Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2104-1000983493-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, 20 Sep 2001 03:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 8870 invoked by uid 510); 20 Sep 2001 10:58:52 -0000 Received: from n11.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.61) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 20 Sep 2001 10:58:52 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2104-1000983493-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by c3.egroups.com with NNFMP; 20 Sep 2001 10:58:29 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 20 Sep 2001 10:58:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 52517 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2001 10:58:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 20 Sep 2001 10:58:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 20 Sep 2001 10:58:26 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id DAA19524 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 03:58:26 -0700 Message-Id: <200109201058.DAA19524@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, 20 Sep 2001 03:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 09/19/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit September 19, 2001 Hard-to-track Nimda worm may be peaking The outbreak of the Nimda computer worm, which has spread rapidly across the Internet, appeared to have peaked Wednesday for the powerful server machines that drive the Web, but the number of infected PCs may never be known, computer security experts said. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/025805.htm Microsoft deflects charges of worm woes Microsoft refuted claims Wednesday that the main Web site for its FrontPage software had been infected by the Nimda virus, despite the antivirus software alarms set off by viewing the site. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7231660.html Nimda worm slows but hits high-profile sites http://www.msnbc.com/news/630583.asp Net security coalition issues Nimda warning http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7226813.html Nimda virus symptoms and cure http://www.msnbc.com/news/631294.asp Home PCs at most risk from Nimda http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097175,00.html Security group: Beware of the Nimda worm http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097154,00.html Nimda spreads--worse than Code Red? http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2813285,00.html Ashcroft: Nimda's not connected to attacks http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2813288,00.html Special Report: Nimda Worm Strikes http://www.techtv.com/news/internet/story/0,24195,3348512,00.html Nimda hits broadband users http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2095663,00.html Nimda worm causes Internet slowdown http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2095586,00.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2095594,00.html "Nimda" outbreak spreads worldwide http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7225343-0.html Nimda worms seen in China http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7226444.html Techies Battle Nimda Worm With Software, By Hand http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170289.html Nimda Worms Into 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Computers http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170278.html Hacker alters news stories on Yahoo Attributes false comments to President Bush in article. A computer security researcher was able to edit and alter wire stories posted on Yahoo.com's SecurityFocus.com. The researcher rewrote a story, subtly changing some facts and attributing faked comments to President George W. Bush. http://www.msnbc.com/news/631231.asp Hackers strike Middle Eastern sites Saying the U.S. government hasn't sufficiently responded to last week's terrorist attacks, a group of vigilante hackers has taken matters into its own hands and defaced some 200 to 300 Middle Eastern government Web sites and those of Palestinian Internet service providers. The group says it plans to destroy Web servers and Internet access in Afghanistan. "This is the 21st century, the world of technology belongs to us," says a 21-year-old computer security worker from Ohio who uses the name "Hackah Jak." He is the founder of the group of 60 computer professionals from around the world who call themselves the Dispatchers. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/19/hack-attack-launched.htm Hackers lash out at Islamic Usenet group S'kiddies have taken out the mail server used by the moderators of an Islamic Usenet group in the latest of a serious of untargeted attacks by "vigilante" hackers following last week's terrorist attacks on the US. The admin of soc.religion.islam told us that hackers threw a mail attack against its server over the weekend which crashed the old machine it used. "The email originated as a flood attack against the newsgroup from a machine at a Canadian ISP, but since the newsgroup [soc.culture.islam] is moderated it was converted into a mail bomb by their NNTP server," an admin at the hosting site told us. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21752.html FBI Obtains Terrorist Emails New evidence suggests those behind last week's attacks used the Web to coordinate their efforts. There is new evidence suggesting the terrorists who carried out last week's attacks in New York and Washington used the World Wide Web to help coordinate their deadly efforts. "They used the Internet and they used it well," an FBI official said of the 19 men who hijacked four passenger airliners last Tuesday, steering three of them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. http://www.techtv.com/news/story/0,24195,3348572,00.html NIPC warns of possible DDoS attacks The National Infrastructure Protection Center, the FBI's cybersecurity agency, issued an advisory Tuesday warning against the possibility of increased distributed denial-of-service attacks coming as a result of the last week's terrorist attacks against targets in New York and near Washington, D.C. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/09/19/nipc.warning.idg/index.html Bush Bill Rewrites Spy Laws The Bush administration will ask for more power to eavesdrop on phone calls, the Internet and voicemail messages, according to an outline of a bill obtained by Wired News. In response to last week's catastrophic terrorist attacks, President Bush plans to ask Congress to approve far-reaching legislation that rewrites U.S. laws dealing with electronic surveillance, immigration and support for terrorists. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46953,00.html The Terrorists Are Winning the Cyber War In the Internet Age, when communications speed across national boundaries in nanoseconds, terrorist groups are winning the cyberspace battle, say intelligence and security experts. Terrorists hide their communications with encryption software. They set up Web sites to help raise money for their operations. Computer hackers break into U.S. government networks to research possible targets. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000075202sep19.story Firms may have trampled privacy rules post-attack Many companies, ISPs gave info to law enforcement Several Internet service providers and other U.S. companies breached their own policies on protecting clients' privacy in response to the attacks on the United States, an expert on the issue said. http://www.msnbc.com/news/631223.asp Fed Court Staffs to Be Monitored Like millions of other American workers, federal judges and their staffs should have some monitoring of their Internet activities, judicial leaders said Wednesday. Monitoring plans had unsettled some judges, who complained of possible illegal snooping by administrators in Washington. The Judicial Conference, which oversees courts, approved a compromise policy that would allow some tracking of Internet surfing but no surveillance of e-mail. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46974,00.html http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=246373 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/004958.htm http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7230874.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170288.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/19/judges-net-monitoring.htm A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms Network administrators now have a hacking tool that can help them strike back at malicious attackers. "LaBrea" is a free, open-source tool that deters worms and other hack attacks by transforming unused network resources into decoy-computers that appear and act just like normal machines on a network. But when malicious hackers or mindless worms such as Nimda or Code Red attempt to connect with a LaBrea -equipped system, they get sucked into a virtual tarpit that grabs their computer's connection -- and doesn't release it. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46964,00.html AOL anti-Muslim chat room suit gets new attention A discrimination lawsuit alleging that America Online allowed harassment of Muslims in chat rooms got little attention when it was filed last month. Now, the case may become a national touchstone as the Net has quickly become a hub for anti-Islamic hate talk and torment after the terrorist attacks last week. In the suit filed Aug. 30, Saad Noah, 43, of Crest Hill, Ill., charged that AOL allowed chat room users to make anti- Muslim statements in its Islam-related chat rooms, even though monitors normally step in when notified and warn members that abusive behavior violates AOL's rules. "Allah must die" and "All muslims and jews are terrorist" were among the nearly 100 statements detailed in Noah's suit. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/19/aol-chat-room.htm Tech Firms Join Fight Against Terrorism The use of existing and emerging technologies is essential to the fight against terrorism, analysts say. Counter-terrorism is now one of the nation's top priorities, President Bush said last week. The government has already allocated billions of dollars to the cause, and US agencies such as the CIA and the FBI are expected to bulk up their staffs and resources in the near future. http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3348383,00.html Americans Still Guard Telephone, E-mail Privacy - Study Last week's terrorist attacks have prompted a few Americans to say they are more willing to trade some personal privacy for security, according to a new study. However, while some respondents told the Pew Research Center they generally supported the concept of sacrificing some civil liberties in order to try to curb terrorism, when asked specifically about increased government monitoring of personal telephone calls or e-mails, most balked. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170291.html ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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