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News for
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contributed by ytcracker
What do billions of dollars, billions of useless books, and billions of
prophetic statements have in common? If you guessed the now infamous
Y2K rollover, you are correct. Just because Y2K has come and gone does
not mean that we can relax and breath a collective sigh of relief. Now
is the time to gear up for the real challenges that lay ahead, security.
Buffer Overflow - Gangly Mentality:The
story of the great Y2K swindle and what is to come.
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contributed by avarr
The Finnish police have solved what is thought to be Finland's
largest electronic intrusion ever. A young man with the alias TCB had
electronically broken into over a hundred computer systems owned by the
state, businesses, high schools and others in Finland and abroad during
1997 and 1998. It appears that no damage was caused but the attacker did
collect users' log-ins, passwords and emails. The intruder was able to
acheive root access in 60% of the systems he broke into . The Finnish
Central Criminal Police (KRP) calls this a good lesson in computer
security for businesses and communities.
Kotimaa
- in Finnish only
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contributed by Diane
After an audit last month by the General Accounting Office the
Environmental Protection Agency has taken several steps to beef up the
security of its systems. The EPA has taken such steps as early
termination of remote access, installing the latest patches, and
reconfiguring the server to help shore up its systems.
Federal
Computer Week
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contributed by mortel
President Clinton plans to announce a new initiative Friday to protect
federal computers from infiltrators. Administration officials speaking
on the condition of anonymity said Clinton's budget request for 2001
would seek additional funds for monitoring and protecting government
computer systems.
Associated
Press - via Yahoo
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contributed by Evil Wench
The deputy assistant director of the FBI, Michael Vatis, told reporters
that the agency has thwarted up to six Y2K related cyber intrusions and
detected sophisticated automated tools aimed at knocking out
computer networks.
Reuters
- via ZD Net
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contributed by evilwench
Over the New Year, Lloyd's of London and a number of other sites
including Railtrack UK, Eidos, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) had their web pages defaced. MisterX who has claimed
responsibility for these actions has given an interview with the UK
Register.
The UK
Register
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contributed by Space Rogue
Yesterday's earth shattering news that L0pht Heavy Industries will merge
with @Stake, Inc. has left a lot of people wondering about HNN. As most
people should know the people that run HNN work at L0pht, so the
question becomes what happens to HNN now that L0pht has merged with
@Stake? Rest assured that HNN will continue to provide you with the news
and views of the computer underground and information security industry
as it always has. Hopefully now we will have the time and resources to
expand the offerings here at HNN and really make HNN what we envision it
could be. Keep watching as exciting things are about to happen.
In case you missed the announcement yesterday here is the press release
and other links as well as a few more news stories that we missed
yesterday.
Press Release
@Stake Inc.
L0pht Heavy Industries
The
Industry Standard
Digital
Mass
Heise
- In German
Computer
World
USA
Today
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