Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1304-991915463-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); Thu, 07 Jun 2001 05:05:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 27473 invoked by uid 510); 7 Jun 2001 11:05:32 -0000 Received: from hm.egroups.com (208.50.99.198) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 7 Jun 2001 11:05:32 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1304-991915463-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by hm.egroups.com with NNFMP; 07 Jun 2001 12:04:24 -0000 X-Sender: fc@all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 7 Jun 2001 12:04:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 74737 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2001 12:04:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 7 Jun 2001 12:04:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 7 Jun 2001 12:04:18 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id FAA08064 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:04:18 -0700 Message-Id: <200106071204.FAA08064@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: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit June 6, 2001 `Internet terrorist' to be sentenced today A wheelchair-bound Missouri cyber-stalker who used child pornography, chat-room threats and violent imagery to sow chaos at a Townsend middle school in 1999 faces sentencing today after he pleaded guilty yesterday to multiple counts of ``Internet terrorism.'' Christian Hunold of Smithfield, Mo., the son of two educators, admitted to charges stemming from a campaign of fear unleashed in September 1999 against students and teachers at Hawthorne Brook Middle School in Townsend, a town of 9,000 near Fitchburg. Among his acts, according to the state Attorney General's Office, Hunold directed youths to Web sites featuring images of child pornography and sex abuse that he himself had posted. Those pictures, with names like ``Lilrape,'' were ``among the most graphic I have ever seen,'' said Assistant Attorney General John Grossman. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/terr06052001.htm E-Mail From Bogus FTC Investigator Sought Personal Data A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into a bogus work-at-home scheme became a bit more complicated last month after a man pretending to be an FTC employee e-mailed hundreds of the scam's victims seeking personal information to be used as "evidence" in the investigation. The scam-within-a- scam stemmed from an ongoing investigation into Los Angeles, Calif.-based Medicor, which stands accused of defrauding more than 40,000 customers about the amount of money they could make from using a home computer to process medical bills for physicians in their community. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166551.html Crop data vulnerable to hackers Poor computer security could let hackers break into the federal agency that compiles crop forecasts for commodity traders, according to a government audit. The National Agricultural Statistics Service's computers "are vulnerable to cyber-related attacks, jeopardizing the integrity and confidentiality of NASS' critical economic data," the audit said. The audit noted the agency had violated federal policy on computer security since 1997. NASS, a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, collects crop data and issues forecasts that are closely watched by commodity traders and farmers. The data are supposed to be a closely guarded secret until their release date--otherwise unscrupulous traders could use the data to profit at the expense of other investors. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0106060171,FF.html EU takes steps to boost Internet security The European Commission presented proposals on Wednesday aimed at increasing network security in Europe and raising awareness among users of the risks involved in using the Internet. The proposals identify the main security threats as hacking, illegal interception of personal communication and data and virus attacks. They list several modes of action against these, including a large-scale public awareness campaign across Europe aimed at increasing knowledge of available security measures. ``We need to empower citizens so they know about the risks and they know how to protect (themselves),'' Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen told a news conference. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1257511l.htm http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-88_STO61140,00.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166526.html Lone Wolves Hunt Online The white supremacist movement is finding a new voice on the Internet. It's also finding a more violent way of spreading its message. The first neo-Nazi website appeared on the Internet in 1995. By 1998, more than 160 websites actively promoted racial hatred. Today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish civil rights group, estimates that there are more than 500 explicitly racist sites on the Web. While most websites, like the one devoted to the World Church of the Creator, are protected under the First Amendment, one site in particular is drawing attention from the ADL and federal law enforcement agents. Whiteracist.com is operated by well-known white supremacist Alex Curtis, who is currently in jail awaiting sentencing for civil rights violations. On his site, Curtis promotes a new ideology called Lone Wolf Activism. It encourages devotees of the white supremacist movement to act alone in violent ways. http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/viceonline/story/0,23008,3302043,00.html Net Security Conference: Denial Of Service Wars Heat Up The arms race between hackers and security personnel continues unabated as each side constantly strives to top the capabilities of the other - especially when it comes to denial of service (DoS) attacks. That is the message from the "anti-hacking" symposium at The Internet Security Conference (TISC), which takes place this week at the Century Plaza Hotel. The symposium featured Dr. Stefan Savage, a professor at the University of California, San Diego and chief scientist at Asta Networks in Seattle, Wash.; and Dr. Bill Hancock, chief security officer for Exodus Communications. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166549.html ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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