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29 November 1999 NSA Surveillance Faces New Technology Digital communications equipment, fiber optic cables, and good, strong encryption software are making eavesdropping increasingly difficult for the National Security Agency (NSA). http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32770,00.html
29 November 1999 Pakistan Not Well Prepared for Y2K
Pakistan's critical infrastructure could suffer considerably with the arrival of January 1, 2000, according to the head of the country's Y2K team. When the military deposed the premier in October, Y2K efforts ceased. Now that they have resumed, there is not enough time to make everything compliant. http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500062952-500104078-500458764-0,00.html
26 November 1999 Experts Warn of Internet Spying Tools
Online greeting cards and screen savers could contain embedded code which will switch on a computer's microphone, make a recording and send it off to a designated address. The same thing could be done with a web camera. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_537000/537520.stm
(See also http://all.net/ under "New Security Database"
=> Attack Methods => audio/video viewing)
23 November 1999 Government Web Sites Defaced
A cracker claiming to have the government's best interests at heart defaced three government web sites, including one at NASA. The cracker used a well-known hole to infiltrate the sites. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32729,00.html
23 November 1999 Buffer Overflows are Common and Unnecessary
Buffer overflows are a serious security threat because they allow executable code to run without normal security measures and potentially take control of a system. Buffer overflows occur frequently, and are usually the result of sloppy programming. Defenses against buffer overflows include debugging tools, and devices that prevent excess code from moving out of or executing in the address space. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/19991123/tc/19991123021.html
22 November 1999 DOD May Ban JavaScript
The Department of Defense (DOD) is considering banning all mobile code, including JavaScript, from its sites because such code poses a security risk. As a result, the DOD sites would be less interactive http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2398925,00.html