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Chinese Programmer Arrested
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contributed by Code Kid
A disgruntled programmer has planted what is being called a 'killer virus'
in educational software. Mainstream media is labeling this the first case
of 'serious computer sabotage' in China. (Note: If you read the articles
carefully, and you know anything at all about viruses, some of this stuff
just doesn't make sense.)
Philadelphia
Inquirer
San
Jose Mercury News
LA
Times
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Two Years for distributing address
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contributed by Mountain King
Accused of subversion and charged with "inciting the overthrow of state
power", after supplying 30,000 e-mail addresses of Chinese users to
dissidents abroad, a Chinese software entrepreneur has been sentenced to
two years imprisonment.
CNN
Wired
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contributed by jay
Last week the International Lyrics Server was taken off line by Swiss
authorities. The action by Swiss police comes after being pressured by
the National Music Publishers' Association who accused the Lyrics server
of copyright violations. Administrators of the site hope to have most of
it back online within a few days. (Evidently they had an off site backup,
WooHoo!)
NY
Times
International Lyrics Server
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Can hackers be stereotypical?
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contributed by thegnome and turtlex
Another example of scare tactics that includes the zillions of dollars in
losses to get poor CIOs to fork money over to consulting firms. Of course
there are quotes from a Big 5 firm. FUD marketing meets the gullible
press. A favorite quote: 'Hackers call it "phreaking." Security
professionals prefer the term "social engineering"' Huh? (Glad I don't
fit the stereotype.)
Calgary
Herald
Wired-
rebuttal
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contributed by mea_culpa
This was posted a few days ago but no one sent us a link. There is an
excellent point by point criticism of Winn Schwartau's recent article
"Corporate vigilantes go on the offensive to hunt down hackers" that has
been posted on attrition.org. Definitely suggested reading.
Winn
criticism
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contributed by Mudge
The folks at the L0pht have released YAA (Yet Another Advisory). This one
covers a WindowsNT password auditing tool known as Password Appraiser by
Quackenbush Consulting, Inc. Evidently this tool, including the trial
version, transmits all your NT passwords, in plaintext, across the
Internet for anyone to sniff. Now that's security!
L0pht Heavy Industries
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contributed by Mountain King
Intels new chip numbering scheme may be a boon for e-commerce but at what
cost? Are users willing to potentially give up their privacy in exchange
for secure e-commerce? Not to mention that it will be very difficult to
overclock these new chips.
ZD
Net
ZD Net
- Yes, they had two stories
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contributed by Weld Pond
This article only came out a few days ago but we can't get them all. It
does mention some rather famous hackers though such as Oblivion, SirDystic
and Dr. Who. To bad the article seems to be one big press release for
Yobie Benjamin.
Upside
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found on slashdot
Wanna overclock that Celeron? Just wanna build something cool? This hack
was just to cool not to share, a liquid cooling system for your PC.
Watercooled
PC
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