Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1543-996814272-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, 02 Aug 2001 21:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 9979 invoked by uid 510); 3 Aug 2001 03:53:32 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 3 Aug 2001 03:53:32 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1543-996814272-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by f19.egroups.com with NNFMP; 03 Aug 2001 04:51:12 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 3 Aug 2001 04:51:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 57537 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2001 04:51:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 3 Aug 2001 04:51:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 3 Aug 2001 04:51:10 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA10937 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 21:51:09 -0700 Message-Id: <200108030451.VAA10937@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, 2 Aug 2001 21:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 07/31/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit July 31, 2001 DoD Poised to Defend Against 'Code Red' Virus DoD is poised to defend department computer networks from a revival of the Code Red "worm" virus, DoD officials said July 31. "Our Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations is monitoring all of our networks very closely," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said. The Code Red virus is likely to start spreading again on July 31 at 8 p.m. Eastern time, said officials at the National Infrastructure Protection Center. The virus has mutated, so it may be even more dangerous. This spread has the potential to disrupt business and personal use of the Internet for applications such as electronic commerce, e-mail and entertainment, FBI officials said. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2001/n07312001_200107312.html Code Red worm has cost $1.2 billion so far - study http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1378216l.htm Patches seem to keep Code Red cool http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6734294.html Microsoft takes heat for Code Red http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6730674.html Global alert for new round of Code Red http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094917,00.html http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svtop/worm073101.htm FACTBOX-Code Red worm is latest Internet scare http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1378378l.htm FAQ: The Code Red threat http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6733503.html Internet's Cons Are Pros Unwary, lose $3B a year The dot-com stock boom has gone bust, but dot-cons are exploding on the Internet, with unsuspecting consumers defrauded to the tune of $3 billion a year. Online auction hustles, stock schemes, quack health cures, identity theft, investment ripoffs and credit card swindles are proliferating like superviruses despite enforcement efforts by a host of government agencies. "The Internet provides great opportunities for quick and convenient shopping, but it also provides a tremendous opportunity for crooks," said city Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jane Hoffman. She noted that New York State has the fourth-largest number of reported victims after California, Texas and Florida. http://www.nydailynews.com/today/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-120284.asp Hackers to the honey Hackers surround the Honeynet like bees around a honey pot. A decoy computer network set up to record every attempt to crack it open and subvert it has revealed just how active and determined malicious hackers have become. Statistics gathered by the network show that computers connected to the web are scanned for weaknesses up to14 times per day and that, on average, an attempt will be made to break into a net-connected computer every three days. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1464000/1464959.stm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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