A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
InformationWeek: Cyberattacks Reach All-Time High 25-Sep-02 20:17:10 ET
Story Highlights:“Cyberattacks have reached an all-time high this month, digital risk-management company mi2g Ltd. says…”
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“The company, which has tracked attacks since 1995, says it has spotted 9,011 overt digital attacks so far this month, a sharp increase from the 5,830 attacks spotted in August and 4,094 in July…”
The Register: At Least 100 Countries Building Cyber Weapons – Expert 24-Sep-02 08:10:29 ET
Story Highlights:“Cyberterrorism hyping has reached new heights — according to a report in the Melbourne Herald Sun, at least…”
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“The Herald quotes expert Matthew Devost, speaking at a meeting at the US consulate there recently, as claiming the CIA believes at least 100 countries are investigating waging war by computer, or cyberterror…”
The Register: Slapper Brought Under Control as Variants Appear 24-Sep-02 18:19:15 ET
Story Highlights:“Two fresh variants of the Slapper worm, which spreads through Linux machines by exploiting a well-known flaw in OpenSLL libraries, have been sighted this week…”
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“Slapper.B (or Cinik) differs from the original worm in using port 1978, instead of port 2002, to control infect machines…”
ScienceDaily: Proposed Computer Defense System Could Protect Networks from Becoming Launch Pads for Crippling Internet Attacks 24-Sep-02 21:09:42 ET
Story Highlights:“UCLA computer scientists are developing a new tool that could prevent network operators from becoming unwitting hosts for a particularly harmful Internet-based threat: the distributed denial of service attack…”
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“Distributed denial of service attacks — or DDoS — have interrupted service on Web sites like Yahoo, eBay, CNN and Amazon, and university campus networks nationwide have been shut down by them…”
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