contributed by laney
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in the latest of embarrassing incidents about the agency to make the papers, is investigating several employees in connection with the recently discovered secret chat room found sitting on the agency's network. The chat room has existed for close to 5 years unbeknownst to management. The problem lies not such much in the fact that this virtual space exists but that it has been kept a secret for so long. Considering the sensitivity of the work conducted by the employees of the CIA, you'd think (or at least hope) they were all playing for the same team…Guess not.

The Washington Post
Chicago Sun-Times
CNN

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The Hybris worm, which debuted earlier this fall as a low-risk malicious program, has made a recent resurgence according to the Kaspersky Lab. The virus seems to be propagating at a fierce rate, while Latin America appears to be functioning as the Hybris hotbed. Apparently, the virus has a set of modules that it can retrieve from the author's web site or the alt.comp.virus discussion on Usenet, leading Eugene Kaspersky to believe that " the worm is possibly the most complex and refined malicious code in the history of virus writing." A strong statement even from one of the more press release happy anti-virus companies.

Newsbytes

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The Industry Standard staff examine several aspects of the burgeoning cyberwar in the Middle East through a series of articles pertaining to the conflict. The articles encompass a wide array of information that includes everything from interviews with Israeli and Arab crackers to the ramifications of this bitter conflict on Wall Street.

The Industry Standard

contributed by laney
Elektex , a fabric that conducts electricity, has been brought to market by its creators, Chris Chapman and David Sandbach. A PDA keyboard will be the first product to be released sometime next summer. A fabric with this kind of potential doesn't come around everyday. Stay tuned for more shocking developments.

Wired