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U.S. Army kick-starts cyberwar machine
The U.S. military has a new mission: Be ready to launch
a cyberattack against potential adversaries, some of
whom are stockpiling cyberweapons. Such an attack would
likely involve launching massive distributed denial-of-
service assaults, unleashing crippling computer viruses
or Trojans, and jamming the enemy's computer systems
through electronic radio-frequency interference. An order
from the National Command Authority - backed by President
Clinton and Secretary of Defense William Cohen - recently
instructed the military to gear up to wage cyberwar. The
ability of the U.S. to conduct such warfare "doesn't exist
today," according to a top Army official speaking at a
conference in Arlington, Va., last week.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/22/cyberwar.machine.idg/index.html
Doctors: hackers threat to computerised medical files
Doctors are worried that the trend towards storing
patients' records online makes them vulnerable to
computer hackers. At a Business Information in Action
conference in Wellington yesterday, Medical Council
president Dr Tony Baird expressed concern about the
risk of breaching patient confidentiality by using
the internet and e-mail to communicate or store
records. He said it was impossible to guarantee that
information stored electronically would be secure.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3D161097
Toshiba outfits laptops with fingerprint reader
Toshiba and Identix announced the release of the
Toshiba PC Card Fingerprint Reader, which will allow
users to log on to their Toshiba laptops by placing
a finger in the device. This fingerprint reader will
provide a higher level of security as well as
convenience, because users will not have to remember
passwords nor key in their user names, the companies said.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/22/toshiba.fingerprint.idg/
A Star Wars Defense to Hackers
Basing their strategy on a grad student's work, a new
Internet security company has begun beta-testing its
solution to Denial-of-Service attacks on the high-speed
experimental Internet2 backbone. Asta Networks was formed
earlier this year to develop and market the security
system by Asta chief scientist Stefan Savage, a doctoral
candidate at the University of Washington, and members
of the school's Computer Science and Engineering faculty.
Their approach to the Denial-of-Service problem is based
on his doctoral thesis.
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,40297,00.html
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