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News for
041100
Due to the @Stake corporate
training schedule there will be no new news for Monday or Tuesday this
week.
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contributed by Dan
The 6th Circuit Appeals Court has overturned a lower court ruling and
has concluded that the First Amendment does in fact protect computer
source code. Therefore they have remanded Peter Junger's case over
encryption exports back to the District Court for further consideration.
6th
Circuit Court Opinion
Associated
Press - via World News
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contributed by acopalyse
Code-named Bullet and developed by ISS, this new software lets
e-commerce companies scan a Web site visitor's hard drive to see if it
is infected with Trojan horses, viruses or other malicious software that
could be passed on to the e-commerce site. Few details about the program
are available, the release date and pricing has not yet been announced.
(Are companies going to warn users before they scan them?)
CNN
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contributed by Evil Wench
The Osaka District Court has ruled that under certain conditions linking
one web site another would violate the law. While slightly vague it
would seem that simply linking to a site that violates the law could be
charged as aiding and abetting a crime.
Asia
Biz Tech
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contributed by acopalyse
A study by the Department of Trade and Industry in Britain finds that
British business are too complacent when it comes to online security.
The Information Security Breaches Survey 2000 (ISBS 2000) found that 60%
of companies have suffered a security breach and that 30% do not feel
they have anything worth protecting. It was also found that the average
costs of each intrusion was only £20,000. The study will be released at
Infosecurity Europe 2000 on 11 April at Olympia in London.
The UK
Register
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contributed by William Knowles
In the first case of its kind in Hong Kong a teenager has been sentenced
to six months in jail after pleading guilty to 49 computer crime-related
charges. Two other accomplices where sent to detention centers. The
trio got to know each other online where they traded name and password
information on various accounts. The three have been released on bail
pending an appeal.
Agence
France-Presse - via Nando Times
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contributed by Evil Wench
While the US Census Bureau claims that it is doing everything it can to
increase responsiveness it has deliberately played down the online
option. The Census feels that they have not adequately tested the
security options of the site. So while the site is active and available
it is not being publicized. (It won't get broken into if we don't
tell anyone about it.)
Online Census Form
Industry
Standard - via Yahoo
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contributed by Weld Pond
Software to monitor every key stroke has been around for a while but now
a New Zealand company has introduced a hardware device that is small
enough to be hidden inside the keyboard that does the same thing. The
small device known as KeyGhost will monitor and record every key stroke
on the keyboard and stores all data within itself. KeyGhost will retail
for between $99 and $309.
ZD Net
UK
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contributed by Kynik
Issue 4 of Napalm has been released with articles on securing Solaris
2.x and musical intonation. (Now that's a weird mix.)
Napalm
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