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'Stages' scribe: 'I'm not fooling anybody'
"Zulu" is an Argentine programmer in his 20s who writes
viruses in his spare time. His "works" include the much
publicized Bubble Boy and Monopoly viruses. His latest
creation, the virus Stages.Worm, has everyone talking
about him again. Although he is not very fond of the
press, Zulu agreed to give an exclusive interview under
condition of anonymity, to clear up some misunderstandings
about what occurred this week.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2592429,00.html
Energy orders tighter security
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson told Congress Wednesday that
he has ordered tough new security measures in the wake of
the lost and found saga at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Testifying before a hostile Senate Armed Services Committee,
Richardson said the lab's security policies have been under
review since the disappearance of two computer drives
containing nuclear secrets. The drives were found last week
behind a copying machine, and the FBI is investigating why
they could not be found for more than a month.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0619/web-alamos-06-22-00.asp
Cell Phone Virus Hoax
This hoax has been forwarded due to misinformation related
to an Internet worm named VBS/Timofonica. Although the script
did send notice messages to phone users on a specific
subscription service, the information below is completely
unrelated.
http://vil.nai.com/villib/dispvirus.asp?virus_k=98695
Home Office to retreat on cyber-spying bill
The Home Office is preparing to retreat on the most controversial
aspects of the oft-condemned, cyber-snooping RIP (Regulation of
Investigatory Powers) Bill, according to the British Chamber of
Commerce (BCC). The BCC suggested the government intends to amend
RIP in order to smooth its path through the House of Lords, where
serious concerns about the legislation have been raised. "The
message from our conversations with the Home Office is that they
are prepared to move on some of the areas causing concern to
business," said a BCC spokesman.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/24/ns-16179.html
Online Snafu exposes CIA names
A classified 1954 CIA file recently released on the web in
redacted form by the New York Times, is being re-released by
a noted cypherpunk archivist with the names of foreign agents
restored, courtesy of a blunder in the method the newspaper
used to conceal that information. The Times released the report
titled "Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran" on their web site
Sunday. The document details the secret history of CIA and
British officials' successful efforts to engineer the 1953 coup
that overthrew Iran's elected leadership. It sheds light on the
genesis of the CIA's use of illegal covert operations throughout
the cold war.
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/article.html?id=51
Cos. wary of sharing cybersecurity
Corporations insist they won't fully participate in any national
cybersecurity efforts unless they get Freedom of Information Act
waivers and lawsuit protection. Businesses say they're afraid that
if they share private information with the federal government to
help fight off hacker attacks, it would be made public with an FOI
request and used against them.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/125659l.htm
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/151071.html
Directives issued on federal use of Internet tracking software
The Clinton administration's budget office issued strict new
rules Thursday for how government agencies use software to
track Internet users and ordered all departments to immediately
review their compliance with existing privacy policies.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/046892.htm
Australian Govt Asks WIPO To Rid World Of Cybersquatters
The Australian Federal Government has joined with a number
of other nations to call on the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) to develop international guidelines and
policies to prevent cybersquatters reserving the Internet
domain names of legitimate businesses and keeping them out
of the reach of their namesakes.
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/151015.html
Body parts, odors key to Army networks
The Army, its computers increasingly under assault from hackers,
is about to begin using security systems that identify parts,
voice patterns and even body odors to replace the password-based
systems that now control access to everything from battlefield
weapons to officers' clubs. "007 is here," says Phillip Loranger,
a civilian who was named the Army's first biometrics director in
March. "In fact, he's been here for a while." He adds that although
a computer "recognizes a password, biometrics can validate identity.
It can lock in on a person (as well as) a user ID."
(***EDITOR'S NOTE - Phil was a guest instructor at Silicon Valley's
HTCIA Training Conf. in May and NewsBits subscriber. Good job Phil!)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh249.htm
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0619/web-bio-06-21-00.asp
Net enables global crime sprees
CRIMINALS have always been ahead when it comes adopting new
technologies, but never before has there been anything like the
Internet, which means that a few malicious keystrokes in one part
of the world can cause huge problems for a corporation thousands
of miles away. "Risk is now chaotic and complex in a way that a
small incident in one place can become a major incident in
another place that you hadn't even thought of," said Nick Beale,
research and development officer for intelligence services group
Infrastructure Defense U.K.
http://infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/22/000622hnglobal.xml
Network security threats growing
NETWORKS face three vulnerabilities: physical security problems,
logical security problems such as computers within a network,
and security problems involving people -- all of which should be
equally important to businesses, according to a British
Telecommunications executive speaking here at InfowarCon
Thursday. "We are potentially vulnerable in just about anything
we do anywhere," said William Morris, manager of policy and
system integrity for London-based BT's group security.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/deleteframe.pl?story=/articles/hn/xml/00/06/22/000622hnthreats.xml
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