Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3272-1003799073-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:07:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 22699 invoked by uid 510); 23 Oct 2001 01:04:03 -0000 Received: from n2.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.52) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 01:04:03 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3272-1003799073-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.223] by n2.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Oct 2001 01:04:33 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 23 Oct 2001 01:04:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 5368 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 01:02:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 23 Oct 2001 01:02:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 01:02:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9N12W212267 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:02:32 -0700 Message-Id: <200110230102.f9N12W212267@red.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 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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, 22 Oct 2001 18:02:32 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 10/22/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit October 22, 2001 Pakistani Group Strikes U.S. Military Web Site Delivering on earlier threats, a Pakistani hacking group defaced a Web site operated by the U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday. A crew known as GForce Pakistan replaced the home page of the Defense Test & Evaluation Processional Institute (DTEPI) site with a text message about terrorism and Islam. The defaced page also included several photographs described by the attackers as depicting Muslim children killed by Israeli soldiers. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171341.html Pro-USA Hackers Target Pakistani Defacement Group A group of vigilante hackers said it has identified the leader of a rival Pakistani hacking group and has turned the information over to the FBI. Members of Yihat, an international coalition of hackers attempting to disrupt terrorist computer networks, said they have discovered the real name and contact information for the co-founder of GForce Pakistan. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171365.html MS digital rights management scheme cracked An anonymous coder named 'Beale Screamer' claims to have broken the Version-2 Microsoft digital rights management (DRM) scheme, and has produced the source code and a DOS utility to un-protect .WMA audio files. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22354.html Hacker cracks Microsoft anti-piracy software http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7590303.html E-Mail Scam Preys on Relief Donors The subject line of the e-mail pleads, "Your support is needed." When the message is opened, a window with the familiar logo of the Red Cross and photos of wide-eyed children pop up. It appears to be a donation request from the three largest fundraisers for the Sept. 11 terrorism relief effort: the American Red Cross, the United Way of New York City and the New York Community Trust. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171343.html Red Cross warns of e-mail hoax http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cw1.htm Net scammers prey on anthrax fears Cipro, colloidal silver, terrorist alerts: Scamsters sell anything. Anthrax-fighting herbal supplements =97 only $59 for 4 ounces. Subscriptions to a =93terrorist alert service=94 for just $10 a month. Cipro for sale =97 $120 for six tablets. Internet opportunists selling snake oil are capitalizing on the current anthrax scare, making creative claims that some experts fear might trick a few vulnerable, jittery Netizens. http://www.msnbc.com/news/645113.asp FTC opens antifraud Web site Smack in the middle of the holiday season, the man on the other end of the telephone asked Elaine Foley whether she had bought anything with her credit card over the Internet. Why yes, she says, she had. Foley was at risk of being defrauded and would be wise to buy herself some credit card insurance "for a couple of dollars a month," the man says. That promise turned into a $329 charge on her Visa account. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/22/antifraud.website.ap/index.html Reports of identity theft still rising fast The number of identity thefts reported by banks and other financial institutions is on the upsurge again in 2001 after more than doubling last year, according to a new report released on Monday. From January to the end of April this year, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network received 332 reports of identity theft, compared with 637 cases over the whole of 2000 and 267 cases in 1999. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1587386l.htm PA. strengthens cybersecurity Pennsylvania officials have launched an initiative to strengthen security and privacy policies and practices by educating state employees, hiring an ombudsman to oversee compliance and amending criminal codes to better address cybercrime. http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2001/1022/web-penn-10-22-01.asp Power backup only lasts so long' Utah's 'Black Ice': Cyber-attack scenario A little-known exercise held last year to help federal, state and local officials in Utah prepare for a possible terrorist attack during the 2002 Winter Olympics may hold some of the most important lessons for infrastructure protection in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to a key official involved in the exercise. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/10/21/black.ice.idg/index.html Win-XP as terrorist tool story contradicted Computer forensics specialist Michael Anderson, who we suspected of exaggerating the threat of Win-XP's secure file-wipe feature for personal gain, contacted us to contradict our reading of his position. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22392.html Industry not prepared for Data Protection Act deadline Many firms are not ready for the new law, which comes into force this week, and some say the Information Commission is to blame. The Data Protection Act comes into full force this week. However, many firms are unprepared for the new law and industry watchers have criticised the government's Information Commission for failing to adequately educate organisations. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2097765,00.html Data Protection Act kicks in on Wednesday http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/22394.html Is Wednesday the end for Web bugs and dodgy cookies? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22399.html EU anti-spam legislation up again this evening Anti-spam legislation is about to go through another round of voting tonight in Strasbourg as the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs tries to adopt a new report with amendments. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22387.html China reimposes foreign media Internet blocks China's lifting of blocks on the Web sites of several foreign news organisations for a weekend Asia-Pacific summit attended by U.S. President George W. Bush proved temporary. They were back in place on Monday. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/064612.htm http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,5098589,00.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171362.html Nortel helping China overhaul surveillance architecture. Human rights activists have launched an attack on Nortel Networks, accusing it of contributing to human rights violations in China by helping the country overhaul its ageing surveillance technologies. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/22401.html MS issues bum security patch, contradicts self Recently-issued patches for an exploitable RDP (Remote Data Protocol) bug in Win-NT and 2K have given users trouble enough for MS to yank one of them. The timing is unfortunate. Only last week Microsoft Security Manager Scott Culp called on outside security researchers to follow Redmond's no-tell bug reporting example. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22382.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cw2.htm IBM doubles secure transaction performance IBM has announced that it has doubled the ability of its mainframe platform to handle secure transaction, with the latest edition to its Zzzz series boxes. The eServer z900, with use of a PCI Cryptographic Accelerator Card, can process up to 3,850 SSL transactions per second, and features a number of software enhancements in reliability, manageability and Linux support. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/22391.html Ellison goes into detail about national ID Several weeks ago, Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Larry Ellison sparked a national debate when he suggested that the government issue a national identification card to improve airline security. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/hottopics/attack/ellisn102001.htm God meets Mammon The profit of turning thugs into programmers MILWAUKEE'S South Side is not a promising place to start a business. The city has a 60% high-school dropout rate and proportionally twice as many murders as New York. 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