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November 5, 2001

Man sentenced for sabotaging IRS computer A Lusby, Md., man has been
sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $109,000 for sabotaging IRS
computers at the agency=92s New Carrollton, Md., office.  Claude R. 
Carpenter II, who worked as a systems administrator for Network
Resources Inc.  of Charlotte, N.C., a subcontractor to the IRS on the
agency=92s Integrated Network Operations Management System database,
pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a protected computer in July. 
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17454-1.html

UK Web site accused over anthrax drug sales The US Food and Drug
Administration has emailed 11 Web sites that it believes to be selling
illicit batches of anthrax antibiotics.  The US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has accused a British online pharmaceutical
supplier of allegedly selling illegal drugs to the American public in
wake of the recent bio-terrorist attacks on the US. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2098620,00.html

Anti-U.S.  Hackers May Step Up Attacks - FBI The FBI's National
Infrastructure Protection Center warned Friday of an increased threat of
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on computer networks. 
According to an advisory released at the NIPC Web site, the organization
"has reason to believe that the potential for future DDoS attacks is
high." The NIPC advised network infrastructure operators to "take a
defensive posture and remain vigilant at a higher state of alert."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171850.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/278

Adviser enlists support to fight cyber-attacks President Bush last month
named Richard Clarke to the newly created post of cyberspace-security
adviser to the president.  Clarke will report to both the Office of
Homeland Security and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/clrkqa110301.htm

Cyberspace Security Czar Worries About 'Digital Pearl Harbor' Back in
the early 1990s, when crashing planes and anthrax in the mail were the
stuff of movies or at least far-away places, Richard Clarke was already
warning of terrorism on U.S.  soil.  Attacks on our skyscrapers. 
Biological warfare in Washington and New York.  All sorts of havoc
worked up by none other than Osama bin Laden and his associates. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171829.html

NET Guard calls techies into service Cyber corps would help smooth
communications.  From floods and forest fires to civil unrest, the
National Guard has often mobilized to help the nation in times of
crisis.  Now a U.S.  senator is proposing a new corps of part-time
warriors to help the nation recover from technological catastrophes. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/netgrd110301.htm

$1B IT fund in the works A Senate proposal would set up a $1 billion
fund that some agencies could use to pay for information technology
security projects to help protect the nation against terrorist attacks. 
The proposal, which may be tucked into the Senate Democratic economic
stimulus package to be introduced this week, would fund homeland
security investments, ranging from software to help manage traffic if a
city has to be evacuated to early warning systems in the event of
biological warfare. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1105/news-fund-11-05-01.asp

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court gets new powers Congress has
just given the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court new powers - even
as some fear the court's growing power.  "The secrecy surrounding the
court's proceedings is a real problem for democratic accountability and
for the rule of law," said Lee Tien, senior staff attorney with the
Electronic Frontier Foundation. 
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/164031p-1563913c.html

Law Creates Intelligence Behemoth Molded by wartime politics and passed
a week and a half ago in furious haste, the new anti- terrorism bill
lays the foundation for a domestic intelligence-gathering system of
unprecedented scale and technological prowess, according to both
supporters and critics of the legislation. 
http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/13537-1.html

Dutch Police 'Bombard' Stolen Cell Phones With SMS The Amsterdam police
have been using short messaging system (SMS) missives to block the use
of stolen cell phones, and while the campaign has been successful,
mobile providers are concerned about the cost and bandwidth strain of
the campaign.  About four months ago, the Amsterdam police began
cooperating with the national telecommunications provider, KPN Telekom. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171836.html

Oops! MS.de 'pirates' its own WinXPs Microsoft Deutschland seems to have
accidentally pirated itself by shipping the same copy of Windows XP over
and over again.  Sort of, anyway.  German sites 3Dwin.de and Heise
Online report that numerous copies of XP with the same product key have
been turning up, and naturally these won't activate, because they've
been activated already. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22651.html

MS Passport cracked with Hotmail Passport and Wallet users are going to
be disappointed to learn that these feature-rich tools can't be used
until MS fixes a little bug which makes sport of taking over someone
else's account.  Passport authenticates a user for access to his credit
cards and Web site accounts and passwords, to make life easy for on-line
merchants and shoppers, and hackers and identity thieves. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22655.html
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/163542p-1557643c.html

Trojan programs improve attack methods Security watchers have warned
that Trojan programs, feared for their ability to compromise a network
and go unnoticed, are getting sneakier about sending data out of the
network.  Typically, Trojans sit on a compromised machine and wait for
incoming connections to deliver instructions. 
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1126643

Comdex without laptops? In an effort to improve security after the Sept. 
11 terrorist attacks, the organizers of next week's Comdex trade show
have banned the most ubiquitous of technology tools: laptop computers. 
"This year at Comdex Fall, expect to see more security," states a notice
on the Comdex Web site.  "Security officers will be roving the
conferences and marketplace floor."
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7788363.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/05/comdex-no-laptops.htm


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