Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1583-997453737-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); Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 742 invoked by uid 510); 10 Aug 2001 13:31:03 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 10 Aug 2001 13:31:03 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1583-997453737-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by hh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 10 Aug 2001 14:28:57 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 10 Aug 2001 14:28:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 34085 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2001 14:28:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 10 Aug 2001 14:28:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 10 Aug 2001 14:28:27 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id HAA27540 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:28:27 -0700 Message-Id: <200108101428.HAA27540@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: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:28:27 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 ------------------------ 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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