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A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
28-Jun-02 22:01:52 ET
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"Protecting the nation's cybersecurity is becoming a federal priority, as experts warn that cyberterrorists could target not only networks, but also many services and infrastructure operations controlled by computers..."
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"The Homeland Security Act is President Bush's solution, but as the plan makes its way through Congress, government officials are raising concerns and suggesting additional precautions..."
30-Jun-02 19:16:52 ET
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"Computer viruses mirror their human equivalents in the way they behave, are structured and even in the threat they pose..."
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"Following a year-long investigation, experts in medicine and technology believe they have discovered parallels between the two viruses which could help in the fight against them..."
01-JuL-02 09:51:49 ET
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"A worm that can compromise systems running the Apache Web server on the FreeBSD operating system is crawling the Internet, but its spread and impact are limited..."
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"The worm takes advantage of a known security hole in Apache Web servers by scanning the Internet and installing a backdoor application when it finds a vulnerable Web server..."
28-Jun-02 13:10:28 ET
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"Security vendor Internet Security Systems (Nasdaq: ISSX) on Friday released its quarterly report on cyberattack trends, an intriguing look into potential enterprise vulnerabilities..."
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"ISS bases the survey, called the Internet Risk Impact Summary Report, on attacks on information gathered by its X-Force security research organization..."
30-Jun-02 18:06:30 ET
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"Barred by the terms of his probation from messing with computers, ex-convict hacker Kevin Mitnick has turned to writing about them, baring the tricks of his former trade in a forthcoming book..."
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"An advance copy of the book, 'The Art of Deception,' describes more than a dozen scenarios where tricksters dupe computer network administrators into divulging passwords, encryption keys and other coveted security details. But it’s all fiction. Or so says Mitnick..."
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