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Linux Advisory Watch - October 19th, 2001
2001-10-22 08:21

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Black Ice scenario sheds light on future threats to critical systems
2001-10-19 19:06

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64877,00.html By DAN VERTON October 18, 2001 WASHINGTON -- A little-known exercise held last year to help federal, state and local officials in...

Bush supports limits on disclosing details of hacking
2001-10-19 18:23

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/147053p-1435336c.html By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (October 18, 2001 9:39 p.m. EDT) - An administration expert in computer security...

FC: U.K. firm finds hidden messages that "might" implicate bin Laden
2001-10-11 11:17

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Re: Internet proves easy way for terrorists to communicate
2001-10-09 11:26

Forwarded from: Dan Verton FYI...from Ross Anderson University of Cambridge Unfortunately, the story that bin Laden hides his secret messages in pornographic images on the net appears to be too...

Microsoft warns of PowerPoint, Excel vulnerabilities
2001-10-08 08:10

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64507,00.html By JAIKUMAR VIJAYAN October 05, 2001 Microsoft Corp. is warning users of a security hole in its popular Excel and PowerPoint...

Lawmaker proposes creation of cyber-National Guard
2001-10-04 08:02

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/120351p-1285701c.html [I'm game, where do I sign up? - WK] By LISA HOFFMAN , Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON (October 3, 2001 9:43 a.m. EDT) -...

DAVE WILSON: 'Hacktivists,' caught in web of hate, deface Afghan sites
2001-10-03 07:17

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/118547p-1278272c.html [Again its amateur hour on the Internet, the attempts by hackers in trying to take out banks, electric power and communications...

Bush taps Clarke as cyberdefense chief
2001-10-02 09:29

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64376,00.html By DAN VERTON October 01, 2001 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration last week took a long-awaited step toward improving the...

Info Security 'Teachers' Need More Learning
2001-10-02 09:23

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO64314,00.html THORNTON MAY October 01, 2001 A longtime editor of Scientific American recalls meeting a famous movie critic. After introducing...