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If you do business on the Internet, you cannot afford to be uninformed about the dangers and pitfalls that cybercrime poses. The following is a daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
21-Nov-00 17:34:01 ET
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"A new virus dubbed 'Romeo and Juliet' is attacking computers in Europe and America, but it is not as dangerous as the romance-themed 'I Love You' virus, say computer experts..."
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"Vincent Gullotto, senior director of McAfee's AVERT Labs said two recently reported viruses are continuing to cause concern as they propagate. Just last week, experts announced the discovery of a worm, 'Hybris,' that carries no destructive payload..."
22-Nov-00 05:39:12 ET
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"A new Internet worm, dubbed Romeo and Juliet, has been given a low-risk rating by antivirus software companies after it was discovered last week..."
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"The Trojan horse program, which is hidden in an HTML format e-mail message, carries two attached files that are executed automatically when an infected message is opened on PCs running Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows..."
22-Nov-00 03:20:05 ET
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"GFI, the e-mail content checking software company, said it has uncovered another problematic virus called Romeo & Juliet. The bad news, the IT security firm said, is that the virus is not detectable..."
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"Nick Galea, the company's CEO, said that Romeo & Juliet virus takes e-mail viruses to alarming new dimensions, since it cannot be detected by anti-virus programs..."
21-Nov-00 18:37:39 ET
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"The catchphrase 'reach out and touch someone' took on a whole new meaning for carriers earlier this month in light of some electronic cyber-attacks on one long-distance carrier..."
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"In these days of instant communications via the Internet, news reports that AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T) became a target of terrorist computer hackers showed that some carriers rely on a loose and varied conglomeration of sources for information on cyber attacks. AT&T was reportedly the target in the ongoing cyberwar..."
22-Nov-00 08:11:06 ET
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"Employees are the biggest threat to network security -- and they don't even know it..."
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"Protecting a company from external attacks from 'recreational hackers' was almost irrelevant if a system was not properly secured internally, Robin Dahlberg, UK MD of Internet Security Systems says. 'It is like locking all your doors but leaving the windows open...'"
22-Nov-00 06:24:45 ET
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"What would you pay for a vintage computer once used by hacker Kevin Mitnick? How about a cell phone that he once spoke on, or a genuine prison I.D. card...?"
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"Online auction house eBay cancelled an offering of Mitnick's official federal Bureau of Prisons inmate I.D. card, ending a flow of authentic Mitnick merchandise put up by his father on behalf of the legendary hacker, who is himself barred from using computers, and of course accessing the Web..."
21-Nov-00 13:49:00 ET
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"Basing their strategy on a grad student's work, a new Internet security company has begun beta-testing its solution to Denial-of-Service attacks on the high-speed experimental Internet2 backbone..."
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"Asta Networks was formed earlier this year to develop and market the security system by Asta chief scientist Stefan Savage, a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington, and members of the school's Computer Science and Engineering faculty. Their approach to the Denial-of-Service problem is based on his doctoral thesis..."
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