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Computer virus strikes U.S. Marshals, FBI affected
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| Law enforcement computers were struck by a mystery computer virus Thursday,
| forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as
| a precaution.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009247709_apusfedscomputervirus.html
"Computer virus"...
Does that affect computers or just those running the malware called Microsoft
Windows?
http://twitter.com/glynmoody/statuses/1872177623
Conficker still infecting 50,000 PCs per day - http://bit.ly/JpG1a not true:
it's infecting 50K *Windows* machines per day
Mystery virus strikes FBI, U.S. Marshals
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| The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were forced to shut down parts of their
| computer networks after a mystery virus struck the law-enforcement agencies
| Thursday, according to an Associated Press report.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10247388-83.html
US military shows off hack-by-numbers battlefield gadget
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| As the US military strives to boost its ability to wage cyber warfare, it's
| looking for ways to make it easier for non-expert soldiers on the front lines
| to wreak havoc on enemy networks.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/military_cyberwar_gadget/
Editor's Note: Desperation, Scare Tactics, and Happy Memorial Day!
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| Note the emphasis on vague scare tactics and the lack of any actual data or
| information. This Softpedia article also spreads Kaspersky fluff, which makes
| me sad because I like Softpedia's Linux news and reviews a lot. It references
| this Kaspersky blog entry:
|
| "At the moment we know of around 1000 cases of sites infected with
| Trojan-Downloader.JS.Iframe.auy. There are also several hundred servers
| infected with Trojan-Mailfinder.Perl.Hnc.a and
| Trojan-Dropper.Linux.Prl.a, which are actively spreading spam. The days
| of *nix systems not being targeted by malware writers are long gone."
|
| Uh huh. Again heavy on scare, light on details. How do these *nix boxes
| become infected in the first place? What *nix boxes where? Unlike Windows,
| Linux and Unix do not auto-execute any random executable that happens to
| wander by. I did both Web searches and searches on Symantec, F-Secure, and
| other vendors to learn more about these big scary *nix threats, and they
| don't even include them in their threat lists. A Web search turns up the blog
| and some Russian sites. Searching Kaspersky's own threat list does not find
| anything mentioned in the blog, except variants on
| Trojan-Downloader.JS.Iframe.auy:
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-22-027-35-OP-BZ-CY
Recent:
FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
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| CIPAV spyware helped nab unemployed engineer angry over outsourcing
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131778&source=NLT_AM
Congress Ponders Cybersecurity Power Grab
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| There was a lot of attention paid last week to a new "cybersecurity" bill
| that would drastically expand the government's power over the Internet. The
| two provisions that have probably attracted the most attention are the parts
| that would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and
| then seize control of "any compromised Federal government or United States
| critical infrastructure information system or network." Perhaps even more
| troubling, the EFF notes a section that states that the government "shall
| have access to all relevant data concerning (critical infrastructure)
| networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy
| restricting such access."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090403/1346154383.shtml
Related:
Cryptome: NSA has access to Windows Mobile smartphones
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| First time in history Cryptome.org has released information about the
| characteristics of NSA’s network surveillance.
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http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1028
Dual_EC_DRBG Added to Windows Vista
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| Microsoft has added the random-number generator Dual_EC-DRBG to Windows
| Vista, as part of SP1. Yes, this is the same RNG that could have an NSA
| backdoor.
|
| It's not enabled by default, and my advice is to never enable it. Ever.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/dual_ec_drbg_ad.html
Microsoft Cofee brews 'back door' fears
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| The assurances came after reports claiming that Cofee could provide a 'back
| door' into Microsoft operating systems and applications.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/75780,microsoft-cofee-brews-back-door-fears.aspx
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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