[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 12/18/01 (fwd)

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December 18, 2001

FBI Bonanza in BadTrans.B Worm
Millions of Outlook and Outlook Express users have
been infected by the BadTrans.B worm, which logs
keystrokes in every open window and periodically
sends the log files to one of several e-mail dumps,
presumably for later retrieval by nosey hackers.
Or Feds. According to a story from Rotten.com,
an ISP which hosts one of the e-mail dumps,
MonkeyBrains, has received a request from the
FBI to turn over all the relevant log files.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23438.html

Judge lets some Interior employees back online
After enduring an Internet and e-mail blackout
for nearly two weeks, some Interior Department
employees could regain access to the cyber world
under an order issued Tuesday by a U.S. District
Court judge in Washington.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/121801h2.htm

Treasury task force wages financial warfare
against terrorists. Since Sept. 11, investigators
with a special Treasury Department task force
have quickly learned how to uncover the web of
bank accounts, electronic funds transfers and
covert money laundering operations that fund
terrorist cells.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/121801h1.htm

Computer experts probe Sept. 11 deals
German computer experts are working round the clock
to unlock the truth behind an unexplained surge in
financial transactions made just before two hijacked
planes crashed into New York's World Trade Center on
September 11. Were criminals responsible for the sharp
rise in credit card transactions that moved through
Or was it coincidence that unusually large sums of
money, perhaps more than $100 million, were rushed
through the computers as the disaster unfolded?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2833523,00.html

Task force will work to plug leaks with technology
Attorney General John Ashcroft last week set up
an interagency task force to find administrative,
legislative and advanced technological means of
preventing leaks of classified information. The
Justice Department will lead the effort along with
the CIA; the State, Energy and Defense departments;
and other federal agencies that handle classified
materials.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17648-1.html

Feds are lax in record-keeping, NARA finds
Because many agency employees are unsure whether
the electronic information they create constitutes
official records, much of the data fails to make
its way to the National Archives and Records
Administration, according to a new report. Only
records such as case files tend to be well-managed.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17650-1.html

Bill seeks e-Congress study
Congress is recovering from the anthrax scare,
but one side effect lingers -- the idea of an
electronic Congress. Freshman Rep. Jim Langevin
(D-R.I.) introduced legislation requiring the
National Institutes of Standards and Technology
to study the feasibility and cost of developing
a secure computer system to enable Congress to
continue operating without having to come to
the Capitol.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1217/web-econg-12-18-01.asp

A Call to End Copyright Confusion
Jack Valenti predicts that Congress will require
copy-protection controls in nearly all consumer
electronic devices and PCs. The lobbyist nonpareil
for the Motion Picture Association of America
delivered a stark warning to technology firms
on Monday: Move quickly to choose standards for
wrapping digital content in uncopyable layers of
encryption or the federal government will do it
for you.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49201,00.html

Will Spyware Work?
Monitoring voice and e-mail traffic sounds like
a good way to thwart terrorism. The problem?
Sorting through the results takes too long for
early warning.  As the United States tries to
grapple with the new realities of war and terrorism,
questions for its intelligence community keep coming.
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/dec01/hogan.asp

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