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![Terrorism 101 With Eric Shaw](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberthreat-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-3-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
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...
![UK study: Passwords often easy to crack](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/03/13/dangerous.passwords/index.html
![Application service providers urged to ensure security](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/295276p-2601701c.html Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE (March 10, 2002 10:38 a.m. EST) - About a quarter of online application service providers lack...