Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4636-1020276719-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); Wed, 01 May 2002 11:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 25971 invoked by uid 510); 1 May 2002 18:11:43 -0000 Received: from n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.88) by all.net with SMTP; 1 May 2002 18:11:43 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4636-1020276719-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2002 18:11:57 -0000 X-Sender: r_v_p@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 1 May 2002 18:11:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 47001 invoked from network); 1 May 2002 18:11:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 1 May 2002 18:11:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n28.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.84) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2002 18:11:53 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.172] by n28.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2002 18:11:52 -0000 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <aapb57+1k5c@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <200204290241.g3T2fou31816@red.all.net> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster From: "r_v_p" <r_v_p@yahoo.com> X-Originating-IP: 61.11.31.40 X-Yahoo-Profile: r_v_p 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: Wed, 01 May 2002 18:11:51 -0000 Subject: [iwar] India, US begin cyber-security initiative Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable India, US begin cyber-security initiative http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638 India, US begin cyber-security initiative INDRANI BAGCHI TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, MAY 01, 2002 4:29:33 AM ] NEW DELHI: As the mouse becomes mightier than the missile and the frontiers of international terrorism shift in to the virtual world, India and the US have begun a new initiative to combat cyber- terrorism in both countries that threaten not only computer networks, but critical infrastructure systems of both economies. An 18-member high-level US delegation, led by Lincoln Bloomfeld, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, met representatives from the National Security Council here and from other related security agencies to give shape to the new initiative, which had been proposed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and George W Bush during the summit in Washington in October last. The US delegation includes academics to top FBI officials and intelligence (NSA) and State Department officials. Both sides shared "national experiences" on cyber-security, their approach and treatment of emerging threats. The meetings are expected to conclude with an "action plan" for future co-operation. The initiative seeks to weld India's growing software abilities and the intelligence and technology capabilities of the US to track and defuse cyber threats to both countries. As cyber-terrorists are now using steganography (ie encrypted messages), as even mail drop boxes for physical terrorist attacks, countering cyber-terrorists will assume greater importance in future. Cyber threats to India stem primarily from Pakistani hackers groups, as well as some al-Qaeda groups. For instance, in 2001, Indian high- visibility sites like the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) and the Indian Institute of Science were defaced by Pakistani hackers, with the total (until September 2001) coming to 275 attacks. The most visible Pakistani groups include G-Force, Doctor Nuker and Pakistani Hackerz Club, all of whom break into Indian sites, and often leave behind provocative pro-Kashmir messages on them. But these attacks have been getting more sophisticated, as terrorists use internet chat rooms, pornographic bulletin boards and even sports sites to post messages for physical attacks. This came to light during the Red Fort attack by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists, one of whom was arrested with his computer, which showed access to several porn sites. As for the US, President George W Bush has earmarked almost $4 billion for network security in the US. Recent studies have also shown how cellphone users in Pakistan could log on to an Indian ISP to send messages to confuse sleuths on their trail. In the aftermath of September 11, US intelligence agencies have been cracking down on ISPs to provide details of internet traffic. Similar procedures will be used in India, though the level of sophistication has a lot of catching up to do. But clearly cyber-sleuthing has been having salutary effects, given the number of attacks against US interests that have already been thwarted in the last few months. Only last week, CIA alerts, reported in the Los Angeles Times talked of cyber threats from Chinese hackers in the next few weeks. "The new CIA report, however, makes clear that US intelligence analysts have become increasingly concerned that authorities in Beijing are actively planning to damage and disrupt US computer systems through the use of internet hacking and computer viruses." According to the report, Beijing authorities, specifically the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) may be planning these disruptions, although their technical expertise needs further upgradation. This is where co-operation between India and the US comes in — to detect and pre-empt such attacks or threats to critical infrastructure in both countries. Just as an example, the Code Red worm (which was believed to have originated in China) that spread through the world's computers last year, extracted a damage of $2.4 billion. Its not small change any longer. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638 ------------------------ Yahoo! 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