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US cyber terrorism plan 'flawed'

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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

White House plans to overhaul computer security plan

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

NIST launching security review

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

Congress has hard time stomaching e-mail spam

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 prepares cyber-security plan

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 employs bogus company to snare hackers

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

Experts grapple with cyber security

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

New documents disclose extent of FBI's Web surveillance

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

NSA Adviser Says Cyber-Assaults On Pentagon

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 plans to legalize music downloading

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

Groups urge Ashcroft to act on Carnivore, privacy issues

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 Details Carnivore Use

Anthony Pell
May 05, 2001

Cybercrime Treaty Underway

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

Policy change makes it harder to track hackers, NASA official says

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

DVD Decoder is Terrorware

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

Information age requires changes for U.S. military to fight wars in the 21st century

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

Increased Internet Attacks Against U.S. Web Sites and Mail Servers Possible in Early May

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

DeCSS code-crack dispute back in court

The film industry and a hacker publication will head back into court Tuesday in the DeCSS case, a legal dispute that could dictate whether it's legal to publish or link to certain materials online.. . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 27, 2001

Feds' Math Is Fuzzy on Computer Crime

The federal government can report in exacting detail the number of bank robberies committed in any given year. But when it comes to computer crimes against government agencies, it's close to clueless. Government officials estimate that only 20% of computer crime . . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 24, 2001

Cybercops are go!

Home Secretary Jack Straw has officially launched the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit today at the Science Museum in London. The unit and its £25 million of funding was announced in November last year as part of Mr Straw's clampdown on cybercrime. . . .

Anthony Pell
Apr 19, 2001

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German State Abandons Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

White House Warns: Move to Memory-Safe Languages

European Court of Human Rights Declares Backdoored Encryption Illegal