Cyber Regs for Business Are On the Way; Thousands of Computers Hijacked For Porn Sites; Bush Wants to Fight Terror in Uganda

Cyber Regs for Business Are On the Way

The chairman of a Congressional subcommittee dealing with cybersecurity promised legislation late this year that will affect how private businesses secure their pieces of cyberspace, according to an article in InfoWorld. The story reports that Representative Adam Putman described the legislation as a “meaningful regulatory approach to securing private-sector critical infrastructure” but that Putnam also said that because many members of Congress don’t seem to recognize the potential threat of cyber attacks, it will not be as wide-ranging as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Thousands of Computers Hijacked For Porn Sites

More than a thousand unsuspecting Internet users around the world have recently had their computers hijacked by hackers, who computer security experts say are using them for pornographic Web sites, according to a story in the New York Times. The Times reports that the hijacked computers are secretly loaded with software that makes them send explicit Web pages advertising pornographic sites and offer to sign visitors up as customers.

Bush Wants to Fight Terror in Uganda

President Bush took his “war on terror” message to Uganda on Friday, aiming to boost security in an unstable region that Washington fears could become a home to groups like Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda, according to a story reported by Reuters. The story reports that Uganda is one of five states picked by Washington for a $100 million scheme to help governments in the region tighten security, with its eastern neighbor Kenya also due to get funds.