Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4437-1012999303-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); Wed, 06 Feb 2002 04:44:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26467 invoked by uid 510); 6 Feb 2002 12:42:07 -0000 Received: from n5.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.55) by all.net with SMTP; 6 Feb 2002 12:42:07 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4437-1012999303-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.187] by n5.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Feb 2002 12:41:43 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 6 Feb 2002 12:41:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 56968 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2002 12:41:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Feb 2002 12:41:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Feb 2002 12:41:41 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g16ChJ315379 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 04:43:19 -0800 Message-Id: <200202061243.g16ChJ315379@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: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 04:43:19 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 02/05/02 (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit February 5, 2002 Computer Hacker Sentenced to 21 Months A computer hacker from Mission Viejo was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Monday for breaking into high-security systems at NASA and several universities and for using stolen credit card numbers to obtain money and merchandise over the Internet. Jason Allen Diekman, 21, hacked his way into some systems while out on bail after his first wave of computer break-ins. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000009016feb05.story http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174238.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/05/hacker-sentenced.htm http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128962 Teen protester charged with posting weapons information online One of the demonstrators arrested during the World Economic Forum which ended Monday is accused of posting information about making weapons of mass destruction on the Internet. Sherman Austin was ordered detained Monday pending a Thursday bail hearing. Austin, 18, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., was arrested during a demonstration Saturday on city charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly. http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/240544p-2288701c.html Economic Forum site crashes; groups take credit The Web site of the World Economic Forum crashed Friday, and cyber-activists claimed they took it down in a "virtual sit-in." Forum officials said they were trying to determine what brought the site down. They originally attributed the failure to "overuse," but messages posted on a Web site called Indymedia.org. took credit for the crash. Anti-globalization groups urging Internet users to join the cyberattacks identified themselves as Electronic Disturbance Theater, Electronic Civil Disobedience and the Federation of Random Action. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/04/virtual-sit-in.htm http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/240777p-2289814c.html Millions at risk from chat flaws An Irish security consultant published details this weekend of two software bugs in a popular chat program --bugs that could be used to install malicious programs on a victim's computer. The flaws make users of mIRC-- a common Windows program that lets people chat in real time over a network of "Internet relay chat" servers --susceptible to attack if they connect to a compromised server, said James Martin, the independent security consultant who found one of the flaws. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-830081.html http://news.com.com/2100-1001-829887.html Cybersecurity Research Vote Expected Thursday Legislation aimed at strengthening U.S. cyberdefenses by boosting research funding is scheduled for a vote Thursday in the full U.S. House of Representatives. Sponsored by House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., the Cyber Security Research and Development Act would earmark roughly $900 million to be divvied up between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use in cybersecurity research efforts. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174237.html Bush Eyeballs Heavy Tech Spending http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50223,00.html State, Silicon Valley win, lose under plan With its anti-terrorism emphasis, the president's 2003 budget plan would directly benefit Silicon Valley and California but at a cost to transportation and community development funding. Major increases in spending for high-tech research, such as cyber security and developing countermeasures to biological attacks, would boost Silicon Valley's biotech and computing industries. http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/front/docs/california05.htm NIPC head: Communication key and must be improved Though communication between the government and private sector in the area of cybersecurity has been good, the U.S. National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) has areas in which it can improve, according to NIPC director Ronald Dick, whose keynote speech kicked off the CyberCrime 2002 conference here on Sunday. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/05/nipc.communication.idg/index.html Pentagon official emphasizes 'creative approach' to defense The U.S. military must embrace a "more entrepreneurial, more creative approach" to acquiring the tools necessary to combat enemies abroad and to protect the homeland, the Defense Department's director of force transformation told reporters Tuesday. Retired Adm. Arthur Cebrowski, who was appointed to the newly created office last October, explained that the rapid proliferation of information technology has made the future of warfare much harder to predict. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0202/020502td1.htm U.S.: Critical Government Computers Under Threat Analysts are less worried about the vulnerability risks from the average hacker than about international espionage and fraud on a global scale. Government computers responsible for doling out Social Security, tax refunds and other payments were found to have significant security flaws, a government agency reported on Monday, leaving the systems vulnerable to hackers, cyber-terrorists and internal fraud. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16171.html Size matters in fending off hacker attacks. When a small Internet service provider called Cloud Nine Communications Ltd. crashed to earth, it blamed hackers for overwhelming its networks with bogus traffic. The blitz cut short Cloud Nine's six-year existence and underscored the mounting costs of protecting online businesses against increasingly sophisticated attackers. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/066047.htm http://www.techtv.com/news/security/story/0,24195,3370593,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/01/hack.attack.reut/index.html Spammer appeals to state court An alleged spammer is appealing its case to the California Supreme Court a month after an appeals court upheld the state's anti-spam law, ruling that it does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Ira Rothken, attorney for Friendfinder and Conru Interactive, said he filed a brief Tuesday asking the state supreme court to review the ruling. http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1104-829978.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174252.html Navy taps rear admiral to head new NMCI office. The Navy will establish a new program office to serve as a central point of authority for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns will manage the office; Marine Corps Col. Robert Logan will be his deputy. The office is scheduled to open Feb. 11, but a Navy spokesman said it was unclear when Munns would assume his post. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17924-1.html Outside Hackers vs. the Enemy Within: Who's Worse? SecurityFocus incident analyst Ryan Russell told NewsFactor that far more internal attacks go unreported because companies are better able to keep them quiet. The 2001 Computer Crime and Security Survey from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Computer Security Institute makes it clear that cybercrime is on the rise. But for the first time, according to survey respondents, incidents precipitated by outside hackers outnumbered those originated by internal threats. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16157.html Who=92s benefiting from Net attacks? Selling security software may be as close as it comes to a recession-proof business in the computer industry these days. Software makers have their hopes set that the gravy train keeps running. Security software companies including Symantec, Network Associates and SonicWall are enjoying a boom time in the middle of an overall economic slump. They're selling more packages for locking down networks and Web sites thanks to increased worries among big companies and consumers alike about sophisticated threats such as the Nimda worm and the SirCam and Code Red viruses, along with new dangers. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-829686.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103776,00.html http://news.com.com/2009-1001-829889.html ------------------------ Yahoo! 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