Communications System (TCS) program, where he defined a complete range of wide area network security solutions and critical infrastructure protection services for Treasury, its 14 Bureaus, and 250K+ users. Mr. Davis was the Lead Support Security Engineer for the implementation of a major U.S. Government Agency's effort to re-architect its entire Information Technology infrastructure with over 40 years of legacy computing and communications equipment and systems. He has also supported the development of smart card security to provide secure e-mail, web access, and file protection. Mr. Davis has taught INFOSEC courses for the Federal Aviation Administration and "Security Information Systems" for John Hopkins University. PR: Cheryl Campbell 202-332-5878, ext. 4; [e-mail]

Paul McNabb has had more than 18 years experience with UNIX software development and administration, and developed the architecture for the world 's first third-generation trusted operating system. In addition, he supervised the unprecedented ITSEC certification of Argus security applications. He is currently the director of the ASP Consortium Security Sub-Committee, and holds a Top Secret security clearance issued by the U.S. Department of Defense. McNabb previously served as manager of Trusted Products for Addamax Corporation from March 1988 through February 1993, where he was responsible for supporting the security evaluation of all trusted security products. From 1984-1985, he was employed as the director of Research Facilities for the Computer Science Department at Purdue University. McNabb received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1984. PR: Jessica Hair 781/684-0770; [e-mail]

Richard Bliss has extensive experience in the messaging field and can act as a great resource on related security issues. Prior to joining Sigaba, he worked at Allegro where they scanned email for viruses and inappropriate language for corporate clients with a carnivore type sniffer. Now at Sigaba, Richard offers a solution for encrypting email with a downloadable plug in that works with a user's current email client. He is an articulate speaker and has been interviewed on CNN regarding the outbreak of the Melissa virus. He has addressed the Association of Internet Professionals, the Electronic Messaging Association and participated in numerous seminars and trade shows throughout the country--speaking on email outsourcing and message management. 650/572-6100; [e-mail]

Michael Lyle is an expert in defending your system from computer attacks. If you're covering the rash of cybercrimes -- computer hackers breaking into networks to steal sensitive data, or the changing security landscape of e-business, you'll want to talk with Lyle, founder and CTO for Recourse Technologies, Inc. Lyle has developed advanced security countermeasures - threat management solutions -- used to trap, backtrack and understand the scope of network attacks. He is an active participant on Internet newsgroups and several prominent security lists. Prior to founding Recourse Technologies with his partner, Frank Huerta, Lyle played a pivotal role in designing and implementing a complete line of security services for Exodus Communications, a large Internet service provider. Lyle, who is a 20-something computer whiz kid, is available to comment on breaking news involving sophisticated hacker attacks, hacker activities and what computer, Internet-based and network-centric businesses need to consider when building their network security policies. PR: Laura Tucker 415/541-0750; [e-mail]

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