Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1828-1000376638-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, 13 Sep 2001 03:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18441 invoked by uid 510); 13 Sep 2001 10:24:25 -0000 Received: from n7.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.57) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 13 Sep 2001 10:24:25 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1828-1000376638-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by fj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 13 Sep 2001 10:23:59 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 13 Sep 2001 10:23:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 31559 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2001 10:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Sep 2001 10:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 13 Sep 2001 10:23:58 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id DAA11787 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:22:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200109131022.DAA11787@big.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, 13 Sep 2001 03:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 09/12/01 (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FBI looking to Internet for terrorism clues The FBI is serving search warrants to major Internet service providers in order to get information about an e-mail address believed to be connected to Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Investigators visited the nation's top Internet access companies Wednesday morning, company officials said. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/018876.htm http://www.msnbc.com/news/628025.asp http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/12/internet-fbi-attacks.htm FBI taps ISPs in hunt for attackers http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096919,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7141812.html Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet surveillance after Tuesday's deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in what some U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI agents began to visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network providers, according to engineers at those companies who spoke on condition of anonymity. http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,46747,00.html http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=47340 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21626.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html Forensic tools may play role in investigation With investigations already well under way, U.S. federal agencies, including the FBI, will turn to a variety of technologies to help them to identify those involved with Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the U.S. Such technologies could include digital forensic tools, according to security experts at digital security consulting firm, @stake Inc. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/09/12/tech.forensics.idg/index.html Blame Game Dominates Chat Rooms Reactions on the Internet to Tuesday's terrorist attack against the United States were swift and opinionated. American officials have not named perpetrators in the attacks on New York's World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in Washington, but online chat rooms and discussion boards buzzed with speculation, anger and grief. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46725,00.html 'Mafiaboy' loses liberty after Internet hack-attack A Canadian teenage hacker nicknamed ''Mafiaboy'' was sentenced to eight months in a youth detention center on Wednesday, a move welcomed by prosecutors as a strong message against the world's hacking community. Judge Gilles Ouellet ruled that the 17-year-old Montreal teenager committed a criminal act when he crippled Internet sites like Buy.com, eBay Inc. and Yahoo! last year, causing an estimated $1.7 billion in damages. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1481104l.htm http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7141694.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170029.html US terror attack linked with computer games The first inevitable news reports linking the terrorist attacks to computer games have emerged, with Britain's Sky News suggesting this afternoon that the terrorists could have used software such as Microsoft's Flight Simulator to practice flying to other cities and crashing their planes into buildings. Needless to say this is pure speculation, and we are disappointed to see certain sensationalist elements of the mainstream media once again linking video games to a terrible tragedy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/50/21635.html Nation needs to bolster critical infrastructure, senators say The urgency of protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from terrorist acts took center stage in the Senate Wednesday when experts said the federal government was lagging in its efforts to implement a comprehensive plan aimed at protecting services provided by utilities and the transportation and financial service sectors. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0901/091301td1.htm In Wake Of Attacks, Feds Review Cyber-Security One day after terrorist attacks shook the nation's capital and the heart of the country's financial world, the U.S. federal government is taking another look at weaknesses that invite attacks on federal computer systems. And so far, it doesn't look good, according to the federal government's chief auditing agency. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170024.html U.S. State Department technology lags Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon could put a spotlight on a long- standing State Department mandate to upgrade its computer systems to better prevent terrorism. In the early 1990s, the State Department announced a sweeping $530 million program to upgrade its technology infrastructure, replacing the department's proprietary hardware and software systems with an open systems environment by 1998. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096868,00.html Attack revives calls for Enhanced 911 Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States and a new federal report are generating fresh debate about a system used to pinpoint a cell phone user's location that wireless carriers are supposed to begin using Oct. 1. The system, called Enhanced 911, or E911, was proposed in 1996. In 1998, carriers were supposed to have the first phase in place, which would help police learn a cell phone caller's phone number and the nearest cell site. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096902,00.html Could E911 have helped in disaster? http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-7139433.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/n7RbFC/zhwCAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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