Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4965-1026482531-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); Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 27557 invoked by uid 510); 12 Jul 2002 14:01:39 -0000 Received: from n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.86) by all.net with SMTP; 12 Jul 2002 14:01:39 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4965-1026482531-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2002 14:02:13 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 12 Jul 2002 14:02:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 40850 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2002 14:02:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Jul 2002 14:02:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2002 14:02:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g6CE3DT06239 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:03:13 -0700 Message-Id: <200207121403.g6CE3DT06239@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: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:03:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Cyberspace.invaders.attack.in.greater.numbers,.study.says] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Cyberspace invaders attack in greater numbers, study says Washington Business Journal, July 5, 2002 <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/07/01/daily41.html">http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/07/01/daily41.html> Martin Kady II Staff Reporter The number of attempted cyber attacks on U.S. corporations and government agencies has increased dramatically, a report drafted by an Alexandria security firm shows. The report documents thousands of recent cyber attacks on corporate networks and government agency systems. Among the most disconcerting trends in cyber attacks, according to the report: A 28 percent overall increase in the number of cyber attacks in the U.S. in the past six months alone. Attacks from countries with smaller Internet populations have increased dramatically, most notably from Kuwait and Iran. Nearly 99 percent of the attacks were either repelled or did no major damage, but the number of attacks continued to increase. The 400 companies surveyed averaged 32 attacks per week. Power and energy companies reported the most attacks among all industry sectors, leading analysts to believe that hackers are trying to get control of or sabotage the country's most critical infrastructures. While the number of hackers and number of attempted cyber attacks continue to rise, corporate and government network security also has improved, reflecting an arms race of sorts in cyberspace, as industry tries to stay ahead of hackers' techniques. While the increase in attempted hacks into critical networks is a troubling trend, the silver lining is that the government and more companies are buying security services and monitoring their networks, the report says. Riptech, a company that monitors security for corporate and government clients, is expected to release the report July 8. The survey included about 400 of its clients. Riptech declined to release which corporate or government customers were involved in its survey, citing confidentiality agreements. A spokesman for the FBI, which has launched a cyber security division and made technology a top priority in the war on terrorism, declined to comment on the statistics, saying the agency had not seen the report. Meanwhile, the D.C.-based Business Software Alliance (http://www.bsa.org), a watchdog group for software piracy, has called for a new cyber security division within the Office of Homeland Security. According to the FBI, 66 percent of attacks on corporations are never reported because the companies do not want to reveal that they are vulnerable, and don't want to announce whether they lost money as a result of a cyber attack. Copyright 2002 Ameri ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Save on REALTOR Fees http://us.click.yahoo.com/Xw80LD/h1ZEAA/Ey.GAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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