Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report
The Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure.
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DIR10-144 - July 28, 2010
News
Council told plan to ship nuclear generators across Great Lakes is safe
The Globe and Mail reported that on April 1, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) received a transport licence application from Bruce Power. According to CNSC’s press release, the company proposes to transport 16 steam generators by ship through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden for recycling in the fall of 2010. Bruce Power's application for a transport licence is currently the subject of a formal technical review by CNSC staff. According to a CNSC spokesperson, steam generators are not radioactive by their nature, but they become contaminated during their service life. The contamination level is low and confined to the inner parts of the generators. Each and every generator is welded shut and sealed before transport. Bruce Power's plan to ship the generators therefore poses no danger to the public or the environment. Nonetheless, CNSC’s review of the proposal is ongoing, and the plan will not be approved until all commission requirements have been satisfied.
Source article - Globe and Mail, 27 July 2010
Source article - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, July 26, 2010
SophosLabs releases free tool to validate Microsoft shortcut
On July 26, the SANS Internet Storm Center reported that SophosLabs released a free tool that provides detection against the Windows shortcut exploit. Sophos indicated that it works with any antivirus software, and with Windows XP/Vista/7 but not 2000. When Windows tries to display an icon with a shortcut, the tool will intercept the request in order to validate it and give back control to the user if not found to be malicious.
Source article – SANS Internet Storm Center, July 26, 2010
Sophos provides the Windows Shortcut Exploit Protection Tool.
CFIA issues Health Hazard Alert for certain deli meats due to possible Listeria: Update
To update on Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-140, on July 27, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) expanded their Health Hazard Alert warning the public not to consume certain ready-to-eat deli meats made by Dats Déli Européan because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The public warning was expanded to include additional products and best before dates for the affected products.
Source article – Canadian Food Inspection Agency, July 27, 2010
The CFIA provides more information about Listeria monocytogenes.
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.
CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.
Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC is currently tracking the following computer-based threats and vulnerabilities for relevant impact on Canadian critical infrastructure. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.
Relevant links
Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.
- Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada
- Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization
- Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada
- Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada
- Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada
- Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada
- Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre
- Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center
- News Releases
Infrastructure Canada
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Note to readers
Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.
Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.