Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1178-988692919-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20901 invoked by uid 510); 1 May 2001 03:56:26 -0000 Received: from mq.egroups.com (208.50.144.79) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 1 May 2001 03:56:26 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1178-988692919-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by mq.egroups.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2001 04:55:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 1 May 2001 04:55:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 75824 invoked from network); 1 May 2001 04:55:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 1 May 2001 04:55:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 1 May 2001 04:55:18 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA08223 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:55:17 -0700 Message-Id: <200105010455.VAA08223@all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:55:17 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Signals intelligence: "Intercepting communications with spacecraft no longer makes economic sense ..., says James Bamford ... . He says the NSA is concentrating on finding new ways to tap into, sort, and manipulate fiber-optic, cell-phone, and internet data," reports Aviation Week & Space Technology. Satellites as 'Achilles' heel': MSNBC says the Pentagon is taking seriously the possibility of "a 'Space Pearl Harbor' -- a crippling sneak attack against American satellites orbiting the planet" and has hosted the first simulated war raging in space. http://www.msnbc.com/news/546843.asp Satellites vulnerable: Another MSNBC story notes the vulnerability of the satellites the military relies on and lists some of the weapons that could be used against them. It does note that "many US military satellites ... have been 'hardened' to protect components against radiation damage from nuclear explosions in space." http://www.msnbc.com/news/561893.asp 'Asymmetric ways' to attack: In a Chicago Tribune interview, a defense expert notes that US adversaries will use "asymmetric ways that try to undermine US strengths or exploit our vulnerabilities, [such as] weapons of mass destruction -- chemical or biological weapons." http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/opinion/perspective/article/0,2669,SAV-0104290484,FF.html Hackers hit govt sites: Websites operated by the departments of Labor and Health and Human Services were vandalized Saturday by hackers who federal officials believe are from China, says the Washington Post. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20786-2001Apr29.html http://www.iht.com/articles/18446.htm More to come? "Ongoing research compiled over the weekend suggests that Chinese threats of a hacker attack on US Web sites is continuing to build," says Newsbytes, quoting Vigilinx, a risk assessment service company. It expects "a major assault" this week. http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/newsbytes/article.html?s=3Dhke/headlines/010430/technology/newsbytes/Chinese_Hacktivist_Threat_Continues_To_Build_-_Vigilinx.html Cyber-robbery: "US banks ... have suffered billions of dollars worth of losses because of highly sophisticated attacks by domestic and overseas hackers," says UPI, quoting three groups of experts. http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=3D181153 ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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