contributed by acopalyse
The popular MP3 trading software, Napster, may have a security hole. Internet security consultant Richard Smith, has found that Napster logs users' IP numbers. This information could be used to help copyright owners identify and try to prosecute Napster users who may be illegally trading music files.

C|Net

contributed by Code Kid
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Elfving has sealed the court documents filed by the DVD Copy Control Association because they contain the source code to the DeCSS program. The documents have been publicly available for the last two weeks and have been posted to the internet. Some lawyers have noted that by failing to file the documents under seal from the beginning may jeopardize the plaintiff's case.

C|Net
Wired

contributed by Evil Wench
Universal Image, a Dallas based educational video provider, filed a $4 billion lawsuit against Yahoo and its Yahoo Broadcast unit last December. The suit alleges that Yahoo violated state law through the use of cookies that can be used to track surfers around the web and may violate the Texas anti-stalking law.

C|Net

contributed by William
The web site for John Markoff's book Takedown is an obvious target for online vandals. A histogram of attack attempts to www.takedown.com has been released that correlates intrusion attempts and real-world events.

National Partnership for Advanced Computation Infrastructure

Takedown.com
FREE KEVIN

contributed by nvirB
Anti-virus software firm Sophos has released its list for the top ten viruses of 1999. Form, a virus almost ten years old, makes it to number 9 on the list and six of the ten are word macro viruses. (Does anyone really use macros for anything other than viruses?)

Sophos.com
BBC

contributed by Dr. Mudge
A lot of questions have surrounded the merger of hacker think tank L0pht Heavy Industries with security consultants @Stake. To help answer these questions L0pht has posted a FAQ.

L0pht Heavy Industries
@Stake

contributed by Cryptome
FRENCH intelligence has invested millions in satellite technology so that it can intercept British businessmen's wireless GSM telephone calls. The French government upgraded signals intelligence last year. Now secret service agencies are using the technology to listen in to commercial secrets. At least eight centers, scattered across France, are being "aimed" at British defense firms, petroleum companies and other commercial targets.

Sunday Times