A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
ZDNET UK: Korea Reports Outbreak of bin Laden Computer Virus 25-Oct-01 06:42:02 ET
Story Highlights:“A computer virus named after Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born fugitive accused of masterminding the attacks on the United States, has surfaced in South Korea…”
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“Infections do not necessarily cause physical losses such as software destruction but they may slow down the operation of…”
ABCNews: Taliban Opposition Web Site a Casualty of War 24-Oct-01 17:57:11 ET
Story Highlights:“A Web site operated by opponents of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime was knocked out of commission by hackers in an apparent case of mistaken identity…”
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“Visitors sent about 10,000 hate messages soon after the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks, and hackers brought down the AfghanGovernment.org site within days…”
Computer User: Treasury Dept. Unit Notes Rise in ID Theft, Hacking 25-Oct-01 03:14:15 ET
Story Highlights:“Identity theft and computer intrusion continue to hit the nation’s financial institutions at rising levels, according to new data released by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)…”
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“FinCEN cited computer intrusion as its ‘highlighted trend’ for its latest suspicious financial activity report, though its most recent report featured ID theft…”
Computer User: Image Tags Hide New Hotmail Security Attack 24-Oct-01 11:44:04 ET
Story Highlights:“Users of Microsoft’s Hotmail service are vulnerable to a new twist on an old trick for hiding potentially malicious scripts in the HTML code of e-mail messages…”
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“Borrowing a technique published last year, Bart van Arnhem, who uses the hacker nickname ‘Oblivion,’ found that Hotmail’s filters can be dodged by embedding Javascript code within specially crafted image tags…”
MSNBC: XP Inferior in Security Department 24-Oct-01 18:06:17 ET
Story Highlights:“Its too soon to tell what new security vulnerabilities might reside within the Windows XP code…”
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“Microsofts latest operating system offers a plethora of new features the company says make XP its most secure Windows to date. Id like to put that claim into context…”
The Register: RSA WebID Agent Can’t Read Unicode 24-Oct-01 12:16:46 ET
Story Highlights:“RSA’s Internet authentication product can be bypassed using a combination of Unicode characters which IIS recognises but RSA’s security technology fails to decode…”
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“RSA’s WebID agent is supposed to deny access to a corporate intranet until a user is properly authenticated by a SecurID server…”
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