Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4706-1022133419-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, 22 May 2002 23:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2085 invoked by uid 510); 23 May 2002 05:56:52 -0000 Received: from n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.99) by all.net with SMTP; 23 May 2002 05:56:52 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4706-1022133419-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n31.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 May 2002 05:57:00 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 23 May 2002 05:56:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 77231 invoked from network); 23 May 2002 05:56:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 May 2002 05:56:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 May 2002 05:56:59 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g4N5wqE23784 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 22 May 2002 22:58:52 -0700 Message-Id: <200205230558.g4N5wqE23784@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, 22 May 2002 22:58:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Computer.Lessons.for.Terrorists] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Computer Lessons for Terrorists NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL, 5/20/02 http://www.msnbc.com/news/751115.asp Al Qaeda terrorists interested in computer hacking are just clicks away from a crash course in digital sabotage. A Web site operated by the Muslim Hackers Club offers tutorials in cybermischief: viruses, hacking strategems, network "phreaking" and secret codes. It also features links to militant Islamic and cyberprankster sites, including U.S. sites that purport to disclose sensitive information like "code names" and radio frequencies used by the Secret Service. SO FAR DAMAGE HAS been limited to the relatively harmless defacing of sites. Pro bin Laden tirades have been posted on various government Web sites, even one operated by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. But White House officials worry that Islamic hackers will sooner or later graduate from pranks and vandalism to cyberterrorism. Computer terrorists, experts say, could cause widespread disruption, or even loss of life, by interfering with essential services like telephone networks and power grids. Earlier this month the FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency issued a secret warning that the Muslim Hackers Club included experts who had conducted classes on how to mount terror attacks on computer networks. The FBI and the DIA believe the main objective of the club is to develop software tools which can then be used by other Islamic groups to attack Western targets. Some U.S. officials think a serious cyberattack by Islamic militants is inevitable. "It's not a question of if," said an intelligence source. "It's a question of when." Anti-America and anti-Israel hacker attacks attributed to Islamic militants have already gone well beyond schoolboy pranks. Two years ago a hacker called DoctorNuker got inside databases maintained by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and published the identities of thousands of the group's supporters. Shortly after 9-11, DoctorNuker posted a pro bin Laden screed on a U.S. company's Web site. Last November federal prosecutors obtained a grand-jury indictment accusing a Pakistani named Misbah Khan of being DoctorNuker. But some experts question whether the Feds fingered the right person. Only last month someone calling himself DoctorNuker was credited in an Internet message for defacing the Web site helpingisrael.com. Neither DoctorNuker nor the Muslim Hackers Club could be reached for comment. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Save 30% on Web addresses! Get with the times, get a web site. Share information, pictures, your hobby, or start a business. Great names are still available- get yours before someone else does! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XmK3jA/nFGEAA/sXBHAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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