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August 9, 2001

FBI doubts amateurs are behind 'Code Red' As the "Code Red II" virus hit
more computer networks and continued spreading overseas Wednesday, the
FBI thinks the worm was launched by sophisticated international hackers
=97 not teenage amateurs.  According to security experts and federal law
enforcement officials, the FBI does not believe so-called "script
kiddies" are behind the Code Red attacks that have struck 400,000 to
800,000 server computers since mid-July. 
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-08-09-code-red-fbi.htm

The Hunt For the Worm Writers Internet users have become all too
familiar with SirCam and Code Red, but the creators of the two worms
that have plagued the Internet this summer remain a mystery.  If the
FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center has its way, the
identities of those who wrote and released the malicious little bundles
of code into the world will be known soon.  "We are very serious about
finding the authors of Code Red and SirCam," the NIPC's Debra Weierman
said.  "Intentional transmission of worms or viruses across the Internet
is a felony.  This is a major offense, not some inconsequential lark."
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45956,00.html

The Code Red hype Hall of Shame
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20908.html
Microsoft Hotmail servers invaded by Code Red worm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1399878l.htm
Worms prompt AT&T to unplug customer Web sites
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/039991.htm
Qwest Dogged By DSL, Billing Bugs
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168878.html
'Code Red' impact felt at major companies
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/08/09/code.red/index.html
Hotmail, FedEx infected by Code Red
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095455,00.html
AP news service succumbs to Code Red II
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6829312.html
Code Red continues to disrupt Net
http://www.msnbc.com/news/611476.asp?0si=3D-
Microsoft may have been victim of Code Red worm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/059634.htm
New instructions help cure "Code Red' problem
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/business/biz_docs/106216.htm

Adobe Hacker off Hook in Russia A Russian computer programmer accused of
circumventing U.S.  copyright protections on electronic-book software
will not be prosecuted at home if U.S.  authorities allow him to return,
police said Thursday.  Dmitry Sklyarov, 26, is in Northern California
awaiting trial, and could face five years in prison and a $500,000 fine
if convicted of violating the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  He
was released on $50,000 bail Monday after being arrested July 16 at a
Las Vegas convention. 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45966,00.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/075617.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-08-09-russian-programmer.htm

Day trader settles charges of false Lucent postings Fred Moldofsky, a
Texas day trader accused of posting fake press releases on the Internet
claiming Lucent Technologies Inc.  would not meet earnings projections,
agreed to settle fraud charges, federal securities regulators said on
Wednesday.  Moldofsky, a Canadian citizen, agreed to a final judgment
permanently enjoining him from future securities violations, the
Securities and Exchange Commission said.  He did not admit or deny the
civil charges brought by the SEC, and he will not have to pay a fine
based on his sworn inability to do so, the regulatory agency added. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/052885.htm
[FC - Please note that according to this, he has agreed to not violate
the law again and sworn he doesn't have any money...  quite a punishment
- yes?]

Judge orders FBI to reveal 'key logger' details Law enforcement's
penchant for high-tech surveillance has again collided with the public's
right to privacy.  This time the question is whether FBI agents can
plant a secret monitoring device that records everything typed on a
computer user's keyboard.  A federal judge ruled Aug.  7 that the FBI
must explain to him how a monitoring device called a "key logger system"
works.  Depending on how the device collects data, its use may have been
illegal.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0806/web-fbi-08-09-01.asp

Security firms want video-surveillance law Facing a growing public
backlash, the security industry called on Congress Wednesday to regulate
the use of surveillance systems that match faces of people on the street
with a database of known criminals.  The developer of a prominent
face-scanning system, along with the head of the industry trade group,
said the federal government needed to step in to ensure that such
systems could not be used by police or private corporations to track or
compile pro files of innocent citizens. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/08/09/privacy.surveillance.reut/index.html

Driving Away With Wireless Secrets Some nights when they are bored and
the traffic is light in downtown Philadelphia, Russell Handorf and a
friend take what they call a "war drive" through the city's financial
district.  They're looking for wireless networks to sniff.  Recently
this summer, as Handorf, a student at Philadelphia's Drexel University,
was on a slow midnight cruise with his friend at the wheel and his Dell
notebook across his lap, the computer's wireless network card started to
pick up a strong signal - right across the street from the headquarters
of a major regional bank.  http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168883.html

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