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contributed by Kevin Poulsen
Quova, a Silicon Valley startup, is actively probing the net for live hosts
and setting off alarms in its wake. While nothing illegal has been done by
the company thus far, network administrators are nonetheless irked by the
intrusive measures. Perhaps the IDS systems being triggered are set a bit to
sensitive. Furthering the mystique surrounding Quova is the company's claim
that it is operating in "stealth mode," Silicon Valley lingo for a startup
company that doesn't want to reveal its technology to the world before it's
ready to launch.
SecurityFocus
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contributed by Berislav Kucan
AOL is named in a class action lawsuit for allegedly collecting data on web
surfers without consent. The media giant is accused of using Netscape's
"SmartDownload" software to track the identities and browsing habits of its
users. If we can't trust the client software we run we can't trust anything
on our machines.
The
Standard
Complaint
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contributed by root66
A recent Spanish bank merger resulted in a case of domain name confusion.
Many employees and customers of the new entity, known as BBVA, assumed that
the new domain name would be BBVA.com. In fact, the BBVA.com domain is
registered to a Virginia man who has inadvertently received hundreds of
private bank communications.
ZDNet
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contributed by Weld Pond
A recent BBC story alleged that an attacker interrupted communications
between NASA's ground station and a space shuttle. In response to the
article, NASA now claims that all mission critical systems are insulated
from other networks and the alleged attack never happened. The agency did
admit that it was attacked 500,000 times in the last year and that the
transmission of astronaut medical data between ground stations was delayed
due to one intrusion.
USA Today
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contributed by Apocalypse Dow
Web surfers equipped with Zero-Knowledge's Freedom service have had
difficulty viewing the FBI's web site. While the FBI claims that it would
never seek to limit anyone's access to its site, observers note that the FBI
has been a vocal opponent of the type of strong crypto used by
Zero-Knowledge to protect the identity of its users.
Wired
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