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Hackers had access to home computers
In a dark, musty office ominously called the
``Attack Lab,'' a cadre of former government
sleuths worked through the night to discover
a major new threat to Internet users. Prompted
by an attack on one of their own computers,
Network Security Technologies investigators
unraveled a possible future attack on major
Web sites and some 2,000 compromised computers,
mostly belonging to home users. The hackers
had access to all the computers' secrets --
passwords, personal files and all -- and can
at any point launch a crippling assault similar
to February's attacks that included CNN's news
site, the Yahoo! Internet directory and Amazon.com.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/82634l.htm
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,204098-412,00.shtml
E-mail hoax panics Canadian credit-card customers
A hacker who hijacked the server at a mass
e-mailing company this week e-mailed a bogus
warning to 10,000 customers, warning their
credit-card numbers had been compromised
from the database of a major Canadian
electronics dealer. The warning said
customers should call their credit-card
companies and get new cards and account
numbers. Fewer than 50 people actually
canceled their cards, according to Future
Shop Ltd., Canada's largest online consumer
electronics retailer.
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000609E71E
Court kills key parts of bulk email law
A California state law aimed at reining in
unsolicited bulk email is unconstitutional,
a judge ruled this week. The decision in
Ferguson vs. Friendfinder marks the second
time a state anti-spam law has been struck
down. In March, Washington state's anti-spam
law, one of the strongest in the country,
was ruled unconstitutional. That case is on
appeal.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2047482.html
80,000 Domains at Risk: DNS problems plague Australia
About 75 percent of Domain Name System (DNS)
servers in Australia and New Zealand are
vulnerable to Denial-of-Service attacks and
55 percent may be compromised at the root
level. The figures represent a considerable
risk to many Web sites, according to Sydney
based security consultancy DeMorgan.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/enterprise/security/stories/au0003277.html
House boosts info security funding
Congress targeted the Pentagon's "most serious
vulnerabilities" with a $150 million increase
in the fiscal 2001 Defense appropriations bill
for information assurance and computer network
security programs. The House on Wednesday
approved a total of more than $250 million for
Defense Department information technology
programs, including $36 million for hardware
and software designed to help the Pentagon
monitor its global networks for suspicious
activity.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0605/web-dod-06-09-00.asp
European justice ministers urge computer crime crackdown
European justice ministers urged swifter measures
Friday to combat computer crime and pledged to
improve national judicial systems. ``It is
essential to establish a swift and efficient
system of international cooperation ... (in) the
fight against crime in a computer environment,''
the ministers from 41 European nations including
Russia said in a communique. The statement was
issued at the end of the two-day annual meeting
of justice ministers from the Council of Europe,
which has expanded to encompass 17 East European
nations since the collapse of communism.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/021725.htm
European parliament ready to torpedo 'Safe Harbor'
A parliamentary commission in Strasbourg, France
is preparing to red-pencil a deal struck in
mid-March between the European Commission and
the United States over the protection of
personal data. ZDNet France gained access to
a "draft resolution" dated June 8 that asks
the executive branch of the EU to "review
without delay" the plan, dubbed "Safe Harbor."
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2585394,00.html
U.N. group flooded with cybersquatter complaints
Cybersquatters--people who register famous names
as Web addresses in the hope of making a fast buck
--may find their days are numbered, as celebrities
and companies flock to a U.N. arbitration system
to evict them from Internet addresses. The World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the
specialized United Nations copyright and trademark
agency that runs the arbitration service, said
almost 600 cases were filed with its global online
arbitration service to fight cybersquatting since
its creation in December. Reflecting growing
confidence in the procedure, the arbitration center
said that a record 172 cases were filed in May, up
from 119 in April and compared with just 28 in January.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2047172.html
US files most cybersquatting cases
The United States accounts for more than half the
cases filed under a new global system to curb
``cybersquatting'' that is attracting complainants
in ever-increasing numbers, the United Nations said
Friday.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/82652l.htm
Facing a Man's World: Female Hackers Battle Sexism to Get Ahead
For women hackers, there's a different kind
of glass ceiling to break. Hacking has
traditionally been a man's world. But women
are quietly breaking into the hacker subculture,
a loose group of computer enthusiasts who meet
in online chat rooms and at real-life conventions.
Not surprisingly, as in other male-dominated
spheres, these women are often harassed and
mocked by certain insiders though here it
is by teenage boys, who make up most of the
entry levels of hackerdom.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/hackerwomen000609.html
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