A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
CNN: Five Thoughts About Cyberterrorism 30-Oct-01 14:06:15 ET
Story Highlights:“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…”
CBS News: NY Times Hit By Hack Attack 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…'”
ZDNET: Fourteen Arrested After Internet Child Porn Investigation 31-Oct-01 16:22:00 ET
Story Highlights:“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…”
ZDNET UK: Hackers Bypass Microsoft Copy Protection 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…”
MSNBC: New Version of Nimda Worm Found 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…'”
CNN: E-mail Lists Get Virus Protection 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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