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FBI pursues Emulex release as online fraud
The FBI today said it is using a statute barring fraudulent
use of the Internet to look into a hoax that sent Emulex
shares on a wild ride Friday. Press release distribution
service Internet received a purported statement from Costa
Mesa, Calif. based Emulex, a network equipment maker, via
email announcing a restatement of earnings and resignation
of the company's chief executive. Both pieces of news were
false, leading to the federal probe. "We are investigating...
under the federal statute barring fraudulent use of the
Internet," said Matthew McLaughlin, a spokesman for the
FBI's Los Angeles field office. The statute is a cousin of
laws barring wire and mail fraud.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2637259.html
Teen questioned in attack on Irish Internet service provider
Police have questioned a 17-year-old after a security breach
forced Ireland's leading Internet service provider to change
the passwords of 30,000 of its 240,000 customers, a spokesman
said Monday. The teenager was arrested in Wicklow, south of
Dublin, and was questioned under the Criminal Justice Act by
the Garda (police) National Bureau of Fraud Investigation for
offences involving damage to computer data. "He has been
released and a file is being prepared for the Director of
Public Prosecutions," the spokesman said. "No one else is
being sought in connection with the incident." The breach of
systems operated by Eircom, the former state telephone company,
was the first major computer hacking attack in Ireland.
http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500244325-500361491-502124125-0,00.html
Hacktivists crash Korea govt home page
Protesters forced the Korean Ministry of Information and
Communication's Web site to shut down for 10 hours on
Saturday. But was it a mass click-in or a DDoS (Distributed
Denial-of-Service)attack which brought the service to its
knees? Co-ordinating the protest was the Progressive Network
Centre (PNC), a group which opposes Korean government plans
to introduce film rating-typeregulation to the Web. It says
the site was brought down by thousands of people connecting
to the site at the same time. However, the English-language
version of the Korea Herald today baldly states that the
ministry's home page succumbed to a DDoS attack and it cites
a PNC statement proclaiming that DDoS is "one of legitimate
methods to express political will".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12863.html
`Spy trap' probe now tied to U.S. and Britain
Murdered pair may have links to software plot. RCMP investigators
probing allegations spies hacked into top-secret Canadian
intelligence files are working with at least two foreign police
agencies, The Star has learned. Sources say the Mounties have
joined officers from Britain and a tiny police department in
California in interviews connected to their spy probe. Those
revelations add to the intrigue surrounding the investigation
into claims a secret ``trap door'' in doctored computer software
allowed foreign spies to hack into Canadian files and download
sensitive intelligence information.
http://www.thestar.com/thestar/back_issues/ED20000828/news/20000828NEW01b_N-MOUNTIE28.html
Apple identifies employee as alleged source of leaks
Apple Computer has identified an employee it believes leaked
trade secrets about unannounced products on an Internet chat
board. The company said today it has amended its Aug. 2 lawsuit
to name a company worker as the "Doe 1" accused in court
documents of posting confidential details on Apple products on
the Web using the pseudonym "worker bee." In its suit, Apple
alleges the defendant and possibly others posted information
about Apple's new mouse and dual-processor PowerMacs before
their introduction last month. Apple also said "worker bee"
posted information to the AppleInsider site last month about
a third product Apple has yet to introduce.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2637759.html
Police say increase in Internet use has a dark side
There=92s a dark side to a recent study showing that more
than 75 percent of New Hampshire households now are online,
according to police who say the technology is putting more
children in danger of sexual assault. In Newton, police have
investigated three cases of child sexual assault in the last
month =97 all three involved suspects who met their victims
through the Internet. "It=92s like we=92ve been hit by lightning,"
said Newton Police Chief Richard Labell. But state officials
say Newton is far from alone.
http://207.180.26.213/news2000/august_00/28/nh0828b.htm
Most Say Computer Hacking Should Be a Felony
Tampering with computers and the Internet should be charged
as a felony, most Americans said in a recent nationwide
survey. A Zogby America poll of 1,155 adults showed that 64.2%
of respondents strongly agreed that interfering with Internet
services should be considered a felony and punished severely.
Another 24.1% somewhat agreed while a combined 8.3% strongly
or somewhat disagreed.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000828/zo/crime_1.html
Internet enables surfing for secrets
A study conducted for the Pentagon has singled out the
Internet as one of the primary vehicles by which classified
information related to weapons of mass destruction often
falls into the wrong hands. The study, conducted in 1998 for
the Pentagon=92s Office of Command, Control, Communications
and Intelligence by Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., looked at
declassified documents from Pentagon intelligence and security
organization. The Pentagon released the study last week as a
result of a Freedom of Information Act request made by the
Federation of American Scientists. It examined how
declassification efforts throughout the Defense Department
could be unwittingly divulging secrets.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0828/web-secret-08-28-00.asp
Profiteers get squat for Web names
Cybersquatters lose intellectual property rulings
Another land grab is brewing over popular Internet domain
names, but this time the cybersquatters are being stripped
of their digital claims. The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), the United Nations' Geneva-based
dispute-resolution center for intellectual property, has
sided with plaintiffs about 80% of the time since it began
hearing cases in December. That has prompted a flurry of
complaints against cybersquatters as WIPO tackles 200 cases
per month. It's expected to determine the ownership of
MickJagger.com, BradPitt.com, TinaTurner.net and others by
the end of September, a spokesman says.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti446.htm
How to beat the Net censors
No matter whether you call it "internet filtering software"
or "censorware", there's no doubt that it's full of more
holes than Swiss cheese. Last week, Bennett Haselton, an
American who has over the past few years discovered flaws
in pretty much every piece of filtering software, found
another one which can bypass almost any program. And, as
if that weren't enough, in a separate development that
suggests everyone is simply too wound up about profanity
on the web, a woman who tried to join Blackplanet.com, a
website dealing with black issues, was blocked and even
human intervention couldn't get her on.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-08/feature280800.shtml
Anyone with a Screwdriver Can Break In!
Physical Security and Boot Security Issues in Linux
This article will discuss the second weakest layer of computer
security, Physical Security. As we'll see, any attacker with
physical access to a computer, a little ingenuity, and
sufficient time can compromise the system.
http://securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20000828.html
[FC - that's why I use physical locks on PCs...]
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