Re: [ISN] Teen Hacker Packs Feminist Punch (fwd)

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Forwarded from: Ben Greenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a lot of respect for Mr. Ferrell, but at this point I have to > call shenanigans... > > Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as "the systematic use of terror > especially as a means of coercion". The A

[ISN] FAA hacked

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: John Pescatore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There are a couple of interesting things here: 1. Ex hacker Kevin Poulsen writes for SecurityFocus online, and gets published out of the box by The Register. The article basically consists of snippets of email conversations between hackers. This

Re: [ISN] We're Watching You

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Justin Lundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Raytheon developed SilentRunner directly after a programmer named "bind" published his open-source "siphon" project on the Internet two years ago. The siphon software passively mapped networks (see where the SilentRunner name comes from?) to genera

[ISN] `Task Force Tiger' put to the test

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/04/27/story/133563 BLINDING THE ENEMY: The nation's new information warfare unit debuted during the latest military exercises and observers say it outclassed its simulated opponent STAFF WRITER, WITH

Re: [ISN] Teen Hacker Packs Feminist Punch

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Ben Greenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Forwarded from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (excerpt) > They're simply giving themselves a psychological boost at the > expense of others. > > Another word for this sort of behavior is terrorism, I have a lot of respect for Mr. F

[ISN] Crooks Cause Chilean Car Chaos

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52114,00.html By Ricardo Sametband 2:00 a.m. April 26, 2002 PDT New Yorkers think they have traffic jams, but sorting them out is child's play compared to what Chilean commuters awoke to on Thursday -- a morning of mayhem and chaos. In Santiago de Chi

[ISN] Industry hails cyber R&D bill

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0422/web-leg-04-26-02.asp By William Matthews April 26, 2002 When the Senate went to work on legislation to pump $878 million into cybersecurity research and development, it got no argument from representatives of industry and academia. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Or

[ISN] Security Agents Head For Cybercrime School

2002-04-29 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176176.html By Beatrice Arnfield, Special to Newsbytes LONDON, ENGLAND, 26 Apr 2002, 2:21 PM CST Security agents from both sides of the Atlantic are being sent to school so they can trace and prosecute computer criminals. The FBI, U.S. Customs, the High Technol