[iwar] Historical posting


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 -- 21 February 2000  FBI's Free Software's Code is Hidden
The software the FBI is offering on the Internet does not allow users
to see the source code.  Some may suspect that the FBI has included
monitoring tools in the program.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0221/news-fbi-2-21-00.asp

-- 19 February 2000  IRCs targets of DDoS Attacks
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks have been testing grounds for
distributed denial of service (DDoS ) attack tools.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A6148-2000Feb18.html

-- 18 February 2000  State Department Software
The US State Department used a software accounting program produced by
former Soviet citizens.  While there is no evidence that the software
is corrupt, they are checking it out, and the Office of the Inspector
General is looking into the methods used in awarding such contracts.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/nb/nb4.htm


-- 18 February 2000  Attacks Foster Cooperation
The recent DDoS attacks have encouraged cooperation between industry
and law enforcement, according to security experts.  Information needs
to be shared quickly.  http://www.msnbc.com/news/371898.asp?0m=N14N

-- 18 February 2000  SEC Hires Cyber Cops
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hired about 30 people
to patrol the web and fight Internet fraud.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A4796-2000Feb18.html

-- 18 February 2000  More Attacks
More sites have suffered DDoS attacks, but several have declined to
publicize their situations, possible due to concern about customer
confidence.  A variety of attack tools were used, and investigators
suspect copycats are responsible.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth398.htm

-- 17 February 2000  Canadian ISP Distances Itself from "Mafiaboy"
Canadian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet Direct has been linked
in some reports to "Mafiaboy", a cracker who has claimed responsibility
for some of the recent DDoS attacks.  The ISP says that a customer who
used the name "Mafiaboy" had two accounts with an ISP Internet Direct
acquired last May, but that those accounts were terminated in early 1998
due to noncompliance with customer policy.
http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/02/17/news12.html
http://news.cnet.com/category/0-1005-200-1552232.html

-- 17 February 2000  Attacks on Latin American Sites
Attacks on Latin American Internet portals are increasing, due in part
to the fact that security is weak and the governments have paid little
attention to the threat of cyber attacks.  Recent victims include a
newspaper portal in Colombia, and a governmental election site in Peru.
Seven of the 27 recent attacks originated in the US.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/371252.asp?0m=N28HBOGOTA, Colombia,

-- 16 February 2000  Mafiaboy Left Digital Trail
The cracker calling himself "Mafiaboy", a suspect in some of the recent
DDoS attacks, bragged in chat rooms about his part in the attacks, and
"clumsily" left a trail of electronic breadcrumbs for investigators.
The FBI believes that the attacks on Yahoo! and eBay were more
sophisticated and were conducted by someone using a German character
keyboard; the copycat attacks lacked finesse.  The FBI also wants to
talk with "Coolio", who defaced an RSA Security site, and "Mixter", who
authored one of the DDoS tools.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth369.htm
http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/02/16/news1.html

-- 16 February 2000  US and Chinese Servers Used in Attacks, say Tokyo Police
Tokyo police say that Chinese and US servers were used in the recent
cyber attacks on Japanese government web sites.  They are asking for
access data to further their investigation.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters/REU20000216S0001

-- 16 February 2000  Israeli Politician Protests Hacking Conference
Calling hacking "terrorism," the head of the Israeli Parliament's
Committee for Scientific and Technological Research and Development is
protesting an upcoming hacker conference in Israel.  An Israeli Internet
executive said that hacking is often misunderstood, and that the
conference aims not to teach harmful practices, but to educate.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34349,00.html

FC