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Forwarded from: R. A. Hettinga http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/01/security.html Thursday January 17 10:53 PM EST Virus Responsible for Gates Security Memo By Brian Briggs Redmond, WA - An...

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/249685p-2354258c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (February 12, 2002 2:20 p.m. EST) - From desktop computers to traffic management...

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-91_STO67973,00.html By DAN VERTON February 04, 2002 Increasing concerns about the potential for hackers to manipulate critical back-end...

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67871,00.html By Dan Verton and Deborah Radcliff Jan. 31, 2002 Computerworld has learned that Microsoft Corp. plans to name Scott Charney, the...

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon I'm sure everyone will remember hackerwatch.org from last year, when they were the victim of an embarassing defacement. Commentary:...

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/232587p-2233872c.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (January 29, 2002 9:44 p.m. EST) - A former Los Alamos National Laboratory computer specialist accused of hacking...

Forwarded from: "Thomas (Yahoo!)" [Originally sent on January 24, 2002, cleaning up the queue. - WK] Unless MS changes it's policy of "layering software" (i.e., Outlook 2K is actually eight or...

http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67424,00.html By DAN VERTON January 16, 2002 The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) is preparing for what could be a...

Back in May of 2001 the folks at Cylant were doing a little guerilla marketing offering $500 to anyone that could "0wn this box" [1]. Since then Cylant has been purchased by another company, and...

Forwarded from: "R. A. Hettinga" --- begin forwarded text Status: U Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 00:44:14 -0500 To: dcsb () ai mit edu From: "R. A. Hettinga" Subject: Surprise Settlement Evenly Splits...