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Man arrested in AOL email scam
A man hijacked the computer system of a New York
state company to send millions of emails to
America Online customers about pornographic Web
sites or get-rich-quick schemes, the district
attorney said today. The "spam" messages were
disguised to look as if they had been sent from
IBM.net, IBM's Internet provider, said District
Attorney Jeanine Pirro. "You couldn't find him
to complain, but he could find you to make money
off you," she said. "This is an old crime
committed in a new way. He was basically brokering
porn and various schemes, and it was forgery
because he used this false return address."
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2024887.html
Defendant says `Internet forgery' isn't a crime
A man who allegedly hijacked the computer system
of a Westchester County company to send millions
of come-ons to America Online customers maintains
that he committed no crime. ``The defendant not
only alleges that he did not commit a crime, he
does not believe a crime was committed at all,''
said Bruce Bendish, attorney for Jason Garon of
Mission Viejo, Calif.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/019932.htm
Computer virus spams mobile phones
Computer viruses are starting to migrate to
mobile phones. A Russian anti-virus company
has found a program that tries to send junk
messages to mobile phones. The virus is rare
and is unlikely to cause much damage but it
is one of the first to exploit the increasing
number of connections between devices we use
to organise our lives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_779000/779940.stm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2026192.html
Spanish virus targets mobile phones
A computer virus that sends unwanted text
messages to mobile phones has been reported
in Europe today. The virus, called I-Worm
Timofonica or VBS Timofonica, is a Visual
Basic script (VBS) worm that uses Microsoft
Outlook to spread in a similar way to the
Love Bug virus, which caused billions of
pounds worth of damage worldwide last month.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1102684
TUCOWs pawn in Internet.com domain theft
Internet.com, the online magazine, had its
domain name nicked last week. And TUCOWS.com,
Canada's answer to Andover.Net, played an
unwitting but key role in the hijack.
Internet.com is a big name URL, owned by a big
name company. So how on earth did the person,
or persons unknown, think he could get away
with hijacking the domain name? Unless it was
done for devilment. Just as well the hijacker
did not attempt to redirect traffic. That way
a prison sentence lies.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000606-000017.html
Don't let minor attacks obscure bigger threats, experts warn
Viruses and service-denial attacks are
nothing compared with what could happen,
systems pros say. Information technology
professionals should not be distracted by
the recent outbreak of e-mail viruses or
the arrest of a suspect in a rash of
distributed denial-of-service attacks,
experts warned. The real danger lies
elsewhere and could have more serious
consequences, they said.
http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no14/news/2129-1.html
Euro 2000 super-site ready for cyber attacks
While police fear attacks on football fans
during this month's European football
championships, the operators of the official
Euro 2000 website are confident of preventing
attacks of a cyber nature. The UEFA funded
site, www.euro2000.org, has been designed to
receive over 150 million hits per day during
the competition, which runs from Saturday
until 2 July. At peak times, the site will be
capable of serving 10,000 connections per second.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1102675
Outlook Love Bug patch still mysteriously missing
Users are still waiting for a fix for MS Outlook
after the ravages from the ILOVEYOU, Melissa and
related viruses. Microsoft is itself in a bit of
a fix here; having pushed the idea of attachments,
a security fix based on blocking all attachments
seems like a massive climb-down. But on the other
hand, what else could you do? Microsoft initially
announced a patch that would drastically curtail
Outlook's ability to deal with attachments, but
for some reason, it hasn't actually got it out
the door yet. It's been delayed several times
already, and it's not clear when it will actually
ship - or indeed, what it will actually be.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000605-000002.html
A Rogue Hacker State in the Making?
By far the most entertaining tech stories
this weekend were a pair about HavenCo,
an audacious data haven venture soon to
be launched on the world's tiniest country.
As the New York Times' John Markoff
writes, HavenCo "intends to offer its data
haven to a diverse clientele that may wish
to operate beyond the reach of large
nations for reasons of privacy or financial
necessity. They expect their customers to
include people who wish to keep their
e-mail safe from government subpoenas as
well as other businesses seeking to avoid
regulation, like international electronic
commerce, banking and gambling."
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,15712,00.html
Data haven may be step in right direction
CONSIDER HavenCo, which offered the world a useful
and modestly subversive idea Monday: The company is
setting itself up as a data haven in a purported
``sovereign nation'' east of London. In the zone,
HavenCo, companies and individuals could keep e-mail
and other information away from subpoenas,
regulations and other legal intrusions. While I'm
doubtful of this particular approach, it does offer
a template of sorts. One of these days, an entire
nation, not a single company, will opt to become
the right kind of data haven -- not a hideout for
lawbreakers but a center of innovation and openness.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg060600.htm
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