[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 12/31/01 Special Edition (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 12/31/01 Special Edition (fwd)
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December 31, 2001 - SPECIAL EDITION

FBI warns of Windows XP holes The FBI's National Infrastructure
Protection Center has urged users of Microsoft's Windows XP operating
system to disable a feature that could leave computers open to attacks
from hackers.  In a statement issued on Saturday, the FBI's NIPC, which
usually leaves computer security warnings to the private sector, said it
held technical discussions with Microsoft Corp.  and other industry
experts on Friday to identify ways to minimize the risk from security
holes in the XP software, which was launched in late October. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2834773,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8287567.html

Microsoft Stung By Severe Windows XP Security Flaw
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15458.html

Zoher Worm Gives Unwelcome Christmas PC Present PC users returning to
their machines after the Christmas break should take care to update
their security software, after two antivirus firms issued warnings about
the Zoher worm.  F-Secure issued a level two security alert to users on
its Radar security advisory service over the Christmas break.  Level two
is one of three alert levels.  Level two means the virus is active in
the wild and is technically sophisticated. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173214.html

Piracy & hacking prevention efforts should target kids When law
enforcement agents seized 129 computers in 27 cities recently in a
coordinated assault on online piracy, they focused much of their effort
on colleges like Duke University, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the University of California at Los Angeles.  They were
probably too late. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/001635.htm

Security bill fails to pass in 2001 Despite a strong post-September 11
push for passage, legislation intended to encourage companies to share
security data with the government -- and one another without fear of it
becoming public failed to be adopted this year.  The legislation,
sponsored in the Senate by Robert Bennett (R-Utah) and John Kyle
(R-Arizona) and in the House by Tom Davis (R-Virginia) and Jim Moran
(D-Virginia), seeks to amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to
protect security data shared with the government from disclosure. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/30/data.sharing.bill.idg/index.html

Stand by for more nasty Web attacks in 2002 If security experts are
calling 2001 the worst year for computer viruses, and December the worst
month, how bad will things get in 2002? Experts are predicting that
viruses and their cousins, the self-propagating worms, will find new and
even more nasty ways to attack computer systems, possibly even hitting
mobile devices, pocket PCs and smart phones in the coming year. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/056919.htm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1715368l.htm
http://www.msnbc.com/news/678086.asp

Fitting IT into homeland security The final report from the Gilmore
Commission on the capabilities needed to respond to terrorism mirrors
many of the cybersecurity and information technology recommendations to
emerge since the Sept.  11 attacks.  The group -- established in 1998 as
part of the Defense Authorization Act -- released an executive summary
of the report in November.  The full report, released Dec.  15, goes
into much more depth about how IT fits into the country's protection. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1217/web-report-12-24-01.asp

Fight Against Terrorism Could Fuel Tech Rebound A recovery in technology
could come as soon as next year, with the fight against terrorism and
heightened priority on security playing a larger role and helping to
fuel innovation -- as well as investment. 
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15480.html

2001: Protecting intellectual property How monitoring the workforce can
protect both the employer's property and the employee's livelihood.  In
2001, there were tens of thousands of layoffs in the tech industry, with
companies like Marconi shedding 10,000 employees since January.  When
thousands of employees are laid off, the economics of the industry means
it happens fast, with few people thinking what might be lost in the
process.  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101780,00.html

Six jailed for Falun Gong Web activity China arrests academics for
distributing information about the banned religious group over the
Internet.  China has jailed six academics for downloading material on
the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong and distributing it over the
internet, a Hong- Kong based human rights group said.  Beijing's Number
One Intermediate Court sentenced the six Falun Gong practitioners,
including four graduate students at the prestigious Tsinghua University,
the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a
statement seen on Sunday. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101689,00.html

USPS gets good grade for e-commerce privacy To meet online competition,
the Postal Service has narrowed its e-commerce projects to five but
cannot yet report what they cost, the General Accounting Office said
last week.  Postal officials told GAO that only some of their online
initiatives were meant to generate revenue.  The others support core
delivery services and help customers find information, they said. 
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17659-1.html

Security consultant finds plenty of holes to plug Cruising about the
Twin Cities, with his wireless laptop on the seat next to him, Brad
Rubin can see one business opportunity after another pop up on his
computer screen.  His laptop, hooked to a homemade antenna housed in a
Pringles can, runs sniffer software that detects wireless networks, even
those people have tried to hide.  Many are not protected by encryption,
making it easy for someone with a wireless modem to plug into them and
snoop -- or worse, Rubin says. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/073824.htm

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, Inc.  Everyone from the FBI to the L.A. 
Times has something scary to say about the new XP vulnerability.  Here's
why they all have it wrong.  The creation of marketing niches from
Microsoft technologies is a model of perpetual motion.  Redmond develops
the products, and we get paid to implement, install, configure,
customize, upgrade, secure, and to even break and exploit them.  Now the
simple act of talking about Microsoft security is becoming a
remunerative endeavor.  http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/50

The Littlest Security Pro A teenaged computer prodigy in India becomes
the youngest CISSP in the certification's twelve-year history.  At a
time when teenagers are more likely to be noted for cracking networks
than defending them, a computer prodigy in South Bombay, India shattered
some stereotypes this month when he became the youngest person ever to
be credentialed as a "Certified Information Systems Security
Professional", or "CISSP," after acing the lengthy certification exam
and clearing a special investigation triggered by his young age. 
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/301

Orlando fliers face high-tech security scrutiny Passengers and their
bags will be scanned, sniffed and otherwise scrutinized at Orlando
International Airport, in a test of emerging security devices meant to
stop airplane attacks.  The National Safe Skies Alliance will install
five new machines at a security checkpoint in February to see if they
can be implemented at other U.S.  airports. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/050075.htm

Orange Co.  to become first to use GPS to track offenders.  Orange
County officials will make a controversial step by becoming the first in
the state to use global positioning satellites to track released sex
offenders.  Starting next year, officials will require some sex
offenders on parole and probation to wear wristbands linked to the
satellite tracking system. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/049528.htm

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