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Philippines to charge student in "Love" bug case
Investigators here will file charges this week
against the computer student suspected of releasing
the "I Love You" computer virus, an official said
today. But the penalties are likely to be relatively
light because the Philippines does not have laws
specifically governing computer crimes, said
Federico Opinion Jr., director of the country's
National Bureau of Investigation. Charges of fraud
and malicious mischief will be brought against
computer programming student Onel de Guzman,
Opinion said. Charges are expected to be filed
after bureau lawyers review a report prepared
by investigators.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2069228.html
http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36960,00.html
Richardson launches Los Alamos security probe
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, under fire from
Republicans over two missing computer drives carrying
secret nuclear data, launched a bipartisan probe on
Tuesday into the loss from a Los Alamos laboratory
and vowed to take disciplinary action.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/reuters/docs/94284l.htm
Hackers hit official site again
Hackers attacked a government Web site for the
second consecutive day yesterday, forcing officials
to close it. The site, the home page of the
Interactive Government Services Directory, was hit
at 3pm and remained closed early today. Officials
said the problem was similar to Saturday's, when
the site was shut for 10 hours after the messages
"Own3d by the Crows" and "hacked by O Analista"
were posted on the site.
http://www.scmp.com/News/Front/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-20000612012950362.asp
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/150475.html
FAA Still Hasn't Plugged Computer Security Holes - Report
In recent years, thousands of outside contractors,
many of them foreign nationals, have been allowed
access to the Federal Aviation Administration's
critical computer systems without having to undergo
background checks, a government report released today
said. While the report concludes that the FAA is
taking steps to address the gaping security hole,
the agency is saddled with a backlog of security
checks that it doesn't expect to complete for
several months.
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/150560.html
Will Cyber Criminals Run The World?
Picture this scene from the near future: organized
crime gets hold of encryption technology so powerful
even IRS supercomputers can't crack it. An
underground electronic economy emerges, invisible to
U.S. tax code. The Federal Government, unable to
replenish its coffers, let alone fund a standing army,
shrinks until it wields about as much power as a local
zoning board. Militias and gangs take over, setting up
checkpoints at state borders and demanding tribute of
all who pass.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,47159,00.html
Internet free speech threatened by data protection laws
Civil liberties advocates warn Tuesday the decision
to force a Web site to reveal the identity of bulletin
board contributors could stifle Internet free speech
in Britain. In a landmark test of how data protection
laws apply to the Internet, financial information Web
site Interactive Investor was forced to hand over the
names and IP addresses of contributors to its bulletin
boards Sunday after receiving a court order obtained by
Scoot.com. Scoot alleges the bulletin boards contained
defamatory material.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/23/ns-15965.html
Attacks Put Security Pros on the Most-Wanted List
Talk about job security. Network-security
specialists are in high demand these days,
especially given the recent denial-of-service
attacks on high-profile Web sites. Secure
systems and networks capable of withstanding
the use and abuse from outside and inside an
organization are the goal of businesses, as
heterogeneous networks link remote staff to
headquarters, the business to customers and
everyone to the Internet.
http://www.networkcomputing.com/1111/1111ca.html
Bleak Picture For Internet Security
When it comes to security in the Internet
age, the picture is not too pretty. That
was the message Bruce Schneier, founder
and chief technology officer of Counterpane
Internet Security Inc., gave during a
session Monday at NetSec2000 conference,
held here by the Computer Security Institute.
Counterpane is a San Jose, Calif.-based
provider of managed-security monitoring
services. "The future looks pretty bleak,"
he told the audience of IT professionals.
"We are getting better at defenses, but
attackers are getting better tools."
http://www.crn.com/dailies/digest/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=17456
Overseas Software
Several years ago I attended a two-day seminar
on information security. The keynote speaker
was a professor of International Relations who
also served as a consultant to the FBI. He
developed a scenario for a future America where
poverty and unemployment ruled. He attributed
the nation's future economic decline due to
corporate and industrial espionage by foreign
powers. He saw the influx of high-tech workers
and students from overseas as an attempt to
pillage our intellectual capital.
http://www.securityportal.com/topnews/overseas20000613.html
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