Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4445-1013128186-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 07 Feb 2002 16:33:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 31584 invoked by uid 510); 8 Feb 2002 00:30:12 -0000 Received: from n26.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.76) by all.net with SMTP; 8 Feb 2002 00:30:12 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4445-1013128186-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.190] by n26.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Feb 2002 00:16:02 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_2); 8 Feb 2002 00:29:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 8101 invoked from network); 8 Feb 2002 00:29:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Feb 2002 00:29:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Feb 2002 00:29:45 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g180VUT14363 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:31:30 -0800 Message-Id: <200202080031.g180VUT14363@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:31:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 02/07/02 (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Teen Anarchist's Supporters Accuse FBI Of AIM Hack The FBI declined to comment Wednesday on allegations that federal agents have commandeered online chat accounts belonging to the teen-aged operator of anti-government site Raisethefist.com. However, the agency denies allegations that it has harassed associates of 18-year-old self-proclaimed anarchist Sherman Martin Austin. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174307.html Court Rules 'Thumbnail' Images OK, Full-Sized Copies Not In an important decision for the application of copyright law on the Internet, a federal appeals court has ruled that while Web sites may legally reproduce and post "thumbnail" versions of copyrighted photographs, displaying full-sized copies of the images violates artists' exclusive right to display their own works. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174326.html House OKs bill to pump $880 million into cybersecurity R&D The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill to expand systems security R&D at the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Members approved the Cyber Security R&D Act by a vote of 400 to 12. HR 3394 would authorize $880 million over five years beginning in fiscal 2003. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17930-1.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174317.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/701729.asp http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/cyber.security.ap/index.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50301,00.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/07/tech-security-spending.htm Government, industry launch security campaign A host of technology industry leaders have teamed up with government security agencies to launch a new online education program designed to teach computer users how to protect their home and small business computers online. The Web site, www.staysafeonline.info, shows computer users how to pick good passwords, download security updates and understand terms like "firewall" and "patch." http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/07/stay.safe.online.ap/index.html Report: Passwords Not Good Enough for E-Shoppers The most logical approach, Jupiter said, is for consumers to use an authentication card or another system that is familiar to consumers and is available both on- and offline. The vast majority of consumers who shop on the Web want online companies to do more to verify identities on the Internet, even if it means more work for shoppers, according to a report from Jupiter Media Metrix. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/16212.html Microsoft shuts down to secure Windows Microsoft's security-assurance group has become the software giant's taskmaster for the next month. Under a new push to secure software code and convince customers that security is a top priority, Microsoft is putting its Windows developers, testers and program managers through a crash course in secure programming. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-832048.html EarthLink In Tug-Of-War Over Customer's E-Mail Address EarthLink has threatened to cut off Internet service to a subscriber who refused to relinquish an e-mail address she owned for nearly three years. According to a settlement offer dated Feb. 4 from EarthLink, which has over 4.8 million customers, the Internet service provider has reclaimed "for our use" the address dnsadmin@earthlink.net from Elena Dykhno of Brooklyn, NY. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174321.html British airlines test eye scans Virgin and BA are set to launch a trial of biometric security technology at Heathrow Airport. Virgin Atlantic and British Airways plan to launch a biometrics trial that could see up to 2,000 people zip through immigration at London's Heathrow Airport. The trial tests iris-recognition technology administered by EyeTicket and the International Air Transport Association. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103905,00.html Identity In Search Of Security Sometimes I forget who I am when I journey online because I have created so many weird passwords and log-in names to register at different Web sites. My fondness for multiple personalities comes at the urging of security experts, who say varying one's Internet identity is the best way to limit fraud. But I keep hoping someone will develop a powerful password program to reunite my electronic self, and make my surfing easier. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36220-2002Feb6.html ------------------------ Yahoo! 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