[iwar] Historical posting
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Date: Mon, Jan 1, 1999
From: Fred Cohen
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Subject: [iwar] Historical posting
27 December 1999 Cyber Warfare Preparedness
This article paints cyber warfare scenarios and points out the
interdependence of technological systems.
http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/industry/19991227/A59706-1999Dec27.html
27 December 1999 Distributed Attack Tools Warnings
Between 50 and 100 attacks involving such tools as TFN (Tribe Flood
Network) and Trinoo have been reported. The key to disabling these
systems is to find the master programs throughout the covertly set up
network. CERT recommends out-of-band communications procedures or
emergency response teams to deal with such denial of service attacks.
http://www.currents.net/newstoday/99/12/27/news3.html
25 December 1999 New Guinea's Electricity Commission Not Yet Y2K
Compliant
Papua New Guinea's Electricity Commission is bankrupt and needs money
to complete Y2K compliance measures. If the funds aren't made available,
the commission predicts "major disruption" to a number of its computer
systems. http://www.currents.net/newstoday/99/12/25/news1.html
23 December 1999 Guarding the Internet
Groups from government and industry are joining forces to guard the
Internet during the Y2K rollover.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991223S0002
23 December 1999 New Versions of TFN and Trinoo
A new, more powerful version of Tribe Flood Network (TFN), the distributed
attack tool, enlists a broader base of operating systems, encrypts
communications, and uses a single command to launch an attack. A new
version of Trinoo is expected soon. Other distributed attack tools
exist but are harder to detect than are these two.
http://news.cnet.com/category/0-1003-200-1504709.html
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/991223D786
22 December 1999 E-Mail Scanner Hole
Norton's e-mail virus scanner uses a proxy that makes users' computers
visible on the Internet, and could lead to denial of service attacks.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/349602.asp
A General Accounting Office (GAO) report indicates Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) systems are vulnerable to crackers. Two years
ago, the agency suffered a number of security breaches leading to lost
data.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2412552,00.html?chkpt=hud0004200
http://www.currents.net/newstoday/99/12/23/news2.html
20 December 1999 Evidence of Y2K Problems
Early Y2K glitches include raw sewage spilling into streets in a
California town and automobiles being registered as "horseless carriages"
in Maine. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2411183,00.html
FC