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Police in Boston had reached a dead end. They had a murder suspect, but not nearly enough evidence, and the investigation was growing cold. But a computer-trained ATF agent went undercover, and for once, used the Internet's anonymity to law enforcement's . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 22, 2001

EFF asks court for relief in DVD encryption ban

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an online civil liberties group, said it has petitioned a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court's interpretation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The group said in a statement that the . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 22, 2001

U.S. Post Office Unveils Secure Internet Service

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new service Tuesday that allows government agencies to send and receive sensitive documents such as birth certificates and medical records over the Internet in a secure manner. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 18, 2001

FBI makes itself look stupid with Net 'conspiracy' crackdown

The FBI has gone into a back-slapping frenzy over what it claims was a conspiracy to "bring down the Internet" on New Year's Eve. It gets better. This vast, evil conspiracy was being run by kids - crazed teenage hackers no . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 15, 2001

Feds find pro-Napster hacker

Pimpshiz', the hacker who sprayed pro-Napster messages on hundreds of Web sites last year, may have been caught. US police raided the home of a 17-year-old last month after being tipped off by the FBI, a fact they confirmed to CNet . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 15, 2001

Crime reporting website raises security fears

Plans to let the public report crimes via a national police website have raised fears that citizens will be vulnerable to revenge attacks if computer security fails. Home Office minister Charles Clarke told the House of Commons this week that he . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 14, 2001

U.S. government throws in towel on computerexport limits

The White House yesterday essentially threw in the towel on the government's ability to limit exports of high-performance computers, while also acknowledging that there's little the U.S. can do to prevent other nations from developing high-powered systems by harnessing computer power . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 11, 2001

How to Spend a Dollar on Security

A shy, spiky-haired 24-year-old reputedly unleashes a global computer virus causing an estimated $10 billion in damages, paralyzing computers from the Pentagon to the Parliament. Hackers spend six weeks peering at Microsoft's network programming code for a new generation of Microsoft . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 11, 2001

Agencies crack down on e-mail 'spam'

A group of federal agencies is collaborating to crack down on unsolicited commercial e-mail. The Federal Trade Commission last Friday released the results of part of its "Project Mailbox IV," an effort by the FTC, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 11, 2001

Hollywood, software groups push DoJ copyright busts

Music bootleggers and software crackers tired of wading through the entire United States Code to see if they're about to break the law, or incur daunting criminal liabilities in excess of the potential value of their planned activities, may now consult . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 10, 2001

History Looks at the NSA

To the NSA, of course, its devilish reputation is merely an unfortunate Hollywood fiction. Its director, Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden, has taken every opportunity to say so, most recently on a History Channel documentary that aired for the first time Monday . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 10, 2001

California governor to seek funding to target high-tech crimes

Gov. Gray Davis will ask the Legislature for nearly $86 million to combat identity theft and other high-tech crimes in California, his aides said Sunday. The governor also will ask for more money for crime labs in the state, continued . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 09, 2001

NSA preps Spook Linux 0.1

The ultra-secretive US spy agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), has released a prototype for an ultra-secure version of the Linux operating system. Developed in co-operation with industry research partners, the prototype includes enhancements to Linux which provide stronger protection against . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 08, 2001

FBI Plan: Cybercrime Info Sharing

The FBI announced Friday the completion of a program that seeks to combat cybercrime by encouraging companies to share information about Internet attacks they have experienced. Participating companies and the FBI would use encrypted e-mail and a secure website to warn . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 07, 2001

Congress to tackle Net taxes, privacy

In its new session that began this week, the U.S. Congress is facing two big high-tech issues: Internet taxes and online privacy. On the tax issue, in particular, the clock is ticking. The Internet tax moratorium act, which blocks new . . .

Anthony Pell
Jan 06, 2001

Washington E-Security Conference Paints Gloomy Picture

Information security is no longer about refining technology, but helping people and improving processes. This was the key theme of the recent Intermedia Group E-Security Conference and Exposition in Arlington, Va. The conference featured some of the most respected information security . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 19, 2000

Bush Seen Likely to Overhaul E-Security

As George W. Bush strides toward the White House, national security experts are preparing for what could be a major change in the way the government and the private sector organize to defend against cyber-attacks. Clinton administration officials and other national . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 19, 2000

Digital assault against Pentagon rises

The number of cyberattacks and intrusions into Pentagon computer networks this year is expected to top off at 24,000, an increase of 5 percent compared with last year, said the U.S. Department of Defense. However, the overwhelming majority of those intrusions . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 19, 2000

Port scans are legal

A tiff between two IT contractors that spiralled into federal court ended last month with a US district court ruling in Georgia that port scans of a network do not damage it, in reference to a section of the anti-hacking laws . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 18, 2000

Scholarship program for information security workers

The new program provides scholarships for the study of information security to students in exchange for a two-year commitment to work for the federal government in the information security field. The scholarships support two years of study in information security at either the graduate or undergraduate level.. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 14, 2000

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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