Headline Feeds
A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
30-Oct-01 14:06:15 ET
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"Is your organization prepared to handle a cyberattack? Will you know where to go if you are not?..."
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"Stephen T. Barish, manager of security technology solutions at Ernst and Young, offers advice on how to make your network security airtight..."
31-Oct-01 03:34:25 ET
Story Highlights:
"Internet connections at the New York Times Co. were interrupted for at least several hours on Tuesday after the paper's computers were flooded with information in an apparent attack..."
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"Shortly after 2:00 p.m. New York time, the Times computers 'started receiving a huge amount of electronic transmissions that flooded the machinery that protects the paper from hacker attacks...'"
31-Oct-01 16:22:00 ET
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"Scotland Yard has said that 14 people were arrested early on Tuesday morning across the UK and Ireland on suspicion of distributing child pornography across the Internet..."
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"The operation, which was code-named 'Barcela,' followed a seven-month investigation involving the Obscene Publications and Internet Unit -- part of the Metropolitan Police's Clubs and Vice Unit..."
30-Oct-01 17:47:02 ET
Story Highlights:
"Hackers in Hong Kong are routinely breaking Microsoft's digital media copyright protection system and helping themselves to broadband encrypted content..."
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"The content is hosted on now.com.hk, which belongs to major Asian broadcaster Network of the World, and is protected by Microsoft's digital rights management software, DRM 2..."
30-Oct-01 12:52:04 ET
Story Highlights:
"A new version the the nasty 'Nimda' computer virus has been unleashed, infecting some computers in Europe on Tuesday..."
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"The new Nimda, called 'Nimda.E,' can arrive via e-mail as an attachment named 'sample.exe...'"
30-Oct-01 14:06:16 ET
Story Highlights:
"L-Soft International, maker of the popular Listserv e-mail list software, and antivirus company F-Secure announced a deal on Monday by which F-Secure's antivirus will check every attachment sent using the Listserv software in an attempt to stop the spread of viruses over e-mail lists..."
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"If a virus is found, the message will not be sent..."
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