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Recording industry Web site swamped after anti-pirating proposal
2002-07-31 07:07

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/483384p-3859845c.html NEW YORK (July 30, 2002 6:42 p.m. EDT) - In an apparently deliberate denial-of-service attack, an onslaught of traffic crippled the...

Secure site seals may be misleading: Netcraft
2002-07-29 08:32

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/29/1027818508949.html July 29 2002 Secure site seals handed out to sites by certificate authorities and lock icons shown by browsers can often mislead...

FC: Just in time for P2P-hacking bill: Disrupting KaZaa clients
2002-07-26 09:01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 01:56:07 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh To: politech () politechbot com Subject: FC: Just in time for P2P-hacking bill: Disrupting...

Q&A: Homeland security CIO Steven Cooper
2002-07-24 10:46

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,72930,00.html By MICHAEL MEEHAN JULY 23, 2002 Steven Cooper, the new CIO of the White House Office of...

Lawmakers propose volunteer corps to guard nation's technology
2002-07-22 07:44

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/473380p-3783273c.html By CHARLES HOSKINSON, Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON (July 21, 2002 2:49 p.m. EDT) - U.S. lawmakers want to enlist scientists and...

Hackers to corporate America: You're lazy
2002-07-19 16:01

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,72802,00.html By DAN VERTON JULY 18, 2002 When a group of Web vandals hacked into the Web site of USA Today on July 11 and...

FDIC faulted for weak IT security
2002-07-17 13:45

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,72741,00.html By Patrick Thibodeau JULY 15, 2002 WASHINGTON -- A federal agency created in the 1930s to help restore economic...

House agrees to increase cybercrime penalties
2002-07-17 13:45

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/467704p-3740091c.html By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (July 16, 2002 10:38 a.m. EDT) - Preparing the nation for future cyberattacks, the House...

Exercise Exposes Vulnerabilities
2002-07-10 12:21

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,72532,00.html By DAN VERTON JULY 08, 2002 Understanding the threats posed by cyberattacks against the nation's critical...

A couple little things...
2002-07-01 10:14

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