Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3803-1005144048-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.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); Wed, 07 Nov 2001 06:42:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 25905 invoked by uid 510); 7 Nov 2001 14:39:50 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 14:39:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3803-1005144048-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by n1.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Nov 2001 14:40:48 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 7 Nov 2001 14:40:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 16882 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2001 14:40:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Nov 2001 14:40:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2001 14:40:45 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fA7Eeok30991 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 06:40:50 -0800 Message-Id: <200111071440.fA7Eeok30991@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: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 06:40:50 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 11/05/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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