Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3903-1006229575-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); Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:15:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 31166 invoked by uid 510); 20 Nov 2001 04:11:37 -0000 Received: from n18.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.68) by all.net with SMTP; 20 Nov 2001 04:11:37 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3903-1006229575-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by n18.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Nov 2001 04:13:02 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 20 Nov 2001 04:12:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 89729 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2001 04:12:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m8.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Nov 2001 04:12:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2001 04:12:55 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAK4E3T08024 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:14:03 -0800 Message-Id: <200111200414.fAK4E3T08024@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, 19 Nov 2001 20:14:03 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 11/19/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit November 19, 2001 U.S. warns 40 Web sites on bogus bioterror products U.S. authorities on Monday warned about 40 Web sites to immediately stop marketing unproven treatments for anthrax or other products they falsely claim can protect against potential biowarfare agents. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1665484l.htm http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7921021.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172289.html http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/19/ftc.web.sites/index.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/19/internet-anthrax.htm Consumer Group Reports Hacker Break-Ins Internet servers operated by the Consumer Project on Technology (CPT), an organization created by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, suffered two security breaches this month. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172277.html HP: Saboteur's firing boosted Superdome Firing an employee accused of sabotaging tests of Hewlett-Packard's top-end Superdome Unix server helped the company improve a key performance measurement, an executive said Monday. HP also announced a price cut of about 30 percent for the top-end system, its flagship product in the effort to derail Sun Microsystems' dominance and IBM's increasing momentum in the Unix server market. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099791,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7920442.html Rep. Baird Introduces Computer Security Legislation Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., Friday introduced legislation to start a research and development program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to improve computer and network security. The bill, H.R. 3361 - the Computer Security Enhancement and Research Act of 2001 - would support research at higher education institutions for developing better security for networked information systems. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172284.html White House casting cyber nets The White House is moving forward with several information technology initiatives to try to create a more secure government and nation =97 including a cyberwarning network =97 even before the board set up to lead such work has its first meeting. President Bush established the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board through an executive order last month to serve as a central point for ideas and initiatives for cybersecurity in government and reaching out to the private sector. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1119/web-board-11-19-01.asp U.S. Looks to System Separate From Internet Bush administration is considering the creation of a secure new government communications network separate from the Internet that would be less vulnerable to attack and efforts to disrupt critical federal activities. The idea for such a system, called GovNet, is the brainchild of Richard A. Clarke, a counterterrorism expert whom President Bush recently named his special adviser for cyberspace security. (NY Times article, free registration required) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/17/technology/17INTE.html Vigilance Also Needed in 'Cyber Domain,' Says DoD Official. The World War II-era adage "Loose Lips Sink Ships" underlined the peril of uttering privileged defense information in public -- possibly within earshot of enemy spies. The United States today is engaged in a war against global terrorism and the need to safeguard classified -- and even unclassified -- information is especially acute over the World Wide Web, the Defense Department's senior information security official noted Nov. 9. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/n11192001_200111193.html Viruses dwindle, but impact rises Although the overall number of viruses being detected each month is falling, the severity of the viruses being written is increasing. This year's "Code Red" and "Nimda" worms are perfect examples of this trend, according to Vincent Gullotto, senior director of McAfee AVERT Labs. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/16/comdex.virus.impact.idg/index.html Companies Draw Fire for Removing 'Offensive' Postings. Yahoo's message boards are erupting with the kind of free-flowing, impassioned discussions the Internet's creators always dreamed of, with postings about practically every aspect of the hunt for terrorists, the capture of Kabul and mysterious plane crashes. But what's also revealing is what is being deleted. http://www.washtech.com/news/media/13742-1.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172263.html Online message boards increasingly screened http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/censor111801.htm Asia wakes up to need for tech spending on security Asian companies squeezing their information technology budgets because of the global economic slowdown are belatedly realizing they can't cut too many corners in the new security-conscious world. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1663939l.htm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/19/attack.tech.asia.reut/index.html Report: US Doesn't protect most online Health info About 65 million Americans have sought health information on the Internet, but many of their online activities are not protected by U.S. medical privacy rules, a report released on Monday said. The Bush administration unveiled the first legal protections for medical information last April. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1665240l.htm http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7921480.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172291.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/19/online-health.htm Customers put kibosh on anti-copy CD Complaints about anti-copying technology have forced a record label to issue CD replacements for angry consumers--another setback for the music industry's stuttering campaign against record piracy. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7922576.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22917.html Microsoft admits IE security alert lapse Microsoft has admitted that it knew about a security hole in Internet Explorer (IE) a full week before it accused a security firm of acting irresponsibly for publicly disclosing details of the exploit. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2825716,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7920273.html Microsoft security expert advocates rebirth of Y2K center http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/111901td1.htm Will hackers keep the cyberpeace? Six days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a major European hacker group issued an unorthodox plea to the rest of the computer underground for cyberpeace. "We face this power of destruction and feel helpless," a statement on the Web site of the Germany-based Chaos Computer Club said. "However, we believe in the power of communication, a power that has always prevailed in the end and is a more positive force than hatred." http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2825353,00.html Will hackers make a fool of Larry Ellison? One of the first things they teach you in the Journalists' School of Hard Knocks is to always leave yourself an out. Facts are facts but only to an extent. When it comes right down to it, few are always, provably true. And what seems like truth today may be reduced to "yesterday's confusion" as soon as tomorrow. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2825352,00.html Congress Hears National ID Opinions http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1119/web-card-11-19-01.asp http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/fcw1.htm The Net Effect: How Not to Fight Terror Box cutters, some flight training and a lot of determination. Although it now seems clear that the hijackers of September 11 had the support of an international terror organization, the real lesson is that it is frighteningly easy for a small number of intelligent people, acting together, to do a tremendous amount of damage. http://www.techreview.com/magazine/dec01/garfinkel.asp ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! 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