contributed by Michelle
The Department of Defense has created various Y2K-alert levels as part of its contingency plan to deal with a potential sneak attack as a result of Y2K related computer failures. The levels cover everything from widespread systems failures to "opportunistic engagements" by an opposing nation-state.

Yahoo News

contributed by Code Kid
Another Java related hole in Hotmail allows a malicious user to steal Hotmail passwords.

C|Net

contributed by Pir8
Microsoft is going after online pirates in a big way. The company has recently filed legal action against three US-based electronic businesses. The companies operated only through SPAM and delivered pirated copies of Microsoft products to consumers.

Wired

contributed by st0len
A demonstration at the Smart Card Forum's annual conference Digital Bond revealed how online investors are at serious risks from simple attacks. The methods demonstrated involved spoofing DNS entries to fool people into entering their username/passwords on fake sites.

Digital Bond
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contributed by forensic
COTSE today released Leapfrog 1.0, a utility which anonymizes and redirects any port. It can be used to work around firewall configuration and other issues requiring a port redirect. Leapfrog will take any incoming connections and automatically send them to any other machine, any other port.

COTSE

contributed by turtlex
Dark Tangent (Jeff Moss) offers his thoughts to Wired on the hiring of 'hackers' and their place in mainstream corporate society.

Wired

contributed by n00ne
Security solutions provider Network Associates is set to come out with the "network security solution of the future". "Active Network Security",, is a server sans most of the human elements in maintaining the security of an information system. It is said to have to ability to sense intrusions and deploy security levels without human intervention, therefore making protection available all the time, even on "wee hours" when the sys admins are mostly in bed.

Computer Currents
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