contributed by harvest
Although the White House advised all federal agencies against using cookies in June, at least thirteen federal agencies are in direct violation of that request and -- in some cases -- their own privacy policies. According to the GAO's report, in each case cookies were used to track a visitor's path for the duration of the visit without providing any prior advisory of the behind the scenes activity to the visitor. In one especially troublesome case "third party" cookies were used to compile visitor activity reports by a private company for the government agency.

AP via CNN

contributed by laney
Former CIA Director John Deutch has found himself in a world of trouble. It is believed Deutch kept an electronic journal housing sensitive information that, depending on what exactly the journal contains, could very well turn out to breach of national security. A full scale investigation into this matter is reportedly in the works. This comes on a Senate finding in February 2000 that Deutch had retained large volumes of classified material on his unsecured home computer.

AP via ABC
Allpolitics
US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

contributed by iron river
In an attempt to silence free speech under the guise of protecting its corporate logo, General Motors has threatened legal action against 2600 Magazine for registering the website f*ckgeneralmotors.com. GM has demanded 2600 turn over the domain by this Wednesday or face the legal repercussions. In a similar case, 2600 registered verizonreallysucks.com, to which the company has said it won't pursue legal action against the magazine.

Wired
2600 Editorial

contributed by laney
The latest risk to security appears to be through your broadband connection according to this Wired article. The threat of a distributed denial-of-service attack using vulnerable home computers, and consumer fear surrounding security, are discussed.

Wired

contributed by apocalypse dow
Japan is considering the idea of creating and eventually using "cyber weapons" as a way to protect the country from cyber attacks. This is thought to be a bold move on Japan's part, considering the implications such a development would have on the country's global relations were an attack to occur and Japan was put in the position to retaliate.

Bloomberg via Singapore.CNET.com
Reuters via Yahoo

contributed by editor
Sorry folks for being a little late on this one, but the seventh installment of the Napalm e-zine is available via the link below. Topics covered in this issue include:

• CISSP Certification
• Security Holes in LPPlus
• Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks
• Resource Protection Mechanisms
• Music Reviews

Napalm E-Zine