Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1140-987616884-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18334 invoked by uid 510); 18 Apr 2001 17:02:13 -0000 Received: from ei.egroups.com (64.211.240.237) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 17:02:13 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1140-987616884-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by ei.egroups.com with NNFMP; 18 Apr 2001 18:01:24 -0000 X-Sender: fc@all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 18 Apr 2001 18:01:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 11359 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2001 18:01:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Apr 2001 18:01:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 18:01:19 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id LAA02181 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:01:18 -0700 Message-Id: <200104181801.LAA02181@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 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> 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, 18 Apr 2001 11:01:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FBI Confirms Chinese Attacks on U.S. Web Sites The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday confirmed past hack attacks on several U.S. Web sites, and said that perhaps several more have been perpetrated by Chinese hacktivists protesting U.S. actions in the recently-ended spy plane crisis. Although the FBI declined to offer specific details about the hacked sites, news sources have learned that hackers have defaced two U.S. Navy sites, neither of them classified, and two e-businesses that don't appear to have any connection to the crisis. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/9028.html http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/16/china.hacking/index.html The never ending China-US saga The apology has been accepted, the hostages returned, but it will be a long, long time before we hear the end of this story. Hackers on both sides of the Pacific will ensure that tensions stay high. To date nine American sites have been defaced in retaliation for the downing of a Chinese fighter plane and the subsequent loss of its pilot. While the FBI are not openly holding the Chinese responsible for the hacks, the Washington Post is making it quite clear whom they believe is to blame. The Chinese are seen as a frightening bunch, embodying a deadly combination -- nationalism and technology. On the Chinese side, the People's Daily is furious at what it sees as underhanded maneuvering on the part of the Americans who have sent arms to Taiwan. http://www.securitywatch.com/newsforward/default.asp?AID=7036 Anti-Hacking premiums 25% higher for Win NT An insurance policy against hacker-inflicted damage costs 25 per cent more for companies using Windows NT. This is because "there are so many security holes in Microsoft products", John Wurzler, of Wurzler underwriting managers, told us today. Wurzler's stance could be a little unfair - security is far more dependent on how well the infrastructure is designed and set up rather than the products used to build it, we argued. Wurzler concedes this point but says his company has to charge premiums based on an insured organisation's turnover, the probability of an attack and the chances of success of an attack. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/18324.html The Spy Who Lost Me British intelligence officers have developed a rather worrying tendency of forgetting that they are carrying a computer, leaving a trail littered with lost laptops. The British Defense Ministry has reported 205 laptops missing since 1997 -- most of which contained classified information. That's an average of 51 lost laptops per year. The latest was reported missing on Monday. This one reportedly contained data about new weapons systems. Its owner left it in the back of a taxi. To combat this spate of missing-in-action machines, the Defense Ministry plans to outfit their absent-minded workers with secret-agent- style briefcases that protect national secrets by automatically destroying the contents of lost laptops' hard drives. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43088,00.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business." Get it now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/4cW4jC/e.WCAA/bT0EAA/kzAVlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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