Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2903-1002992145-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); Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:57:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 558 invoked by uid 510); 13 Oct 2001 16:55:32 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 13 Oct 2001 16:55:32 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2903-1002992145-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by n28.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Oct 2001 16:55:45 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 13 Oct 2001 16:55:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 10321 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2001 16:55:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 13 Oct 2001 16:55:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Oct 2001 16:55:41 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id JAA05367 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:55:41 -0700 Message-Id: <200110131655.JAA05367@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: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:55:41 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 10/09/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit October 9, 2001 Web Site Hacker, 13, Confesses Police have caught a 13-year-old student thought to be China's youngest computer hacker and are deciding how to punish him for defacing a government-controlled newspaper's home page. A police officer at Shanghai's Information Supervision and Management Centre, a taskforce that patrols the Internet, said a routine check last week revealed an attack on the home page. http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?threadid=3D117777 Hacker Slammed for Anti-terror Crusade by Kimble A hacker claiming to be a member of vigilante hacker group YIHAT (Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism) defaced 13 websites on Monday night, but his actions were condemned by the group's leader, Kim 'Kimble' Schmitz. The internet entrepreneur and convicted hacker said that defacements were against the policies of the group. "We don't want anybody to deface websites. Anybody defacing websites in the name of YIHAT is working against our rules," he said. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1126008 Extremist sites under heightened scrutiny Like many other groups, Muslim extremists have found the Internet to be a convenient tool for spreading propaganda and helpful hints for their followers around the world. Now, however, Web sites calling for jihad, or holy war, against the West are coming under increasing scrutiny, and some have been closed. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2816661,00.html Experts fear cyberspace to be terrorists' next target For 3 1/2 years, a shadowy group of computer hackers has broken into hundreds of computer networks and stolen thousands of top-secret files on Pentagon war-planning systems and NASA technical research. Dubbed the "Moonlight Maze" group, the hackers continue to elude the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency =97 despite the biggest cyberprobe ever. http://www.usatoday.com/money/bcovtue.htm E-Mail Decision May Send Strong Signal Thousands of federal court employees may see their Internet surfing monitored, but no one will snoop on their e-mails or ask them to waive all expectations of privacy. That's the crux of new guidelines approved in September by the federal courts' policy-making body, after months of debate sparked by judges' privacy concerns. http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?threadid=3D118078 Mitnick Warns Other 'Scapegoats' The world's most notorious hacker says the government should focus on securing its computer systems rather than snooping on citizens. Kevin Mitnick, who spent four-and-a-half years behind bars for breaking into the computer systems of telephone companies, stresses that hackers should take extreme care these days given the sensitive political environment and the new laws defining many hacks as acts of terrorism. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47354,00.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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