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The Complex Life of Max Butler: Hacker, Informant, and Convict

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Max Butler lived three lives for five years. As "Max Vision," he was an incredibly skilled hacker and security expert who boasted that he'd never met a computer system he couldn't crack. As "The Equalizer," he was an FBI informant, reporting . . .

Anthony Pell
May 23, 2001

Defense Department Enhances Network Security Against Insider Threats

The Defense Department is taking additional steps to shield its computer networks against hackers and terrorists but it also must defend itself from insiders, lawmakers were told Thursday. The Department is increasingly dependent on a "global information environment" over which . . .

Anthony Pell
May 19, 2001

Defense Department Networks Under Siege from Cyber Attacks

Unidentified hackers have been trying to break into Defense Department computer networks in a constant push to disrupt U.S. military forces, the Pentagon's chief information officer said on Thursday. "Dó is probed on a daily basis by those who are trying, . . .

Anthony Pell
May 18, 2001

US Administration Acknowledges Cyberterrorism Regulatory Issues

The Bush administration has admitted that its plan to combat the threat of cyber terrorism through industry self-regulation is flawed, and companies may be encouraging more restrictive security regulations by declining to work with the Federal Government. Richard Clarke, the . . .

Anthony Pell
May 17, 2001

Federal Agency Cybersecurity Revamp: US Government Strategy Against Threats

The Bush administration's approach to computer security will focus on realigning federal agencies' responsibilities for their own computer networks before revising the national plan that details how the government and the private sector should work together to combat threats from hackers . . .

Anthony Pell
May 16, 2001

CSEAT's Review of NIST Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure Security

The National Institute of Standards and Technology next month will begin reviewing agency security programs and practices as part of an initiative started by the Clinton administration. The NIST Computer Security Expert Assist Team (CSEAT) is a group established to help . . .

Anthony Pell
May 16, 2001

Congressional Hurdles For Proposed Anti-Spam Act Legislation

The United States government has been expected to crack down this year on spam -- unsolicited commercial e-mail. But a tough anti-spam bill is faltering in the House and even a milder Senate version faces plenty of opposition. . . .

Anthony Pell
May 14, 2001

White House National Cybersecurity Plan for Critical Infrastructure

The White House said it is kicking into high-gear a new version of the National Plan for Cyberspace Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection, which it said will be ready for action later this year. The White House said that the Commerce . . .

Anthony Pell
May 12, 2001

FBI's Invita Operation Captures Russian Hackers In Cybercrime Scheme

Far from a failed startup, the aptly named Invita turned out to be a bogus company set up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensnare a pair of young Russian hackers accused of breaking into U.S. Internet companies' computers, stealing financial and other sensitive data and demanding extortion payments.. . .

Anthony Pell
May 10, 2001

National Cybersecurity Plan Proposal by Richard Clarke at IT Forum

Richard Clarke, senior director of the National Security Council, this morning at Gartner's Spring Symposium/ITxpo outlined the gist of a White House statement calling for the government to prepare a new national plan to protect cyberspace. This plan, he said, will . . .

Anthony Pell
May 09, 2001

FBI Employs Eavesdropping Tools for Monitoring Criminal Activity Online

The FBI has used Internet eavesdropping tools to track fugitives, drug dealers, extortionists, computer hackers and suspected foreign intelligence agents, documents show. The documents, obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, also detail how the FBI scurried . . .

Anthony Pell
May 08, 2001

Pentagon Cyber Attacks Investigation by NSA against Russian Hackers

A series of sophisticated attempts to break into Pentagon computers has continued for more than three years, and an extensive investigation has produced "disturbingly few clues" about who is responsible, according to a member of the National Security Agency's advisory board.. . .

Anthony Pell
May 08, 2001

Denmark Government Plans Personal Music Downloading Legalization

The Danish government is preparing a law that will legalize the downloading of music from the Internet, a government spokesman confirmed, angering copyright holders. Elsebeth Nielsen, the Danish Minister for Culture, wants to relax the country's private copying law.. . .

Anthony Pell
May 07, 2001

Civil Liberties Groups Demand Action On DCS1000 Privacy Concerns

A coalition of civil liberties and privacy rights groups is urging Attorney General John Ashcroft to get tough on electronic privacy. In a letter to Ashcroft, the groups asked the attorney general to focus a sharp eye on issues such as . . .

Anthony Pell
May 07, 2001

FBI Surveillance Practices: Eavesdropping Tools for Cybercrime Monitoring

Anthony Pell
May 05, 2001

Implications of Cybercrime Treaty on International Prosecution

The Cybercrime Treaty is an international law enforcement regime that makes it easier for prosecuting countries to get evidence from abroad and to extradite and prosecute foreign nationals for certain kinds of crimes. The treaty has three primary sets of provisions. . . .

Anthony Pell
May 04, 2001

Clinton Administration Policy Shift Impacts NASA's Hacker Tracking Efforts

A late-term change in the Clinton administration's approach to prosecuting cybercrime has made it much more difficult for NASA to track and prosecute hackers who attempt to penetrate its computer networks, a NASA network-protection office official said Monday. "NASA lost 90 . . .

Anthony Pell
May 03, 2001

U.S. Government's Position on DVD DeCSS as Cybersecurity Risk

To the U.S. government, a DVD descrambling utility is akin to terrorware that could crash airplanes, disrupt hospital equipment and imperil human lives. On Tuesday, an assistant U.S. attorney told a federal appeals court hearing arguments in the Universal Studios v. . . .

Anthony Pell
May 02, 2001

The Information Age Revolutionizing Military Strategies and Tactics

Just as World War I introduced new weaponry and modern combat to the twentieth century, the information age is now revolutionizing warfare for the twenty-first. Around the world, information technology increasingly pervades weapons systems, defense infrastructures, and national economies. As a . . .

Anthony Pell
May 02, 2001

Warning: Increased Cyber Attacks on U.S. Systems in Early May 2021

Citing recent events between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC), malicious hackers have escalated web page defacements over the Internet. This communication is to advise network administrators of the potential for increased hacker activity directed at U.S. . . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 28, 2001

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