Return-Path: <fastflyer28@yahoo.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); Thu, 31 May 2001 22:28:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14266 invoked by uid 510); 1 Jun 2001 04:28:15 -0000 Received: from web14504.mail.yahoo.com (216.136.224.67) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 1 Jun 2001 04:28:15 -0000 Message-ID: <20010601052723.68481.qmail@web14504.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.78.120.11] by web14504.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 31 May 2001 22:27:23 PDT Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 22:27:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "c.b r" <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [iwar] news To: fc@all.net In-Reply-To: <200106010116.SAA04760@all.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Fred: Another day goes by the and lots of bad "juju"1 has occured in "cyberlandia", a suggested name for your "beat". And I can say that my learning curve has gone from asymtotic to beyond in a very short period of time, with a little help from you. It is hard enough to know what is real and what is a binary hoax. Im just glad folks at places like NORAD and their pals here, at the Pentagon, have taken notice. (Well, I can hope for the best, can't I?) Granted, they are all on the level of feeble children. Most disconcerting is the fact that while the GOP have all assured us that guys like Don Rumsfled and Colin Powell had kept up with world change while out of office and would collectively be ready for the 21st C, "we are still waiting". It seems like even Dr. Conde Rice does not "get it" The world went and changed-bigtime-since she was an NSC staff member during Daddy Bushes reign, or our plucky pal, with the not too pluck heart was just SecDef, not SEC_DEF_STATE_ENERGY_and SEC "what ever else W. wanted him to be on a given day". The VP is not your average VP. Untill I ran into all.net, I really had no idea of the sheer magnitude of the fiscial and functional downside our country faces when bytes are used for doing ill.If you add together your reckless hacker kids in with the int'l sub-nations actors, a plain old country/ies, or even int'l organized crime, we have way too much to worry about given there is no real body that governs, or are Cops on the Net. We live in binary Dodge City and it is a dangerous situation. Even your garden variety terorists that has computer capacity and capability is a nasty thought out there in the INFOWAR world. I am startng to think that the only way the USA can stay on top internationally is to play the cyber offense. The problem is, so few legislators even understand this threat that it is frightening in its own right. However, choose we must a cyber offense and play it every day The primary obstacle is W. With him in the White House no much will get done until appreciable damage is done to us. Best, BR 1Bad JUJU- something nastier than anyone wants to ponder."Things are really bad and the ride downhill is only going to get faster until either the trains derails, or it jumps the tracks entirely". Either way, bad juju. russell paraphrase of the term bad JUJU ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> wrote: > Layoffs lead to revenge hacking When someone cracked > Slip.net's computer > system, altered customer accounts and deleted > important databases, the > Internet service provider didn't need to look far to > find the attacker. > It wasn't a criminal outfit seeking credit card > numbers, and it wasn't a > scrawny whiz-kid hacking away for a challenge in his > dark bedroom. It > was Nicholas Middleton, a former computer > administrator for Slip.net, > who had been unhappy at the San Francisco company > and recently quit. > Middleton fought the resulting criminal charges on a > legal technicality > but lost and got three years' probation. > http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-05-31-revenge-hacking.htm > > Hacktivists multiply attacks against Japanese sites > Japanese websites > are coming increasingly under fire from Chinese and > South Korean > hackers, angry about Japan's version of historical > events as written in > a forthcoming textbook. According to Japanese > Internet watchdog > Everyday People, 63 Japanese websites were hacked in > 2000, while during > the first five months of 2001, crackers hit at least > 650 domains. Even > the total for May 2001 -- 250 defaced and hacked > sites -- surpasses last > year's count. This spring, South Korean hackers > used a > Denial-of-Service attack to crash the website > representing Japan's > Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science > and Technology. The > attack prompted Japan to ask South Korea to crack > down on the hackers. > http://www.securitywatch.com/newsforward/default.asp?AID=7832 > > Gangs Finding New Turf Members are claiming corners > in cyberspace, > taking their rivalries online with Web sites. > Anthony, a brawny > Sacramento teenager who hangs with the Nortenos > street gang, was > casually surfing the Web one day and was stunned > when he stumbled on a > smattering of home pages posted by members of the > Sureno gang, the > Nortenos' sworn and sometimes bloody rival. It > became a matter of pride > for Anthony, an 18-year-old high school graduate, to > learn enough about > building a Web site to represent his gang online. > "NORTENOS!" blares > his SacTown Gangstas Web site, decorated with > pictures of a modified > United Farm Workers logo, a gleaming red Impala, an > automatic pistol, > two pit bull terriers and a cheery Web button > inviting visitors to > "e-mail me." > http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010531/t000045511.html > > Acting Defense CIO cautious about outsourcing In > order to make > outsourcing work, military organizations should > ensure that they retain > in-house expertise, and they should carefully > scrutinize their vendors' > security plans, the armed service's top information > technology official > said Wednesday. "We should make sure we don't just > rush to outsource," > because it's in vogue, said Linton Wells II, the > Defense Department's > acting chief information officer and assistant > secretary of Defense for > command, control, communications and intelligence > (ASD/C3I). He spoke > at the Army Small Computer Program Status Review > conference in > Baltimore. > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0528/web-dod-05-31-01.asp > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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