Security News

Denial-of-Service Attacks Still a Threat
2002-04-10 08:45

Forwarded from: bob http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/Printer_Friendly_Version/0,1212,NAV47_STO69924-,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan Computer World Apr. 08, 2002 Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks...

Outflanking The Cyberterrorist Threat
2002-04-09 07:52

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO69866,00.html By DAN VERTON April 08, 2002 While cyberterrorism may not be an immediate threat, it would be foolish not to recognize that the...

Terrorism 101 With Eric Shaw
2002-04-09 07:51

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO69867,00.html By DAN VERTON April 08, 2002 Eric Shaw, a former CIA profiler and clinical psychologist who now consults for Stroz & Associates...

Hacking up, disclosure down, FBI survey says
2002-04-08 05:22

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/347520p-2853392c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (April 7, 2002 12:18 a.m. EST) - Most large corporations and government agencies...

Re: Hoax or hoard? Mystery code holds out promise of millions to some
2002-04-01 07:59

Forwarded from: Robert Ward Hello, Would you be so kind as to check out a new website that concerns Edgar Poe and cryptography. The site presents a novel theory that Poe is the author of The Beale...

Rampant attacks on home PCs
2002-03-29 08:55

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/3/27/technology/27hac&sec=technology By M. MADHAVAN Wednesday, March 27, 2002 PETALING JAYA: Users who have installed host-based firewall...

Critical Eye - Don't Confuse Fans With Pirates
2002-03-28 07:21

http://www.yil.com/columns/column.asp?columnist=ebert&date=020401&page=01 April 2002 By Roger Ebert This year, Universal's music division plans to use a new copy-protection scheme that excludes...

Social Engineering Attacks via IRC and Instant Messaging
2002-03-20 09:15

Forwarded from: Justin Lundy http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2002-03.html The CERT/CC has received reports of social engineering attacks on users of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Instant...

Hacker exposes financial information at Georgia Tech
2002-03-19 07:36

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO69213,00.html By BRIAN SULLIVAN March 18, 2002 State and federal authorities are investigating a hack into a computer server at the...

The secret life of hackers
2002-03-18 08:17

http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/03/19/FFXL5GK5XYC.html Tuesday 19 March, 2002 By Suelette Dreyfus Were you to work in a certain Federal Government agency, every morning you walked through the...