Daily Cybercrime and Security Report

The Register: Delinquent Hackers Target Games Site
27-Nov-00 08:45:19 ET

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"Games site Microprose.com -- famous for such simulation titles as GrandPrix 3 -- has been defaced..."

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"Delinquent Hacking Organisation (dhc) -- which already boast some 390 scalps -- has claimed responsibility for the act of vandalism. Curiously, instead of marking their effort with a grotesque picture or some inexplicable gibberish, the delinquents attempted a more literary..."

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Washington Post: Pirating of Software Rampant on Campus
24-Nov-00 06:57:35 ET

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"They've learned material can be quickly and easily downloaded free off the Internet, a practice that is pushing copyright law to..."

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"For most students, getting music may be as easy as a few mouse clicks, but movies and other items take hours, if not days, to download and are often inconsistent in their quality. That hasn't stopped students from trying, however..."

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Info World: Council of Europe to Discuss Cybercrime Treaty
22-Nov-00 12:11:14 ET

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"Forty-one countries stretching from Iceland to the former Soviet republic of Georgia could be close to approving a treaty that would fight cybercrime..."

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"The treaty would be more useful for fighting cybercrime in less developed countries, the lawyer said, as most western European countries have such laws in place..."

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The Register: Workers Open Back Doors for Hackers
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...'"

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Computer User: F-Secure Publishes Guidelines On Safe Computing
25-Nov-00 03:10:28 ET

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"The recent spate of virulent viruses has spurred F-Secure to issue a set of safe computing guidelines which it said will allow PC users to avoid computer worm infestations..."

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"Hypponen, the firm's manager of anti-virus research, said that an up-to-date anti-virus program is still the best protection against worms and other types of viruses..."

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