Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1481-996204748-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); Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:33:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 5727 invoked by uid 510); 27 Jul 2001 02:35:01 -0000 Received: from n20.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.70) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 27 Jul 2001 02:35:01 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1481-996204748-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by c9.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Jul 2001 03:32:28 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 27 Jul 2001 03:32:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 14002 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2001 03:32:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 27 Jul 2001 03:32:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 27 Jul 2001 03:32:26 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id UAA08709 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:32:26 -0700 Message-Id: <200107270332.UAA08709@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: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Activists target U.S. surveillance system A group of Internet activists hopes to bring attention to the controversial U.S.-led communications spy network Echelon with a "Jam Echelon Day." But privacy experts say the protest as planned will have a minimal effect on the sophisticated surveillance system. Organizers of the cyberevent, set for Oct. 21, are encouraging the Internet community to send out as many e-mail messages as possible containing certain "trigger words" they believe the Echelon system is programmed to watch for. The theory is that if the bulk of monitored e-mails becomes too great, Echelon will be overworked with intercepting spurious input, and so its effectiveness will drop. Though, the organizers concede, they are unlikely to jam the whole system, they believe it's still worth pressing ahead. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6687430.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2092039,00.html Huge identity theft uncovered Files with Social Security and driver=92s license numbers pasted in chat room; possible link to cell phone applications. Key personal data belonging to hundreds of individuals have been shared in an Internet chat room, in what one expert says could become one of the largest identity theft cases ever. The data include Social Security numbers, driver=92s license numbers, date of birth and credit card information =97 everything a criminal would need to open an online bank account, apply for a credit card, even create the paperwork necessary to smuggle illegal immigrants. http://www.msnbc.com/news/604496.asp SirCam hits FBI cyber-protection unit A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders-- all on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers since its discovery last week. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2798011,00.html Senator criticizes FBI's computer security center In her first hearing as chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information Subcommittee, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday criticized the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). Citing a General Accounting Office report she had commissioned and that was released at the hearing, Feinstein said, "The GAO report generally confirms problems identified by critics of the NIPC." http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072601td1.htm http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168347.html Thailand Moves To Crack Down On Web Content Thailand's National IT Committee (NITC) has announced measures for Internet service providers (ISPs) to tackle what it considers inappropriate content on Web sites. Thailand government telecom agencies, the Communications Authority of Thailand and the Telephone Organisation of Thailand, have been instructed to draft a letter to all ISPs and telecom operators to standardize the time on their system clocks. This will help with information tracking, according to the committee. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168353.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! 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