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Indonesia Cracks East Timor
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contributed by Anonymous
The Indonesian Government is being accused of sponsoring cyberterrorism
in allegedly cracking Connect-Ireland, an ISP that hosted the virtual
country domain for East Timor. The East Timorese Internet domain [.tp]
was established only twelve months ago by the East Timorese Project. The
attacks originated simultaneously from such countries as Australia,
Japan, Holland and the United States.
Connect-Ireland
BBC
Telepolis
- German
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Quakenbush Responds to L0pht
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contributed by Simple Nomad
Last week we reported that L0pht had released a security advisory
concerning an NT password auditing tool known as Password Appraiser. Well,
Quakenbush has responded, they DON'T condemn L0pht, and actually try to
get some clean hands around a dirty product. In the world of security
freeware/shareware, Quakenbush SHOULD have known that the vast majority
of people in the world will 1) use the demo product as if it is
production code, 2) blindly trust that the security product, even in demo
mode, is secure. I mean, who reads disclaimers? Administrators?
NY
Times
CMP Tech
Web
Quakenbush
L0pht Heavy Industries
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contributed by tazinator and darkscent
Intel has buckled under pressure from electronic privacy groups and
agreed to ship all of their new Pentium III chips with the ID mask turned
off. When a user starts up their system for the first time, the option
to activate or deactivate the user ID will be available.
For some, this was excellent news coming just four hours after
Junkmasters and EPIC had started their planned boycott of Intel products.
But for others, it was only step in the right direction. The Intel
boycott is still in effect until members of the privacy groups are able
to look further into the details of the chip's changes.
Junk Busters-
Organizers of the boycott
Electronic Privacy Information Center-
Organizers of the boycott
C|Net
ABC
News
CNN
Internet
News
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Florida Sells License Photos
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contributed by Code Kid
Ever have a Florida Drivers License? 14 Million drivers license photos
have been sold for a penny each to a company in New Hampshire. Supposedly
this is to create a database to help retailers 'prevent fraud'. Anything
in the name of security I guess. I have to ask what other databases did
this company buy?
St. Petersburg Times
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Hiring Hackers to protect systems
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contributed by Code Kid
An unlikely source for a story but KPMG is on its way to India and plans
on launching what it calls the first Information Security Survey
(ISS) for the country. Basically one big FUD article and an advertisement
for KPMG.
The
Hindu
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How hackers cover their tracks.
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contributed by Skr1pt
FUD article or Newbie guide? Granted the stuff covered in this article
is pretty basic covering only the most rudimentary techniques but it will
definitely scare the pants off of any old CEO types who don't have a
clue.
CNN
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found on slashdot
Interesting picture of an ATM with a windows error message popping up.
Glad I don't have my dough in this bank.
ATM JPG
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