contributed by Coris Neme
Last weeks CERT advisory covering cross site scripting has left a lot of people wondering what exactly CERT is up to. Considering the problem is years old and already patched by most applications is CERT just spreading FUD?

Buffer Overflow

contributed by Macki
Kevin Mitnick, recently released after five years of imprisonment, will be the guest of this week's Off The Hook, Tuesday night at 8 pm EST. This is Mitnick's first live appearance since his release and the first time ever he will speak without being edited.

Off the Hook

contributed by Placebo Effekt
Friday's worldwide leafletting campaign to protest recent MPAA lawsuits against hundreds of web sites for distributing the DeCSS software was an undisputed success. People around the world passed out flyers to help spread the word. In New York people handed out out more than 3000 flyers and London participants passed out flyers at such locations as the WB Movie Complex, and taped one to the window of the Disney Store and one to the window of the Warner Brothers Store.

2600.com

contributed by SmokEE
A founding member of Pirates With Attitudes, Robin Rothberg, 32, of Chelmsford, MA was arrested by the FBI last week. He has been charged with conspiracy in U.S. District Court in Boston. According to an FBI affidavit, the PWA is a highly structured organization and the investigation is ongoing. One of the conditions of his bail agreement is that Rothberg must let the FBI spot check his e-mail.

Boston Herald

contributed by William Knowles
After attempting to extort a man for $500 a Toronto teenager has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service, and two years probation. He will also have to tell police how he managed to break into the mans computer to issue the extortion demand. The teenager was caught after he went to pick up the money left in a bag on a street corner near his home. Police also found counterfeit five and twenty dollar bills in the teenagers home. He has pleaded guilty to extortion, mischief, unauthorized use of a computer, fraudulent possession of a password, possession of counterfeit money and possession of instruments for counterfeiting.

The Toronto Star

contributed by William Knowles
The National Police Agency of Japan has requested $1.78 million from the country's fiscal 2000 budget to study electronic break ins. The agencies records indicate that there where 247 Internet crimes, including distributing child pornography, in Japan in 1999. This follows several high profile defacements of government web sites in recent weeks.

Associated Press - via Tampa Bay Online

contributed by William Knowles
The web site of Philippine President Joseph Estrada was defaced last week. The site had one page altered with comments containing sexual innuendoes. Officials said that security practices for the site would be reviewed.

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