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When a classified CIA overview of the U.S. intelligence community appeared on the Internet this month, it raised serious questions in national security circles about how the Digital Age has popped the top off classified information.

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Cybercops Need Better Tools

Computer crimes are escalating at a rate consistent with the growth of the Internet, says Dominique Brezinski, technical guru at In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit technology incubator formed by the CIA.

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Pentagon scrutinizes handheld security

The Defense Department is conducting a top-down review of security concerning the use of personal electronic devices, including palmtop computers, certain pagers, cell phones and laptop computers. The review is part of a larger DOD effort to institute tougher security measures . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Join the Navy, hack the world

This year's 'Meet the Fed' session at Defcon in Las Vegas became something of a government recruiting opportunity as US Assistant Defence Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Arthur Money appealed to an audience composed largely of ubergeeks, h4x0rz and . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 30, 2000

U.S. Wants More Cybercrime Laws

More than 100 countries do not have the laws to deal with computer-related crime, undercutting efforts to battle a growing international threat, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

Anthony Pell
Jul 27, 2000

Carnivore and Open Source Software

Matt Blaze talks about the FBIs Carnivore system. "The "Carnivore" system runs on an FBI-owned PC that can be installed at an ISP to collect IP traffic as part of a court-ordered wiretap. Not much detail is publicly known about exactly . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 25, 2000

Secret CIA Papers Posted On Web Site

A New York-based Web site has reportedly published a secret overview of the US intelligence community prepared by the CIA in 1998 for visiting for Japanese intelligence officials. An Associated Press report said the briefing contained information on the CIA's budgets . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 25, 2000

FBI under gun to release Carnivore code

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is under increasing pressure to disclose the secret blueprints for its Carnivore surveillance system so independent technical experts can verify that the software monitors only the Internet communications of criminal suspects.

Anthony Pell
Jul 25, 2000

DoD e-commerce efforts fall short of goals

The Defense Department has made little progress during the past two years in implementing electronic commerce efforts, according to a new General Accounting Office report. Unless steps are taken to fix the shortcomings, the department's efforts to fully integrate an . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 21, 2000

U.S. House passes antispam bill

By a 427-1 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an antispam bill that would prohibit commercial e-mail messages from being sent to recipients who have asked to be removed from the sender's distribution list. The measure would also . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 20, 2000

White House: Hill slow to fund security

The White House Monday called for Congress to "pick up the pace" on funding information security initiatives within government in the fiscal 2001 budget, while putting forward legislation to help law enforcement track and prosecute cybercriminals. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 19, 2000

Government's secure shopping scheme condemned

A government scheme to increase consumer confidence in buying online launched Tuesday has been overshadowed by stiff criticism from a former partner on the project.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 19, 2000

Senate approves plan to beef up computer security

Federal agency heads must ensure that their information systems are secure under a provision of the fiscal 2001 defense authorization bill that gained Senate approval late last week.The provision, S. 1993, co-sponsored by Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 18, 2000

IT contractors must follow NASA security rules

NASA has tightened guidelines for information technology contractors with a new rule issued July 14 that requires computer systems, networking and telecommunications contractors to abide by NASA information security policy directives, procedures and guidelines. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 18, 2000

ACLU Challenges FBI E-Mail Taps

The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on Congress to update federal privacy laws and ban what it says is the potential for large-scale scanning and analysis of e-mail by the FBI's Carnivore e-mail interception program. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 17, 2000

Hollywood vs 2600.com in court today

A New York court will today begin hearing the DVD copyright case between Hollywood and the Hacker community, in the shape of 2600.com. Eight studios, members of the Motion Picture Assoiciation of America (MPAA), are suing 2600.com - The Hacker Quarterly . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 17, 2000

Administration Announces New Encryption Regulations

The Clinton administration today said it plans to change laws governing the export of powerful encryption technologies to allow export of all information-scrambling products to any end user in the European Union and to eight other trading partners.

Anthony Pell
Jul 17, 2000

US To Free Up Security Software

The Clinton administration plans to announce as early as today that it will allow US software and hardware companies such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems to compete on an equal footing with software makers from Australia and elsewhere, by doing away . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 17, 2000

ACLU: Block FBI e-snoops

The American Civil Liberties Union on July 11 appealed to Congress to protect Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures on the Internet in light of recent revelations that a new monitoring tool could enable the FBI to intercept the e-mail of law-abiding citizens. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 17, 2000

Hacker zine prepares to defend itself in court

The cybertrial of the century begins here Monday, according to the defendants in a case that pits nine Hollywood studios against Eric Corley, a.k.a. Emmanuel Goldstein, publisher of the small hacker 'zine known as 2600. The . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 16, 2000

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