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December 7, 2001

Interior agencies cut off after judge orders Internet shutdown
Much of the Interior Department was without e-mail
or Internet access Friday after a judge ordered the
systems shut down to protect an Indian trust fund
from potential hackers.  Employees with agencies
in the department were notified of the shutdown
Thursday. It is unclear how long it will last. U.S.
District Judge Royce Lamberth issued the emergency
order late Wednesday after a report showed an Interior
Department system that handles $500 million annually
in royalties from Indian land had little security
and was an easy target for potential hackers.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/084890.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40340,00.html

Europe expands data rentetion powers
The European Council has approved controversial
changes to the Communications Data Protection
Directive that will expand data retention powers.
European Council ministers succumbed to pressure
from the U.K. government on Thursday when they
approved controversial changes to a data protection
and privacy directive. The changes will enable
individual countries to pass new laws allowing
the retention of traffic data in emergencies.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2830920,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100541,00.html

Euro ministers agree on spam 'n' cookies
European telecommunication ministers have agreed
that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages
should be prohibited under a new data protection
law. They also are agreeing to allow leeway for
law enforcement to access logs of e-mail and
telephone traffic.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/07/euro.spam.cookies.idg/index.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23268.html

Lords 'disembowel' Anti-Terrorism Bill
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23255.html

Feds promise millions for cybersecurity
A House committee voted Thursday to dramatically
boost federal spending on cybersecurity, earmarking
$880 million over five years for research, scholarships
and other incentives. The House Science Committee also
voted to increase spending on high-tech research as a
whole by 10 percent per year over the next five years
and to require government agencies to coordinate their
research efforts.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100418,00.html

House Panel Boosts Funds for Cybersecurity Research
http://www.techtv.com/news/politicsandlaw/story/0,24195,3363941,00.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172800.html
House panel gives quick approval to cybersecurity bill
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/120701njns1.htm
Senate rejects bill to boost cybersecurity spending
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/120701td.htm

Lawmakers studying IT response to Sept. 11 attacks
In the hours and days following the Sept. 11 terrorist
attack in New York, volunteers -- both individuals and
corporations -- stepped in with technology, services
and sheer brainpower to lend any help they could.
But the effort lacked coordination. Intel Corp., for
instance, immediately sent equipment and staff to
New York and found good use for them, providing
what was described at a congressional hearing
today as "accidental leadership."
http://computerworld.com/nlt/0,3590,NAV47_STO66326_NLTWK,00.html

Anonymous e-mails still untraceable
Some experts fear crackdown on remailers. For years,
anonymous e-mail has been a choice tool for whistle-
blowers, human rights activists and undercover sources
looking to protect themselves while imparting vital
information.  Anonymous online communication could
just as easily be used by terrorists to plot attacks
or send threats.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/044408.htm

Court: U.S. law trumps domain decisions
Decisions by international arbitrators in
cybersquatting cases can be challenged in U.S. court,
an appeals panel has ruled.  Reversing a lower court,
the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on
Wednesday found that federal courts have jurisdiction
over international domain name disputes, including
those filed with the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), a Geneva-based arbitration
organization approved by the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8105325.html

Xmas increases spam by 650 percent
Inboxes are being flooded with junk emails at an
increasing rate during the holiday season, leading
to network overload and fast-spreading viruses.
The festive spirit has seen Christmas email spam
swell 650 percent since this time last year,
heightening the risks associated with unprotected
networks and placing a burden on workplace
bandwidth, according to SurfControl Australia.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100516,00.html

Could Sun-Microsoft war cripple Liberty?
Like dueling superpowers, Sun Microsystems and
Microsoft appear to be facing two choices in
promoting their respective Web security initiatives:
detente or a state of constant conflict. Sun CEO
Scott McNealy on Thursday renewed his push for
the Liberty Alliance Project, a multi-company
attempt to counter Microsoft's Passport identity-
authentication system. In a keynote address at
the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco,
McNealy trumpeted the recent addition of major
partners to the alliance.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100416,00.html

Tracing technology could catch digital pirates
A new watermarking technology could help track
down people who make copies of copyrighted
digital material. The technique works by
concealing information about the identity
of the offender inside the copy, according
to the company developing the technique. Amino
Communications, based in the UK, is developing
a specialised microchip and software for use
with digital video recorders and future pay-
per-view television systems that have digital
recording capabilities.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99991655

I'll Be Hacked for Christmas
As thousands of XBoxes, iPods, talking Monsters
Inc. dolls and other tech gifts make their way
under Christmas trees this season, a few dedicated
hobbyists are tearing these products apart in hopes
of making improvements that manufacturers either
didn't think of or didn't deem cost-effective. To
help others who'd like to make the gift of technology
a little more personal, these hackers are publishing
their findings online alongside step-by-step
instructions for duplicating their modifications.
http://www.wired.com/news/holidays/0,1882,48847,00.html

Security goes to college
Training in Internet-related crime is now available
at Cranfield University for IT staff.  IT managers
who want training for themselves or their staff to
deal with Internet-related crime may consider a new
forensic computing course at Cranfield University.
The part-time MSc course, which begins in January
2002, is aimed at security professionals, government
staff and law enforcement officers. It will offer
modules on online crime, corporate security and
the use of the Internet in investigations, and
will explore issues such as corporate fraud and
the preparation of evidence. It also provides
training in courtroom skills.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100587,00.html

Centralised method is key to security
Having a central overview of your security system
is vital to maintaining the integrity of a network,
says NSC Global.  Holistic approaches to security
that include a central network overview offer the
best protection, according to services firm NSC
Global, which has assembled a one-stop shop offering.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100568,00.html

Guess Who's Hacking to Dinner?
Kevin Mitnick says he never intended to spend
part of an evening chatting pleasantly with
the federal prosecutor who put him behind bars.
The 38-year-old convicted cracker (turned cause
c=E9l=E8bre, turned conference pundit) showed up
at the National Press Club on Thursday to hear
a scheduled presentation by Richard Clarke,
President Bush's new cyber-security czar.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48928,00.html

New technology can pinpoint 911 calls from cell phones
Rhode Island believes it is poised to become the first
state in the nation with technology allowing dispatchers
to pinpoint the location of emergency calls from cell
phone users. More than half the calls to the state's
emergency call center are from cell phones, but often
callers are too distraught or ill to say where they are.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/189610p-1835021c.html

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