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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

UK snooping bill key amendment defeated

An amendment to the so-called snooping bill requiring the Home Secretary to sign all warrants requesting decryption codes was defeated by just one vote in the House of Lords yesterday. The amendment, defeated by 120 votes to 119, related to a . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 14, 2000

Reno says review under way on Internet `wiretapping'

Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday she is looking into the FBI's new high-tech ``Carnivore'' system for e-mail monitoring to ensure that privacy safeguards are met as well as the needs of federal law enforcement officials. ``When we develop new technology, . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 13, 2000

Agencies fail to protect software, report says

In letters sent to chief information officers at 16 federal agencies, the General Accounting Office has detailed widespread non-compliance with policies in place to protect the government's software code.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 13, 2000

Security policies fall short

Federal agencies are failing to follow the policies to ensure that changes in their software and systems do not open security vulnerabilities, the General Accounting Office told agency officials last month.

Anthony Pell
Jul 12, 2000

NTT downplays FBI's concerns over Verio bid

NTT Communications, a unit of Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, today played down concerns its $5.5 billion bid for U.S. Internet service provider Verio poses a threat to U.S. national security.

Anthony Pell
Jul 07, 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