Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1389-994221799-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); Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:44:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 13570 invoked by uid 510); 4 Jul 2001 03:45:23 -0000 Received: from ej.egroups.com (64.211.240.230) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 4 Jul 2001 03:45:23 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1389-994221799-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2001 04:43:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 4 Jul 2001 04:43:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 42318 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2001 04:43:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 4 Jul 2001 04:43:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 4 Jul 2001 04:43:17 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA28102 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:43:17 -0700 Message-Id: <200107040443.VAA28102@big.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: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:43:17 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] NewsBits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hacker Crashes Entire Nation A computer whizzkid has been fined =A32,000 ($2,600) for hacking into the United Arab Emirates' only internet provider and causing the whole country's system to crash. Lee Ashurst, 22, originally from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was convicted of misusing equipment, services or facilities provided by Emirates Telecommunications Corp Etisalat. Ashurst, who works for a construction company in the Gulf, is now facing a compensation claim of more than =A3500,000 ($650,000) from Etisalat after the Dubai Court of First Instance transferred his case to the civil courts. He was working as a computer engineer at a Dubai construction firm in May last year (00) when he began hacking into Etisalat's systems. According to the Gulf News newspaper, the court was told the entire United Arab Emirates internet system crashed on several occasions over a month. http://63.108.181.201/2001/07/03/eng-wenn/eng-wenn_001056_76_4245186652988.html Officials File Complaint on Car Spy Case The complaint is seeking to stop a car rental agency from charging customers a $150 fee each time they exceed the speed limit. Connecticut authorities lodged a complaint on Monday seeking to stop a car rental agency from charging customers a $150 fee each time they exceed the speed limit -- information the rental firm gained by tracking the vehicles with a global positioning system. The practice by Acme-Rent-A-Car came to light after a New Haven man rented a minivan in October 2000 and later found the company deducted $150 from his checking account three times, according to the complaint filed by the Connecticut state attorney general's office. http://www.techtv.com/news/politicsandlaw/story/0,24195,3335584,00.html Hackers, E-Espionage Will Propel Encryption Market A study released today said that as the amount of classified information transmitted via Web networks rapidly increases, hackers and e-terrorists will help create a burgeoning encryption market. The study by researchers at Frost & Sullivan found that the data- protection industry generated revenues of $176 million in 2000 but projected a steady increase to $457.6 million by 2007. Frost & Sullivan senior analyst Brooks Lieske said in a press release that hackers are no longer mainly focused on disrupting service and implanting viruses. "They are also doing less noticeable, but potentially more damaging activities such as reading e-mail and gathering restricted information from Internet sites and computers," Lieske said. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167566.html Most Hacking Hides Real Threats The high profile of such relatively inconsequential online political warfare as denial-of-service attacks and playful site defacement has the general public distracted from much graver risks. That's especially true in Europe, according to experts, where many Internet users are newer to the medium and less attuned to the dangers of such threats as smart viruses. "Do Europeans care about information warfare?" asks Christiane Schultzki-Haddouti, a German journalist who specializes in information warfare. "Not much. Compared to America, Europe is still sleeping." http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44955,00.html Canada securing e-government Canada, which already has the most advanced electronic government in the world, has hired a Texas company to help develop the enhanced privacy and security features needed for the nation=92s expanding online government services. By 2004, the Canadian government wants to have an online network known as the Secure Channel that enables citizens to perform transactions with government =97 from paying taxes to applying for benefits to starting businesses =97 with assurances that the transactions will remain private and secure. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0702/web-canada-07-03-01.asp ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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