Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1603-997765167-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); Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 8584 invoked by uid 510); 14 Aug 2001 04:59:50 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 14 Aug 2001 04:59:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1603-997765167-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by hh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 14 Aug 2001 04:59:27 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 14 Aug 2001 04:59:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 93178 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2001 04:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 14 Aug 2001 04:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 14 Aug 2001 04:59:26 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA22114 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:59:25 -0700 Message-Id: <200108140459.VAA22114@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: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:59:25 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 08/13/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit August 13, 2001 Hackers Break Into Court Records Site A Web site that allows online access to federal court records suffered a security compromise today. Attackers replaced the home page of the RACER site operated by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada with a message entitled, "Why do we hack?" The defaced site, located at racer.nvb.uscourts.gov, was inaccessible this afternoon. The main site of the Nevada bankruptcy court, which is at a different Internet protocol address, was still reachable and appeared unaffected by the intrusion. RACER stands for Remote Access to Court Electronic Records. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168971.html [FC - note the implicaitons to civil order here - computers have been used to free prisoners before...] Japan implicated in Kiwi hacking probe A Japanese government agency has been implicated in attempts to hack into a medical research institute in New Zealand. Kiwi news service NZOOM cites security consultant Philip Whitmore from PricewaterhouseCoopers to support its allegations of state sponsored espionage against New Zealand's private sector. Whitmore was reportedly called in to advise an unnamed Kiwi medical institute which was being probed in hacking attacks believed to have originated from South East Asia. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20985.html NSW pollies stonewalling hacking probe: report Hacking An investigation into a computer hacking scandal in the NSW Parliament is being hindered by state government ministers and MPs, says a Sun-Herald report. Police commissioner Peter Ryan ordered the top-level inquiry following revelations that a computer terminal in the office of a Labor MP - since identified as Tony Kelly - had been used to hack into opposition computers. But The Sun-Herald says government MPs argue their computers are covered by parliamentary privilege, making them immune to police investigation. http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/08/13/FFXPUU25BQC.html The Week In Security: More Worms Spreading http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=28890 Hunt for Code Red authors turns into witch hunt http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/20977.html Persistent viruses sound industry alarm http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/13/010813hnsecurity.xml Code Red II worst virus ever to hit China http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/59301p-861135c.html Qwest Gaining On Code Red Worm http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168964.html Security Firm Blamed For Code Red Costs http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168934.html Microsoft Backtracks: Hotmail "data may have been compromised" by Code Red http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=46478 South Korea: Military to Begin Cyber Warfare Readiness Drill The Korean military will stage its first mock battle to enhance its readiness against possible cyber attacks, during the regular "Ulji Focus Lens" drill in mid-August, officials said. The mock cyber battle is aimed at guarding the military's computer networks from possible hacking and virus attacks, a military official said. The drill will be undertaken at the Joint Chiefs of Staff Headquarters from 20 August to 31 August through a counter cyber warfare readiness system called "Infocon" put into operation in April, the official said. http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?threadid=88305 Police slammed for 'hysterical' response to EU privacy directive The National Crime Intelligence Squad has been severely criticised for scaremongering over proposals that would update laws on how Web traffic logs are stored. The National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) last week issued what Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, called a "hysterical" response to the planned European directive on data protection and privacy in the electronic communications sector. He also criticised its claim that the deletion of all traffic logs would seriously hamper police attempts to combat cybercrime as "misleading". http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2093023,00.html Online anonymity wins again In another victory for online anonymity, a California judge has ruled that Yahoo does not need to reveal the identities of some message board posters. In a ruling Friday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Neil Cabrinha said online critics who posted messages about Oklahoma-based legal company Pre-Paid Legal Services can keep their names under wraps. Pre-Paid said it needed to know the identities of the posters to determine whether they had revealed company trade secrets. However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented the posters, argued they were merely exercising their First Amendment right to criticize the company, and Pre-Paid was trying to silence its detractors by bullying them. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6863061.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168972.html Living where the Net is a threat Vietnam heavily filters content When the entire e-mail system suddenly went dark throughout Vietnam last month, the government-owned agency that administers the Internet told its subscribers not to panic: The disruption was caused by routine maintenance on the country's firewall. Vietnam and other Asian governments have installed nationwide firewalls, or electronic filters, that keep Internet users from connecting to Web sites that the regimes consider politically, religiously or sexually offensive. But one of the principal custodians and censors of the Vietnamese firewall now acknowledges his wall is overmatched and doomed. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svtop/firew081301.htm http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/firew081301a.htm Malaysia extends ban to political CDs First, it was pirated and pornographic CDs. Now, the government will take harsh action against CDs with political content and speeches by opposition politicians. After a much-publicized announcement last week against street peddlers who deal in illegal copies of CDs with movies, music and pornography, the Home Affairs Ministry has warned that the government will initiate legal action against those producing and selling "political" CDs and cassette tapes. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Chor Chee Heung said authorities recently confiscated hundreds of such video CDs in the city, many containing speeches made by opposition leaders. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6859776.html Northrop to develop DOD network protection system Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. Monday said its Logicon information technology unit won a contract to develop a prototype capable of warning the U.S. Defense Department of impending Internet-based attacks on its computer networks. The two-year deal was valued at $1.2 million if all options are exercised, Northrop said. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/029040.htm [FC - $1.2 MILLION??? Not even spitting money...] U.S. gives cyberspies license to spend U.S. intelligence agencies were given more money during the 1999-2000 congressional session to improve their technological standing, which has lagged behind the rapid advances being made on that front. Issued Friday, a Senate Intelligence Committee report outlining the group's activities during the last Congress provided some general hints about areas in which funding was beefed up. The intelligence budget is classified, but experts estimate that it has run about $30 billion a year recently. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5095604,00.html [FC - and defending the DoD is only worth...] Think tank urges face-scanning of the masses The famous Rand Organization, a putatively non-partisan think tank, has come out in favor of using face-scanning technology to violate the privacy of the innocent masses in search of -- you guessed it -- terrorists and pedophiles, the two most detested fringe-groups on the planet. Following the regrettable inclinations of all modern governments, a recent Rand report reckons that the natural rights of the majority of ordinary, law- abiding citizens should be sacrificed for the sacred mission of identifying and prosecuting a mere handful of sexually perverted or homicidal lunatics. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20966.html Prostitutes inspire Russia e-government plans Net-literate prostitutes have shamed Russia's government into putting up Web sites for their various offices. The number of Web sites produced by Russian tarts has caused a senior official at the Kremlin, Alexei Violin, to order government bodies to shape up and follow their lead. Not that the agriculture ministry will start posting pictures of animals in saucy poses but the bureaucrats are a little embarrassed that ladies of the night are more technically literate than themselves. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20978.html [FC - a classic...] ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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