Re: [iwar] Re: news

From: e.r. (fastflyer28@yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-08-10 21:19:23
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--- ellisd@cs.ucsb.edu wrote:
> --- In iwar@y..., Fred Cohen <fc@a...> wrote:
> > August 9, 2001
> > 
> > FBI doubts amateurs are behind 'Code Red' As the "Code Red II"
> virus 
> hit
> > more computer networks and continued spreading overseas Wednesday, 
> the
> > FBI thinks the worm was launched by sophisticated international 
> hackers
> > =97 not teenage amateurs.  According to security experts and
> federal 
> law
> > enforcement officials, the FBI does not believe so-called "script
> > kiddies" are behind the Code Red attacks that have struck 400,000
> to
> > 800,000 server computers since mid-July. 
> > http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-08-09-code-red-fbi.htm
> > 
> 
> NIPC (the FBI's hi-tech center) thinks that anything that is hard for
> 
> it to do is hard in general--a faulty assumption.  I agree that this 
> is more than a script kiddie.  But it is not above the skill level of
> 
> any computer science student (probably junior-level).
> 
Agreed. It a hard one to call, but I'm not to enthraled with the FBI's
skills in this field, myself.

> > The Hunt For the Worm Writers Internet users have become all too
> > familiar with SirCam and Code Red, but the creators of the two
> worms
> > that have plagued the Internet this summer remain a mystery.  If
> the
> > FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center has its way, the
> > identities of those who wrote and released the malicious little 
> bundles
> > of code into the world will be known soon.  "We are very serious 
> about
> > finding the authors of Code Red and SirCam," the NIPC's Debra 
> Weierman
> > said.  "Intentional transmission of worms or viruses across the 
> Internet
> > is a felony.  This is a major offense, not some inconsequential 
> lark."
> > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45956,00.html
> 
> Here is my 2 bucks saying that unless the perpetrator claims 
> responsibility (brags, etc.), they will never catch him/her.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Adobe Hacker off Hook in Russia A Russian computer programmer 
> accused of
> > circumventing U.S.  copyright protections on electronic-book 
> software
> > will not be prosecuted at home if U.S.  authorities allow him to 
> return,
> > police said Thursday.  Dmitry Sklyarov, 26, is in Northern 
> California
> > awaiting trial, and could face five years in prison and a $500,000 
> fine
> > if convicted of violating the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright
> Act. 
>  He
> > was released on $50,000 bail Monday after being arrested July 16 at
> 
> a
> > Las Vegas convention. 
> 
> I just read the DMCA for the first time.  My reaction is "what idiot 
> signed this into law?"  They suggest that the way to deal with the 
> Emperor's New Clothes is simply to force everybody to keep their eyes
> 
> closed.
> 
> > Day trader settles charges of false Lucent postings Fred Moldofsky,
> 
> a
> > Texas day trader accused of posting fake press releases on the 
> Internet
> > claiming Lucent Technologies Inc.  would not meet earnings 
> projections,
> > agreed to settle fraud charges, federal securities regulators said 
> on
> > Wednesday.  Moldofsky, a Canadian citizen, agreed to a final 
> judgment
> > permanently enjoining him from future securities violations, the
> > Securities and Exchange Commission said.  He did not admit or deny 
> the
> > civil charges brought by the SEC, and he will not have to pay a
> fine
> > based on his sworn inability to do so, the regulatory agency added.
> 
> > http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/052885.htm
> > [FC - Please note that according to this, he has agreed to not 
> violate
> > the law again and sworn he doesn't have any money...  quite a 
> punishment
> > - yes?]
> 
> The fellow who did the Amulex hoax last year (sent out a false press 
> release saying Amulex would not make expectations and the Pres. was 
> being fired) got several years in prison.  I thought that was a light
> 
> sentence.
> 
> > 
> > Judge orders FBI to reveal 'key logger' details Law enforcement's
> > penchant for high-tech surveillance has again collided with the 
> public's
> > right to privacy.  This time the question is whether FBI agents can
> > plant a secret monitoring device that records everything typed on a
> > computer user's keyboard.  A federal judge ruled Aug.  7 that the 
> FBI
> > must explain to him how a monitoring device called a "key logger 
> system"
> > works.  Depending on how the device collects data, its use may have
> 
> been
> > illegal.
> > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0806/web-fbi-08-09-01.asp
> > 
> 
> Maybe the FBI doesn't realize that this has been made public 
> already....
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Driving Away With Wireless Secrets Some nights when they are bored 
> and
> > the traffic is light in downtown Philadelphia, Russell Handorf and
> a
> > friend take what they call a "war drive" through the city's 
> financial
> > district.  They're looking for wireless networks to sniff. 
> Recently
> > this summer, as Handorf, a student at Philadelphia's Drexel 
> University,
> > was on a slow midnight cruise with his friend at the wheel and his 
> Dell
> > notebook across his lap, the computer's wireless network card 
> started to
> > pick up a strong signal - right across the street from the 
> headquarters
> > of a major regional bank.  
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168883.html
> 
> You don't even need to take a drive.  You can have a directed antenna
> 
> which picks up signals for miles.  I only know of one of the major 
> corporations within a few miles of my home (out of about a half
> dozen) 
> that use WEP over their wireless connections.  Sitting in your own 
> home, all you need to do is turn the antenna and get an ISP for free 
> (and internal access to DHCP-administered corporate LANs).  The funny
> 
> thing is, that their DHCP gives out IP addresses without any checks. 
> 
> Their are no banners saying "Don't use this unless you are 
> authorized."  It's essentially saying "IP addresses. . .get your IP 
> addresses here."
> 
> 
> 
> 


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