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November 26, 2001

Former Cisco accountants sentenced in stock fraud case.  Two former
Cisco Systems Inc.  accountants were sentenced to nearly three years in
prison Monday for illegally transferring $7.9 million in Cisco stock to
themselves.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/046971.htm
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/180590p-1742240c.html

No quick resolution apparent in Sklyarov case A resolution appears
unlikely any time soon in the closely watched case of a Russian computer
programmer charged with violating copyrights on Adobe Systems Inc. 
software.  At a hearing in federal court Monday, prosecutors and
attorneys for Dmitry Sklyarov, 27, agreed to file motions in coming
months, with pretrial hearings scheduled to begin March 4. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/073161.htm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1681562l.htm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7983072.html

Britain invaded by worm A new variant of a mass-mailing Internet worm
has been spreading rapidly over the weekend and is reported to be
reaching the epidemic levels of SirCam, according to British antivirus
companies.  The "B" variant of the W32/Badtrans@MM virus has been
attacking home and corporate PCs installed with Microsoft Outlook.  It
has initially been categorized as a medium risk, but is expected to
reach high-risk levels by the end of Monday. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2827085,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099934,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2825280,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2826892,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2099847,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7979449.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172399.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/663187.asp
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48613,00.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/11/26/badtrans-virus.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/23016.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23026.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/034639.htm

Aliz worm turns, bites Windows users After months of dormancy a mass
mailing email worm has exploded onto the Internet.  Aliz, which affects
Windows PCs, was first identified by anti-virus experts back in May but
it was only this week that it began spreading rapidly. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23004.html

Hybrid DDoS worm strikes MS servers A known vulnerability in Microsoft
SQL server systems is being targeted by a hybrid worm that combines a
distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) with the automated
propagation techniques used by worms such as Code Red. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2826892,00.html

Pirated ``Harry Potter'' CDs magically appear in Hong Kong.  Pirated
versions of the smash hit Harry Potter movie magically appeared in back
street stalls around Hong Kong on Sunday, weeks before the film about
the English boy wizard is due to open in the territory. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/008469.htm

DDoS protection racket targets online bookies Organised criminals are
using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to force online book-
makers into protection rackets, a British security consultancy claims. 
Information Risk Management says it is aware of DDoS extortion attempts
against three, unnamed, online bookies. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/23025.html

Fired hackers taking revenge on employers The Federal Bureau of
Investigation's Cyber- terrorism Squad in Atlanta has noticed a
"substantial increase" in computer security breaches coming from inside
Atlanta companies that have made layoffs in the past six months.  The
FBI does not release data on the number of security breaches it
investigates, but the Atlanta field office has seen the number of
reported computer-intrusion cases double each year for the past five
years, said Special Agent David Ford, who oversees the regional
Cyber-terrorism Squad.  The FBI's Atlanta office currently has several
hundred security breach cases under investigation or being prosecuted,
he said. 
http://atlanta.bcentral.com/atlanta/stories/2001/11/26/story7.html

Security problems worsen in HK A recent survey by the Hong Kong Computer
Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) has showed an
increasing number of computer virus attacks on Hong Kong companies and
greater financial losses resulting from the attacks. 
http://www.cmpnetasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Artid=13143&Catid=5&subcat=50

Police set up e-crime tip-off system The Hi-Tech Crime Unit is to set up
a system for companies to report security breaches without going public. 
The police National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) has appointed an industry
liaison officer to develop a confidential crime reporting system by
April, as it prepares to make its first arrests by Christmas. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2099809,00.html

Search engines find the forbidden Search-engine spiders crawling the Web
are increasingly stumbling upon passwords, credit card numbers,
classified documents and even computer vulnerabilities that can be
exploited by hackers.  The problem is not new, security analysts say. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099914,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2099873,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7946411.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/663122.asp

FBI's Secret Cyber-Monitor The FBI is going to new lengths to eavesdrop,
building software to monitor computer use and urging phone companies to
help make wiretaps more reliable.  The FBI's "Magic Lantern" technology
would allow investigators, via the Internet, to secretly install
powerful software that records every keystroke on a person's computer,
according to people familiar with the effort. 
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,318869-412,00.shtml

House To Vote On Computer Security Legislation The U.S.  House of
Representatives will vote Tuesday on legislation designed to bolster
computer security at civilian federal agencies.  The House is scheduled
to consider H.R.  1259, a bill introduced by Rep.  Connie Morella,
R-Md., to establish the National Institute for Standards and Technology
as the lead federal agency in computer security matters. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172420.html

Europe: Cybercrime treaty not 'Big Brother' A European treaty to combat
the growing menace of cybercrime will give law enforcers broad
international reach but will not be a "Big Brother" type agency, the
Council of Europe (CoE) said Friday.  "Contrary to what has been said in
certain circles, we are not going to set up a 'Big Brother'". 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/25/crime.internet.reut/index.html

Thirty Nations Sign Global Cybercrime Treaty
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172398.html

Record year for security breaks expected The government and the private
sector need to prepare for what will likely be a record- setting year
ahead for Internet security incidents, a panel of industry experts
recently told Congress. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/26/security.reports.idg/index.html

Kevin Spacey loses pivotal cybersquatting court case.  Movie actor Kevin
Spacey has lost a landmark court battle over ownership of
www.kevinspacey.com.  Judge Gary A Feess, of the United States District
Court of the Central District of California, ruled on 14 November that
if Mr Spacey wished to take ownership of the domain to court he would
have to file in a Canadian court, where its current owner - the
notorious "cybersquatter" Jeffrey Burgar resides. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23030.html

Law and the Internet: more worries than hopes Stanford University Law
Professor Lawrence Lessig has been writing and commenting on legal
aspects of the Internet for several years.  In 1997, a federal court
named him special master in the government's antitrust case against
Microsoft, though the software giant later had the appointment vacated. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/lssg112501.htm

'Patchwork' security is right for you There's a simple way to reduce
your network's exposure to malicious attacks--and I bet most of you
aren't doing it.  The secret? Install security patches as they're
released.  Okay, maybe that's not such a secret.  After all, that's why
vendors write patches.  But for a variety of reasons, many organizations
ignore security fixes until intruders take highly publicized advantage
of the holes the patches are meant to correct. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2826693,00.html

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