[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 03/27/02 (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 03/27/02 (fwd)
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March 27, 2002

Senior Activist Jailed For Web Rant
A man who posted on the Web details of what he
asserts is an investigative report into alleged
improprieties at a Seattle residence for senior
citizens has been in jail for a month - with no
end to his incarceration in sight, his attorney
said today. Paul Trummel, 69, was for approximately
two years a resident of Council House, a residence
in the Capitol Hill section of Seattle whose
construction was funded by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175514.html

Air Force fights off probes
An unusually high number of electronic probes were
made against the computer network at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Ohio, last week, but the system was
not hacked, according to the Air Force. About 125,000
attempts were made between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on March
22, said Lt. Tana Hamilton, a public affairs officer
at the Aeronautical Systems Center. She confirmed
earlier media reports that the probes originated
outside the United States, but said she could not
detail any of the Air Force's subsequent security
or investigation procedures.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0325/web-af-03-27-02.asp

Judge Orders FBI To Turn Up More Carnivore Data
A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Justice
Department to turn over more information about a
controversial FBI e-mail surveillance device known
as "Carnivore." Responding to a Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) request filed by the Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC), the FBI last year turned
over more than 1,600 pages of material on Carnivore,
which can sift through thousands of e-mail messages
to find incriminating evidence.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175507.html

Gilmore warns of threat to information systems
If terrorists strike the United States again,
their targets could be information systems or
critical systems infrastructures, former Virginia
governor James Gilmore said yesterday. "Cyberattacks
or attacks on critical infrastructures are the most
likely next attacks," Gilmore said at a panel
discussion sponsored by Johns Hopkins University's
Information Security Institute in Laurel, Md.
He is chairman of the National Advisory Panel
to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for
Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18260-1.html

Virus Industry's Research Center Runs Out Of Money
 From his home in the high desert of southern Nevada,
Shane Coursen maintains one of the largest collections
of active computer viruses in the world. Although the
anti-virus industry depends heavily on his definitive
list of "in-the-wild" viruses, Coursen, the chief
executive of WildList Organization, says he no
longer can afford to keep the roof over his head.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175509.html

Disney chief Eisner recruits Abe Lincoln in piracy fight
Disney CEO Michael Eisner has recruited Abraham
Lincoln, Vaclav Havel, Douglass North and Sigmund
Eisner (relation) for his campaign against intellectual
property pilfering on the Internet. And we want some
of whatever his speech writers are smoking. In a piece
published in today's Financial Times, Eisner announces
that Lincoln would have been thrilled by the Internet,
describes him as a "great patenter," and finds some
favourable comment from Lincoln on patenting.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24594.html

Drive-by hacking linked to cyberterror
The most comprehensive study of the insecurity of
wireless networks in London to date has discovered
that 94 per cent are leaving their networks open
to drive-by hacking. This possibly worthwhile survey
is undermined by the cyberterrorism FUD spin put on
the release. A seven-month investigation of 5,000
wireless systems was conducted by IT security
specialists Digilog, in collaboration with the
International Chamber of Commerce's Cybercrime
(ICC) Unit, who are using the survey to promote
an anti-hacking service.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24611.html

Information warfare is within reach for the educated terrorist
THE terrorist incident of 11 September reminded
governments around the world that there are extremist
factions with the capability to do major damage to
all levels of the economy. However, it is not just
the real world which needs protection from those
with evil intent. Information attacks by terrorist
organisations - or even state-sponsored attacks -
with the potential to wreak havoc for governments,
commerce and industry, academia and even home
users are now a technical possibility.
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/business.cfm?id=332232002

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