[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 12/20/01 (fwd)

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Date: 2001-12-21 07:16:29
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December 20, 2001

Windows XP vulnerable to unusually serious hacker attacks.
Microsoft's newest version of Windows, billed as the most
secure ever, contains several serious flaws that allow
hackers to steal or destroy a victim's data files across
the Internet or implant rogue computer software. The
company released a free fix Thursday.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/069131.htm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8244349.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173164.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/675850.asp
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/20/microsoft.hackers.ap/index.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49301,00.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/12/20/windows-vulnerable.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23480.html
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/199162p-1933847c.html

Microsoft plugs XP security hole
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100941,00.html

CERT Warns Of Deadly Security Hole In Internet Explorer
A government-funded computer security team is warning
users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to patch
a flaw that could allow attackers to upload and execute
malicious programs on the victim's PC. The federally
funded Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), today
issued an alert about the security hole, which affects
IE for Windows versions 5, 5.5, and 6.0. The vulnerability
was first discovered last month by Finland's Oy Online
Solutions.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173157.html

Sklyarov stands by boss in DMCA case
The Russian software programmer who escaped
prosecution as the first person charged under
a controversial new U.S. copyright law said on
Wednesday he stands by his employer, who still
faces trial. "I am extremely disappointed with any
implication that I am, in any way, cooperating with
the (U.S.) government," Dmitry Sklyarov said in a
news conference. "I am a man of integrity and as
such am doing nothing more than telling the truth,
not for or against anyone."
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2834162,00.html
http://www.techtv.com/news/politicsandlaw/story/0,24195,3365800,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/20/hacker.reut/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/12/20/russian-programmer.htm

Dimitry Sklyarov: Enemy or friend?
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2800985,00.html
Russian Hacker Has a Party
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49272,00.html

Computer disk drives from WTC could yield clues
A new data-recovery technique could help trace
suspicious financial transactions made shortly
before the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11.
An unexplained surge in transactions was recorded
prior to the attacks, leading to speculation that
someone might have profited from previous knowledge
of the terrorist plot by moving sums of money.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/20/wtc.harddrives.idg/index.html

Hack turned loads of computers into waiting zombies
A company that processes credit card transactions
for Web sites confirmed on Thursday that customer
Web server computers have been hacked and could
be used in a massive Internet attack on other
computers.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1711578l.htm

Microsoft sues `Lindows' for Windows infringement
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it is suing a small
software company called Lindows, claiming that
name infringes the trademark of the software
giant's flagship Windows operating system.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/025093.htm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8246647.html

Bill Strengthens Internet Criminal Sentencing
A new bill introduced this month in the House
of Representatives would give judges greater
power to apply tough sentences to online
criminals. The bill, H.R. 3482 - the Cyber
Security Enhancement Act of 2001 - was
introduced by House Science Committee Chairman
Sherwood Boehlert,  R-N.Y., and Rep. Lamar Smith,
R-Texas, and would give judges additional factors
to consider in sentencing cybercriminals.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173162.html

Secret Service To Expand Electronic Crimes Task Force
Al Qaeda operatives arrested last month in Spain with
information provided by the United States also were
suspected of financing activities through credit card
fraud. Fearing an invisible army of terror lurks in
cyberspace, the Secret Service will launch electronic
crimes task forces in eight cities modeled on a New
York City program that has identified credit card
fraud and techniques that may have been used by
the Al Qaeda terror network.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15260.html

UK Government-Industry IT Security Alliance Formed
The U.K.'s Computer Software and Services Association
(CSSA) has teamed up with the British government to
launch a new information-technology security alliance.
Known as SAINT, short for the Security Alliance for
the Internet and New Technologies, the alliance sees
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), a British
government agency, working with the CSSA to tackle the
problems of hackers, viruses and other cyber-attacks.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173152.html

Experts: Empower homeland office
The Office of Homeland Security needs more
discretionary spending and authority -- including
coordination with state and local governments --
several current and former government officials
said at a conference this week.  The office was
among the topics discussed during the Homeland
Defense and Crisis Management conference.
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2001/1217/web-home-12-20-01.asp

FBI puts police chiefs in the security loop
The Justice Department will let police chiefs from
cities, counties and other municipalities apply for
national security clearance that would put them in
the information-sharing loop during national
emergencies. Barry McDevitt, chief of police for
the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, said
Attorney General John Ashcroft made the decision
because many police chiefs had difficulty getting
information after terrorists struck on Sept. 11.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17654-1.html

Amendment considered to make info more accessible.
Californians seeking records, documents and other
information that public agencies keep secret may
get new help next year. Advocates for open
government are considering a constitutional
amendment to make cities, counties and other
agencies explain why providing documents would
create a bigger problem.
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/openrecord20.htm

Walker story: On the Net, you are what you write
Of course the disturbing tale of John Walker, Marin
County's own Taliban fighter, is not without an
Internet angle. Before he fell under the sway of
a group of people whose views on technology could
charitably be characterized as 14th century, Walker
left his share of footprints through cyberspace.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/daveplot/dp122001.htm

Hackers Show Light in a New Art
Leave it to Berlin's always unpredictable hacker
group, Chaos Computer Club, to one-up the British
art world's current sensation of the nanosecond.
Martin Creed won Britain's prestigious Turner
Prize earlier this month -- and a =A320,000 check
handed over by pop queen Madonna herself -- with
a work that was nothing more than an empty room
whose lights switch on and off.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49265,00.html

Is Distributed Computing A Crime?
A computer network administrator faces multiple
felony charges and years in a Georgia prison for
allegedly installing Distributed.net clients
without permission.  Prosecutors say its justice,
others aren't so sure. A college computer technician
who offered his school's unused computer processing
power for an encryption research project will be
tried next month in Georgia for computer theft
and trespassing charges that carry a potential
total of 120 years in jail.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/300
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23477.html

Talkback: Is Ripping a Crime?
Patrick cracked Universal's uncrackable CD
encryption. Should he be tossed in the slammer?
I wouldn't be so miffed if it wasn't for Coltrane.
I own quite a few Coltrane CDs -- mad jazz saxophone
player from the '60s. Timeless. If you've never heard
"A Love Supreme," well, you've missed out. It's one
of the only things that can keep my shattered skull
together at the tail end of a business trip; that
CD has logged tens of thousands of miles with me.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/interact/story/0,24330,3365632,00.html

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