[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 11/08/01 (fwd)

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November 8, 2001

HP claims employee sabotaged important server tests A Hewlett-Packard
Co.  employee sabotaged important tests on its Superdome computer
server, giving it lower performance marks that cost millions of dollars
in company resources and lost sales, HP claims in a lawsuit.  Before he
was fired last month, the employee reformatted important computer disks,
cut cables to a computer involved in the tests and altered logs to try
to hide his acts, according to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal
court in San Jose. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/076799.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/08/hp-sabotage.htm

Florida court computers disabled by 'Nimda' worm Federal courts in South
Florida reverted Wednesday to a paper-driven system to track thousands
of cases following an assault by an updated version of the "Nimda"
computer worm. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/08/nimda.florida.courts.ap/index.html

Nimda Lives; What a Concept
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48262,00.html

Feds Step Up Efforts Against Online Anthrax Opportunists Seeking to stem
the rising tide of questionable and illegal products being sold online
to prevent anthrax and other diseases linked to bioterrorism, federal
authorities are stepping up their crusade against Internet profiteers in
the United States and abroad. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172006.html

State Dept.  Employs Internet In Anti-Terrorism Effort The State
Department Friday plans to discuss its use of the Internet as part of
the "information war" against the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and his Al
Qaeda network at a briefing in Washington, D.C. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172014.html

U.S.  prepares to launch cyber-offensives Even as it fights in
Afghanistan with bombs and guns and allies on horseback, the U.S. 
military is gearing up to use computers and code as potentially decisive
weapons in the next phases of its campaign.  The goal would be to
disable air defense systems, scramble enemy logistics and perhaps infect
software through tactics being honed by a joint task force set up in
1999 under the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based U.S.  Space Command.  If
Afghanistan were home to anything but one of the world's least
computer-reliant societies, U.S.  forces might have kicked off the
campaign they began Oct.  7 with keyboard-launched strikes to disrupt
the Taliban militia's command and control. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099370,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7816387.html
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/08/ret.cybersecurity.infowar.reut/index.html

Threat to the Net
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7818951-0.html

Europeans adopt first cybercrime treaty The 43-nation Council of Europe
adopted a convention on cybercrime on Thursday, the first international
treaty on criminal offences committed over the Internet.  The treaty
criminalizes activities such as fraud and child pornography committed on
the World Wide Web and sets up global policing procedures for conducting
computer searches, intercepting e-mails, and extraditing criminal
suspects. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1636764l.htm
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172012.html

European Commission To Fund 'Safer Internet' Hotlines
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171997.html

Security survey: Two-thirds of Asian firms hit A recent survey on
information and communication technology (ICT) security in Malaysia has
discovered that 68 percent of respondents suffered some sort of
cyber-security breach in 2000.  The study, conducted by the National ICT
Security and Emergency Response Center (NISER), a goverment-backed cyber
security organization, indicated that the level of awareness of the need
for a thorough process to deter hackers and crackers was very low
compared to the US. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2823537,00.html

FAA Secures Server That Allowed E-Mail Forgery The Federal Aviation
Administration has secured an e-mail server that allowed unauthorized
users to send out messages that appeared to originate from the
government's aviation safety watchdog. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172004.html

Cybersecurity czar frowns on national ID card proposal As technology
companies promote the idea of a national identification card, the
president's special adviser on cyber-security said on Wednesday the idea
has little support within the Bush administration. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/055496.htm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1636111l.htm
http://www.techtv.com/news/terrorism/story/0,24195,3359240,00.html
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/110801td1.htm

Security issue will be fixed - experts Consumers' lack of faith in the
safety of e-business may be misplaced, but businesses need to work
harder towards strengthening their systems.  Throughout the dot-com boom
to bust, security and privacy issues have continued to be underestimated
in terms of importance to e-business. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2098848,00.html

Hidden Messages: Any There There? Niels Provos, a computer science
graduate student at the University of Michigan, took the dais at a
Stanford University lecture hall Wednesday evening with what seemed a
comforting message: After analyzing a couple million graphics files
posted on the Internet, he has found no evidence that any of the
pictures contained hidden communications sent by anyone, let alone
agents of Osama bin Laden. 
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48235,00.html

Privacy Advocate Shifts Gears In response to the Sept.  11 attacks on
America, a well-known technology consumers' advocate has decided to
shift his focus from protecting people's privacy to ensuring their
safety.  Richard Smith, dubbed the "Internet's Living Treasure" for
uncovering numerous corporate invasions of consumer privacy, has
resigned as chief technology officer for the Privacy Foundation, and is
working as an independent public safety and security consultant. 
http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,48197,00.html

Start-up helps CIA in terrorism fight Agency's venture arm takes stake
in Stratify The Central Intelligence Agency may seem a bizarre source of
support for struggling Silicon Valley start-ups, but it may be a sure
patron in a dour economy.  Ask Nimish Mehta, chief executive of Mountain
View's Stratify, formerly known as Purple Yogi.  His company combs
through billions of Web pages to find answers to users' questions. 
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/termsheet08.htm


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