Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1587-997503564-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 21:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 24584 invoked by uid 510); 11 Aug 2001 03:21:28 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 11 Aug 2001 03:21:28 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1587-997503564-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by fh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 11 Aug 2001 04:19:24 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyer28@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 11 Aug 2001 04:19:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 18839 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2001 04:19:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Aug 2001 04:19:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web14507.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.224.70) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Aug 2001 04:19:23 -0000 Message-ID: <20010811041923.35679.qmail@web14507.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.78.117.83] by web14507.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:19:23 PDT To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <9l0sjf+osje@eGroups.com> From: "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> 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 21:19:23 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] Re: news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --- ellisd@cs.ucsb.edu wrote: > --- In iwar@y..., Fred Cohen <fc@a...> wrote: > > 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 > > > > NIPC (the FBI's hi-tech center) thinks that anything that is hard for > > it to do is hard in general--a faulty assumption. I agree that this > is more than a script kiddie. But it is not above the skill level of > > any computer science student (probably junior-level). > Agreed. It a hard one to call, but I'm not to enthraled with the FBI's skills in this field, myself. > > 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 > > Here is my 2 bucks saying that unless the perpetrator claims > responsibility (brags, etc.), they will never catch him/her. > > [snip] > > > 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. > > I just read the DMCA for the first time. My reaction is "what idiot > signed this into law?" They suggest that the way to deal with the > Emperor's New Clothes is simply to force everybody to keep their eyes > > closed. > > > 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?] > > The fellow who did the Amulex hoax last year (sent out a false press > release saying Amulex would not make expectations and the Pres. was > being fired) got several years in prison. I thought that was a light > > sentence. > > > > > 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 > > > > Maybe the FBI doesn't realize that this has been made public > already.... > > [snip] > > > 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 > > You don't even need to take a drive. You can have a directed antenna > > which picks up signals for miles. I only know of one of the major > corporations within a few miles of my home (out of about a half > dozen) > that use WEP over their wireless connections. Sitting in your own > home, all you need to do is turn the antenna and get an ISP for free > (and internal access to DHCP-administered corporate LANs). The funny > > thing is, that their DHCP gives out IP addresses without any checks. > > Their are no banners saying "Don't use this unless you are > authorized." It's essentially saying "IP addresses. . .get your IP > addresses here." > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------ 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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