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September 26, 2001

Accused Of Backing Bin Laden, Chicagoans File Suit A "poison pen" e-mail
that accused two local businessmen of being supporters of suspected
terrorist Osama Bin Laden is cutting a wide swath through a Chicago-area
community.  On Monday, Irshad Khan and his uncle, Jafar Khan, filed a
defamation lawsuit, saying an e-mail being forwarded among area
residents earlier this month inaccurately alleged that the two kept a
poster of Bin Laden on the wall of the Mobil gas station they own in
Naperville, Ill.  http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170540.html

Nimda needs harsh disinfectant Cleaning up after last week's
fast-spreading Nimda worm could prove to be harder and more
time-consuming for users than it has been after other malicious software
attacks.  Companies that aren't careful could be reinfected and leave
back doors open for future exploitation, users and analysts said. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/09/26/nimda.clean.up.idg/index.html

Nimda Called Most Serious Internet Attack on Business The Nimda computer
worm won't go away.  The worm, which surfaced in the U.S.  last week,
has wiggled into more than 1 million computers in the USA, Europe and
Asia, clogging Internet traffic and resulting in computer shutdowns for
some firms.  "It's the most serious Internet attack on the business
community," says Jack Danahy, vice president of server security at
WatchGuard Technologies. 
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/26/nimda-serious-net-threat.htm

Claranet faces action over 'unlicensed' software The Business Software
Alliance is taking legal action against Claranet and four other UK
companies.  Internet service provider Claranet is among five UK
companies facing legal action from the Business Software Alliance over
alleged use of unlicensed software.  The Alliance said it has settled
similar claims against another five organisations for more than
=A3125,000.  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096129,00.html

China delays Internet dissidents trial The trial of four Chinese
intellectuals accused of subversion for their links to a pro-democracy
forum active on the Internet has been delayed until Friday, a lawyer for
one of the accused said. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1518128l.htm

A TV Plea to Patriot Hackers A new TV public service announcement
targets U.S.  computer hacktivists with a blunt message: Uncle Sam wants
you to help fight the war on terrorism.  But the spot, which organizers
hope to begin airing nationwide next week on major networks, will warn
that misguided patriotic efforts from software experts can hurt the
cause.  http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47099,00.html

Expert predicts terrorism-related cyber attacks The threat of a cyber
attack on the Internet and on critical infrastructures such as the
electricity or transportation sectors that depend on the Internet has
heightened following this month's terrorist attacks on the United
States, a security expert acknowledged Wednesday. 
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0901/092601td1.htm

Lawmaker Sounds Computer Security Warning Note The recent terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon presage the potential
of severe cyber-sorties on the nation's and government's critical IT
infrastructures, and now is not the time for Congress to delay in doing
their part to fabricate a strong online defense, an influential House
subcommittee chairman today said. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170534.html

U.K.  E-Commerce Minister Calls For Tighter Internet Security Douglas
Alexander, the U.K.  e-commerce minister, spoke today of the need for a
heightened awareness of Internet security, following the terrorist
attacks in America two weeks ago. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170538.html

Latest Net rumor whips up a new kind of virus scare The latest e-mail
fraud making the rounds warns that after the attacks on New York and
Washington, there's now a bio-terror threat in the mail.  The Internet
rumor mill has been in hyper-drive ever since the Sept.  11 terror
attacks, filling e-mail in-boxes around the country with tales of
supposed threats or sinister plots. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/hottopics/attack/hoax092601.htm

E-mail rumor trackers are busier than ever
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/25/ebrief.htm

Hoax Watch Don't be fooled by phony donation sites.  Rumors spread fast
in the digital age, and it's important to check your sources before
believing the online hype.  Here are some useful, constantly updated
sites that dispel Web myths both serious and silly. 
http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/features/story/0,23008,3349803,00.html

Wiretap Bill Gets Third Degree President Bush's proposal to permit
Internet surveillance without a court order drew sharp questions from
senators on Tuesday.  Members of the Senate Judiciary committee appeared
divided over whether the Mobilization Against Terrorism Act (MATA),
which the Justice Department sent to Congress this week, was a vital
anti-terrorism measure or an infringement of privacy. 
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47111,00.html

Congress Slows Surveillance Changes
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0924/web-wire-09-26-01.asp

Bush administration proposes sweeping antiterrorism laws John Ashcroft
has asked Congress to approve a sweeping series of new laws intended, in
part, to make it easier for law enforcement agencies to track
communications over telephone and computer networks. 
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/09/26/bush.laws.idg/index.html

Bush admin to make hacking a terrorist offence US Attorney General John
Ashcroft went to Capitol Hill Monday afternoon to sell the Bush
Administration's new slew of anti-terror laws to the House Judiciary
Committee.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21854.html
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?threadid=3D114569

EFF - Hackers, Spammers Could Face Life Under Terrorism Law
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170523.html

Proposal to limit crypto draws heat A new call for limits on encryption
technology is finding weak political support in the United States,
despite a looming clandestine war against terrorism that will most
likely hinge on the effectiveness of police and military intelligence. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5097498,00.html

Experts: Don't hand out 'key' to the Net Lawmakers may be asked to give
the FBI a "software key" to encryption technology that would allow the
agency to unlock secret Internet messages but experts warn the measure
would impair commerce and violate privacy right without deterring
terrorism. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2814833,00.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/050272.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/26/attacks-rekindle-encryption-debate.htm

Terrorism fears risk sapping EU privacy rules America's war against
global terrorism risks jeopardising hard-won European laws on protecting
personal data if governments go for tougher action by law enforcement
authorities, civil liberties groups say. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/083797.htm

German Data Privacy Advocates Fear Softened Laws
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170520.html

Navy warns of Web=92s hazards for employees=92 kids The Navy=92s
Safekids program is using the Internet to help educate the service=92s
employees about the risks that the Web poses to their children.  Most
parents would not leave their children in a strange neighborhood by
themselves or knowingly allow them to mingle with adult strangers.  But
leaving a child alone at a computer often equates to the same thing,
said an agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. 
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17194-1.html

Publishers trounce Universal in license fight Music publishers on
Wednesday won an important legal ruling against the world's largest
record label in a case that could set rules for streaming copyrighted
songs over the Internet. 
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7312624.html

Hanson Sues Music Locker Service Over Copyright Add boy band Hanson to
the list of songsters turning to the courts to make MP3.com pay up for
tunes it once copied to create the online music locker service known as
My.MP3.com.  http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170530.html

Net identity plan unveiled Sun Micro, others line up to offer secure
network identity services.  Firing a shot across Microsoft's bow, a
group of companies from the information technology industry as well as
others unveiled an alliance Wednesday for managing the "digital
identities" of computer network users. 
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/09/26/technology/identity/
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47139,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/21894.html

Airport Privacy vs.  Airport Security Is it necessary for X-ray machines
to look underneath everyone's clothing to increase security? In the
current rush for safer airports, one technology has already caused
controversy.  Full-body X-ray beats a 'pat down'.  A full-body X-ray
machine can examine every person who comes through an airport checkpoint
as an alternative to a pat down. 
http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/privacy/story/0,23008,3349475,00.html

Faking It Thousands of teenagers look to a website to buy fake
identification.  But what happens when the website never delivers the
goods? It's September and millions of college kids are returning to
campus, dorm rooms, and classes.  They're also returning to the local
bars. 
http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/internetfraud/story/0,23008,3345509,00.html

Secret codes 'not hidden in Web images' Following reports that bin Laden
hides messages in images on the Web, a study has found no evidence that
steganography has caught on.  A study of more than two million images
downloaded from eBay auctions appears to show little evidence that
terrorists -- or indeed anybody else -- is using the images to hide
encoded messages. 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096060,00.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/634313.asp

Internet Security: We're all responsible Government and business should
team up to improve Internet security, ecommerce minister Douglas
Alexander said today.  Opening the Information security Solution Europe
conference in London today, Alexander advised delegates to exercise
greater awareness of Internet security, in light of the America terror
attacks.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/21887.html

Expert: Net security's a losing battle The complexity of the Internet is
increasing more rapidly than our ability to secure it, according to
Internet security expert Bruce Schneier.  At the opening of the annual
Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) conference in London on
Wednesday, Schneier, who is chief technology officer of Counterpane
Internet Security, claimed that the problem of Internet security will
never be resolved. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2814883,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2096121,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/21894.html

Clear Sailing Ahead For Internet & IT Security - Experts It may have
been a rough year in the Internet and IT security industry, but the word
on the show floor in London this morning was positive.  Exhibitors at
the Information Security Solutions Europe event reported that the
shakedown in the industry - which has seen several Internet and IT
security firms disappear or simply merge with their competitors - may
now be almost over.  http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170539.html

Introduction to Security Policies, Part Two: Creating a Supportive
Environment As we concluded the first article of this series, we pointed
out that policies in themselves are ineffective; their effectiveness is
directly proportional to the support they receive from the organization. 
Thus it is crucial that the organization be aware of the importance of
security policies and create an environment in which security is given a
high priority. 
http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/infocus.pl?id=3D1473

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