Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4335-1011319418-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:05:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1506 invoked by uid 510); 18 Jan 2002 02:03:44 -0000 Received: from n16.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.66) by all.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2002 02:03:44 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4335-1011319418-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.166] by n16.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Jan 2002 02:02:43 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 18 Jan 2002 02:03:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 41258 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2002 02:03:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Jan 2002 02:03:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2002 02:03:37 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0I23f513080 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:03:41 -0800 Message-Id: <200201180203.g0I23f513080@red.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 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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, 17 Jan 2002 18:03:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 01/17/02 (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FBI Issues Net Terrorism Warning, Italy Finds Hackers An FBI official today confirmed that the agency has issued a warning that possible terrorist activity is on the horizon involving the Internet. The warning comes shortly after Italian authorities identified - but did not arrest - six young hackers who launched attacks on computer systems at the Pentagon and NASA. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173744.html http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2002/02-001.htm FBI: Al Qaeda may have probed government sites The FBI issued an alert Wednesday to law enforcement agencies across the nation warning officials of uncorroborated information that al Qaeda agents may have been probing Web sites, including some dealing with nuclear information. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/01/17/fbi.alert/index.html Criminal Charges Settled In Distributed-Computing Case A computer technician at Georgia-run college who found himself facing criminal charges after installing software for a volunteer distributed computing effort will face probation instead of prison. David McOwen, once a systems administrator at DeKalb Technical College, faces a year of probation and a $2,100 fine for connecting a number of DeKalb computers to Distributed.net so that the spare computing cycles could assist in a communal code-breaking challenge. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173751.html KaZaA suspends downloads pending Dutch court ruling Internet company KaZaA BV on Thursday said it suspended downloads of its popular software that lets users trade songs online pending a decision in a copyright lawsuit filed against it in a Dutch court. ``Download of the KaZaA Media desktop software is temporarily and voluntarily suspended pending Dutch court decision on January 31,'' the Amsterdam-based company said in a message on its Web site. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1735145l.htm http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8513895.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173743.html Ukraine passes CD piracy law, eyes U.S. sanctions Ukraine's parliament approved a watered-down law Thursday aimed at cracking down on pirated compact discs in hopes that the move would avert $75 million in U.S. trade sanctions due next week. The bill, which aims to regulate CD production in Ukraine, one of Europe's leading producers of fake music goods, was rushed through parliament Thursday and backed by 233 deputies in the 450-seat chamber in a snap second reading. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/067906.htm http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49830,00.html The New War on Cybercrime The positive side of the government's recent battle against cybercrime is increased cooperation in catching online criminals. The U.S. government has been quietly taking some giant steps forward over the past few weeks in the fight against cybercrime. But just how serious are the feds in tracking and punishing those who perpetrate crimes online? http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/15832.html Big Questions Surround Enron E-Mail Snafu According to federal investigators seeking e-mail messages deleted by accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the Enron bankruptcy investigation, the job of recovering messages from the cyber- grave is expected to fall soon on data recovery specialists. But security experts are already asking why no third party was called in during the initial phases of the recovery process to perform an independent search of Andersen's computers and networks. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15835.html http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128420 Orange Co. (CA) Dept lacks resources to investigate scam. The Orange County Sheriff's Department was tipped off about Internet scam suspect Cole A. Bartiromo before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the Mission Viejo teen-ager of bilking more than $1 million from investors. But the sheriff's office didn't call back until after the SEC announced its case - and still says there's no cause to open a criminal investigation of either the investment operation or complaints that Bartiromo did not deliver sports cards he sold to people over an Internet auction site. http://www.ocregister.com/local/sheriff00117cci1.shtml Fighting Terror With Tech Congressional coalition wants Silicon Valley to help tighten national security. Silicon Valley companies are being enlisted into the War on Terrorism. As US airports search for ways to implement the federal mandate for improved security, Congressman Michael Honda, who represents part of Silicon Valley, says he believes the technology industry must play a fundamental role. Honda is working to create a high tech counterterrorism effort, and some Silicon Valley companies think they have ready made solutions. http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3368369,00.html Microsoft Makes Software Safety a Top Goal Seeking to remove the tarnish from Microsoft's reputation for developing secure and reliable software, Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, distributed a companywide memorandum on Tuesday to call on employees to put more emphasis on making the company's products "trustworthy." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/technology/17SECU.html http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/ms011702.htm http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101871,00.html http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101885,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8509737.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23727.html http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0114/web-micro-01-17-02.asp http://www.techtv.com/news/hackingandsecurity/story/0,24195,3368574,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/01/17/microsoft.security.ap/index.html http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,49823,00.html http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15845.html http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/221093p-2134140c.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49826,00.html http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128433 Experts say `about time' on Microsoft security plan http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/075567.htm Wireless ushered into war on terrorism Wireless companies are enlisting in America's war on terrorism, and now that billions of dollars are available for "homeland security," officials are welcoming them into battle. Wireless services caught the eye of government officials after the Sept. 11 attacks, when Verizon Wireless quickly set up a mobile wireless network in lower Manhattan after all communications systems were shattered by the World Trade Center collapse. The network enabled rescue workers to keep in contact using mobile phones and wireless Internet access. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8518923.html Get your future wife stalked for just $78,000 Former federal agents and police officers in the US are prepared to stalk women and tap phones so that wealthy bachelors can get a date. A US Web site - Coincidencedesign.com - claims its team of crack private investigators can carry out discreet surveillance on a potential partner before setting up a "coincidental" meeting with a suitor. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23723.html ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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