[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 08/07/02 (fwd)

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Date: 2002-08-10 07:03:40
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August 7, 2002

U.S.  Internet attacks barely detected, authorities say This Internet
attack apparently fizzled.  The federal government said that early
Tuesday it detected a series of electronic attacks against U.S. 
Internet providers, launched hours after the FBI alerted technology
companies and others of potential trouble.  The alert, sent out Monday
evening and based on information from Italian authorities, cited
"credible but nonspecific information that wide-scale hacker attacks"
were planned against U.S.  Web sites and Internet providers, "possibly
emanating from Western Europe," a U.S.  official said, speaking on
condition of anonymity. 
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/491601p-3922263c.html

Vietnam cracks down on 'harmful' Internet use Communist-ruled Vietnam
has ordered local authorities to inspect Internet usage in its two
biggest cities in a crackdown on "harmful information" from cyberspace,
according to officials.  A spokesman at the Directorate General of Posts
and Telecommunications (DGPT) told Reuters on Wednesday that the
scrutiny, which started last week, would be nationwide after initially
targeting the capital city Hanoi and commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City. 
http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1105-948761.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2120460,00.html

Mobile porn scam enrages Japanese 'One ring' scammers are being called a
threat to Japanese society, but laws may have to be strengthened to deal
with them.  Enemies of society, cyberterrorists, biker gangs of the
telephone world -- all those nasty names and more are being thrown at a
new breed of mobile telephone scammer that has been shocking polite
Japanese society. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2120439,00.html

Win32 API utterly and irredeemably broken Windows might possibly be the
most insecure piece of viral code ever to infect a computer, according
to Chris Paget who's found a fascinating hole in the Win32 Messaging
System which he believes is irreprarable, and which he posted to the
BugTraq security mailing list.  The research leading to this discovery
was inspired by MS Veep Jim Allchin, who testified to the effect that if
flaws in the Windows Messaging System were sufficiently understood,
national security would be deeply compromised, CRUISE missiles would be
launched remotely, and /bin/laden would most likely find some novel way
of raping your daughter with his big bad mouse. 
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/565

Time for Open-Source to Grow Up The OpenSSH backdoor demonstrates that
the community must get pragmatic about package verification, and fast. 
It's time for the open-source community to grow up.  For years we have
acted like rowdy, self-confident teenagers demanding the keys to the
car, with only occasional success.  It's time for us to acknowledge the
larger world, and our relationship with it.  Our teenage solipsism must
go if we hope to blossom into mature, respected grown-ups. 
http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/101

Biometrics Unproven, Hard To Test Just how accurate are the face
identification systems being rolled out around the country? It turns
out, testing them is harder than it looks.  James Bond technologies like
face recognition, fingerprint sensors, hand geometry, and other
biometric security systems may be impossible to accurately evaluate,
unless researchers also measure the performance of the testers and the
demographics of the subjects, a key researcher said Wednesday. 
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/566

New Japanese ID system reports first data leak just days after opening
Personal data was leaked from Japan's new nation- wide identification
system, officials said Wednesday, just two days after the program was
launched amid widespread fear it would be prone to breaches of privacy. 
Personal information from as many as 2,584 people was sent to the wrong
people, said Kaoru Okuhira, a spokesman for the Osaka regional
government.  He added that it was likely the first leak since Monday's
kickoff of the new ID system. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3816796.htm


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