Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1674-999226571-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, 30 Aug 2001 20:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 3824 invoked by uid 510); 31 Aug 2001 02:56:35 -0000 Received: from n22.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.72) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 31 Aug 2001 02:56:35 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1674-999226571-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by cj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 31 Aug 2001 02:56:12 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2); 31 Aug 2001 02:56:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 41285 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2001 02:56:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 31 Aug 2001 02:56:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 31 Aug 2001 02:55:44 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id TAA12465 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:55:28 -0700 Message-Id: <200108310255.TAA12465@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, 30 Aug 2001 19:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 08/29/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit August 29, 2001 Clear and Present Danger? Government Warns that Its Computer Systems Need Security Improvements. Are computer hackers getting the upper hand on the U.S. government? That's what a government official is saying today at House subcommittee hearing in San Jose, Calif., as Congress scrutinizes the government's current level of security in the wake of a series of recent computer attacks. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/govt_security010829.html CBI demands action on cybercrime The Confederation of British Industry calls for more government action after finding that fear of Internet crime is stopping businesses getting online. The UK's top business leaders are calling upon the government to take action against cybercrime, warning that many firms are still refusing to put their business online for fear of losing money or reputation. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2093979,00.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169533.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/21339.html DISA chief says DOD's Code Red defense worked The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency today said the decision to block public access to many Defense Department Web sites because of threats posed by the Code Red computer virus limited damage to servers and let the department keep its systems running. Access was blocked for several weeks this month. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/16964-1.html Defense to create post for spectrum management The Defense Department will appoint an assistant deputy chief information officer for spectrum management to help the department as it wrangles with industry over the use of radio frequency for wireless applications. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/16954-1.html New Defense CIO to focus on future warfare The Defense Department's newly named chief information officer said Friday that using technology to transform warfare is one of his top priorities. John Stenbit, the new assistant secretary of Defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, who also serves as the Defense Department CIO, said a new vision of future warfare will provide the impetus for the transformation of the Pentagon's information systems. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0801/082801j1.htm EMC chief points up data access effect on war Mike Ruettgers sees an interesting link between information technology and the length of time the United States has engaged in wars. "There seems to be a correlation between how long it takes you to move the information and how long wars last," said Ruettgers, executive chairman for EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass. "Conflicts have been reduced from decades and years down to months." http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.send.story Researchers discover new method of stealth computing Uncovering a new but relatively benign Internet vulnerability, researchers tricked Web servers around the world into solving math problems without permission. Unlike hackers who exploit flaws to gain direct access to machines, the University of Notre Dame computer scientists created a simple virtual computer by relying on the protocols used in everyday Internet communications. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/049987.htm http://www.msnbc.com/news/621353.asp http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096374,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/08/29/stealth.computing/index.html Consumers Will Keep Copyright Guards In Check - Report It's possible that a legal and commercial war is looming over the digital content landscape. Copyright holders and media businesses are devising ever more draconian technologies to protect their wares from bootleggers, while consumers struggle to maintain their rights to use purchased CDs, DVDs and e-books in the manner they choose. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169548.html Lawyer Lessig raps new copyright laws The desire of entrenched commercial interests to control information is crushing the spirit of innovation that allowed the Internet to blossom, Stanford Law School professor and technology pundit Lawrence Lessig said Wednesday. Copyright and patent law, ostensibly designed to protect innovation, now have become tools large companies can use to maintain their dominance and control, Lessig said in his keynote address at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7004860.html Floodgates opened on .info cybersquatting complaints Cases have started to trickle in, but a flood of up to 12,000 complaints is expected for the dodgy domain claims. Afilias and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) yesterday opened the floodgates for complaints about cybersquatting in the new .info top-level Internet domain. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2094055,00.html Now everybody can be a spy Proliferation of tiny cameras raises privacy concerns Peter Karlson, a Boston-area technology executive, bought an X10 wireless color video camera shortly after he drove up the driveway to his Cape Cod vacation house and discovered that a fallen tree had been leaning on his garage for a whole week. Now he has two X10 cameras so he can monitor his Cape house from a computer in his Boston-area home. http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2001/08/29/x10.html Voice of America considers anti-censorship tech Voice of America is considering new technology to allow Chinese citizens access to Web sites now banned by their government. 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