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November 29, 2001

Russian linked to massive ATM fraud Report
A flurry of fraudulent ATM withdrawals,
resulting in $1.5 million in thefts from Chase
and Citibank customers, is now being blamed on
a Russian mobster, according to the New York
Post. Starting two weeks ago, victims began
complaining to authorities about mysterious
withdrawals from their bank accounts. In its
Thursday edition, the Post reported that the
U.S. Treasury's Secret Service police had
arrested a Russian national and was seeking
his brother, who apparently have been
operating a massive cybercrime ring.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/664990.asp

Abortion Clinics on New Net Alert
An anti-abortion extremist who is also one of the
FBI's 10 Most Wanted has allegedly threatened to
kill 42 abortion clinic workers unless they notify
him through the Internet that they have quit their
jobs. Clayton Waagner, 45, escaped from an llinois
jail in February while waiting to be sentenced for
possession of a firearm by a felon and possession
of a stolen vehicle, according the U.S. Marshal
Service.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48692,00.html

Fluffi Bunni Places Ads At Security Site
Banner ads promoting a notorious group of computer
attackers known as Fluffi Bunni today appeared at
SecurityFocus.com, after the hackers compromised
a server operated by the leading security firm's
advertising partner. The ad banner depicted the
hacking group's mascot, a pink stuffed toy rabbit,
and he words "You think you know? You have no
idea," and was signed "Security Fluffi."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172554.html

Spanish E.U. Presidency To Push 'Definitive' Internet Laws
"Definitive" E.U. laws governing the Internet
will be on the agenda when the E.U. presidency
passes to Spain next month. Issues to be resolved
include "unbundling," or the fair division of
services between providers, access, or fair
pricing, and privacy issues, including banning
of the use of "cookies" by e-commerce operators.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172548.html

Porn filter dispute reaches Supreme Court
A Bush administration lawyer defended before
the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday a law
aimed at shielding minors from Internet
pornography, comparing the restrictions
to covers on sexually explicit magazines
in bookstores. But a lawyer for a leading
civil liberties group said the law violated
constitutional free-speech rights, resulting
in self-censorship in the marketplace of
ideas on the Web.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100097,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23085.html

Cyberspace a key battleground in homeland security effort
In his new role, Richard Clarke, the President's
cybersecurity advisor, is working to protect the
public and private sector services that Americans
depend on. In an interview with Government Executive,
Clarke described one of his first projects--GovNet,
a super-secure voice and data network for federal
civilian agencies.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/112901j1.htm

Agencies upgrading technology after terrorist attacks
Many government agencies are modernizing the
way they utilize information and communication
technologies after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
officials said Wednesday. "After Sept. 11, I think
it was very clear [that] citizens looked more to
government," Mark Forman, associate director for
information technology and e-government for the
White House Office of Management and Budget,
said during a Council For Excellence in
Government luncheon.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/112801td1.htm

Forman urges agencies to move on PKI
Mark Forman, associate director for IT and
e-government at the Office of Management and
Budget, told federal officials today that
they should strongly consider public-key
infrastructures to augment security for any
new IT initiatives. Forman, who spoke at a
PKI conference in Washington, stepped out
of the usual OMB role to give IT managers
guidance instead of just telling them what
is expected of them.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17556-1.html

U.K. police clarify technology use
The National Crime Squad (NCS) has retracted
its statement that it "imaged" the servers of
Demon Internet, saying it only had access to
the traffic logs of the Internet service
provider. Demon had been praised for its
cooperation with an investigation that led
police forces to execute search warrants
on houses throughout the United Kingdom on
Wednesday. The police seized thousands of
files containing images of children being
abused.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,5100118,00.html
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/projects/story/0,24330,3362395,00.html

ISPs Increasingly Compelled to Disclose User Identities
The inflammatory comments of an anonymous Yahoo
bulletin board poster did not amuse Dendrite
International. An individual with the Yahoo
user name xxplrr posted several missives
alleging Dendrite had instituted material and
misleading changes to their revenue reporting
procedures. Another comment by xxplrr stated
that the New Jersey company "does not appear
to be competitively moving forward" and that
the president was "shopping" the company.
http://www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2001/11/28_02.htm

CA sells birth data to Web site, raising ID theft fears.
The birth records of more than 24 million
Californians have been sold by the state and
posted on the Internet, offering easy access
to critical information needed to create fake
identities. By logging onto a genealogy Web
site, people can gain access to such personal
data as someone's place of birth and mother's
maiden name, which can then potentially be
used to access bank records and other
sensitive material.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/037140.htm

UK Govt says 'no' to unprotected eshopping
The Government has published five top tips
for safe e-shopping this Christmas in a bid
to boost consumer confidence online. In a
nutshell, those thoughtful chaps at the
Ministry suggest that shoppers only use
trusted sites and that they keep a record
of what they buy. Oh, and if they do get
ripped off, don't worry, because if their
credit or debit card is used fraudulently
in the EU, the card company must refund them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23097.html

Security Concerns Plague E-tailing In Canada - Report
Consumers' concerns about the security of
information online may be continuing to have
a dramatic impact on the headway made by
Internet retailers in Canada, according
to a report released today.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172521.html

FTC Commissioner Urges Heightened Privacy Focus
As federal law enforcers make use of a seeping
new anti-terrorism law to obtain suspects' phone,
business and Internet records, online companies
must take special steps to ensure that they are
abiding by their own self-imposed privacy
guidelines, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Commissioner Orson Swindle said today.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172558.html

Linux servers at risk from 'serious' flaw
A vulnerability in the most widely used FTP
server program for Linux has left numerous
sites open to online attackers, a situation
worsened when Red Hat mistakenly released
information on the flaw early, leaving other
Linux companies scrambling to get a fix out.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100074,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100036,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23082.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172504.html

Pentagon seeks delay of ultra-wideband decision
The Department of Defense has appealed for help
from the Commerce Department in getting a delay
of final rules on new wireless technology that
the military fears could interfere with vital
navigation aids.  Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
Wolfowitz asked Commerce Secretary Donald Evans
in the letter dated Nov. 20 to work on getting
the Federal Communications Commission to defer
action on ultra-wideband (UWB) until at least
February.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/067339.htm

Protect Yourself From Online Scams
Everybody knows that Internet commerce contains
risk, but clever scams still populate the Web.
Learn how to spot a scam. Attention surfers!
The Internet is chock full of amazing information
and fascinating opportunities, but all that
glitters on the Web is not silica. Scams are
out there waiting to bite you faster than
a shark feeding frenzy in the San Jose Arena.
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/projects/story/0,24330,3362395,00.html

War Driving:
Computing mobility opens networks to an invasion
of the wireless snatchers. In the 1980s, hackers
began "war dialing"--dialing phone numbers until
they found an open modem--to access networks. The
'90s Internet boom created easier and more direct
avenues of attack, such as IP scanners and packet
sniffers. Enter the next generation of nefarious
network intrusion: war driving.
http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/november01/technology_wardriving.shtml

A Safety-Critical Software Approach to Information Security
The recent statements by Microsoft reveal that
the software giant is making efforts to tackle
changing customer attitudes to security. However,
the assessment of Gartner Group analyst John
Pescatore, who advised businesses not to purchase
Microsoft web-server software products and invest
instead in open source technology like the Apache
web server, means that there will be an increased
focus on the importance of security engineering
in the software development process.
http://www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2001/11/28_04.htm

R.I.P. Cypherpunks
Once the online haunt of top cryptographers, the
Cypherpunks list was characterized by its mix of
revolutionary politics and advanced mathematics.
This week, a founder pronounced it dead and buried.
The Cypherpunks list, an online forum that in many
ways defined Internet activism, was booted
unceremoniously from its original home, toad.com,
earlier this week. In an open posting to several
mailing lists, Cypherpunks veteran John Gilmore
all but dismissed the computer-security and
privacy forum he co-founded in the early 1990s.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/294

US can prosecute foreign hackers
Alright - we all understand that the US went
through major shock and trauma on September 11,
and are justified in tightening their security,
but in typical American fashion they are taking
things way too far. Their recently approved anti-
terrorism law means they can now proescute
hackers or other cyber criminals who live
outside of the US - and it gets worse.
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/855039.htm

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