[ISN] Are you the Klez monster?

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-916945.html?tag=fd_top By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 17, 2002, 1:05 PM PT It may only be a matter of time before you're accused of spreading the Klez virus. A month after it started spreading, the Klez.h worm isn't slowing down, said antivirus

[ISN] "Nessus phones home": the final report.

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Jay D. Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Forwarded with permission of Renaud Deraison. - -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:57:22 +0200 From: Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: R

[ISN] Couple little things

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
I'd like to thank everyone that has replied so far! The response has been great, and honestly I haven't had the time to look them all over, so there won't be any rash instant decisions on where things are going. The feedback I have read is incredible, I normally only get this kind of insight as

[ISN] Computer whiz still faces second lawsuit

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1021648510270760.xml Friday, May 17, 2002 By Crystal Harmon TIMES WRITER A teen-age computer wizard has won his legal battle to get the label "hacker" removed from his school record, but now the label "eave

[ISN] 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/17/technology/17IDEN.htm By JOHN SCHWARTZ May 17, 2002 Hackers posing as employees of the Ford Motor Credit Company have in recent months harvested a trove of 13,000 credit reports - a virtual one-stop shop for fraud and identity theft - with data on consumers in

[ISN] Sex industry hit by cyber turf war

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131796 By Nick Farrell [16-05-2002] Hackers put the screws on Vegas phone lines Mobsters and super hackers have joined forces to shut out sex industry rivals, a Nevada public hearing heard this week. Larry Duke Reubel, 63, told the Public Utilities Commission hearin

Re: [ISN] Fanatics with Laptops: The Coming Cyber War / RFF Reply

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
Forwarded from: Richard Forno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What is it about Fridays and FUD? Last week it was that piece out of Australia, and now this article. A few choice comments enclosed below. > Fanatics with Laptops: The Coming Cyber War > By Tim McDonald > NewsFactor Network > May 16, 2002

[ISN] Linux Advisory Watch - May 17th 2002

2002-05-20 Thread InfoSec News
++ | LinuxSecurity.comLinux Advisory Watch | | May 17th, 2002 Volume 3, Number 20a | ++ Editors: Dave Wreski