October 6, 1999 Bedford hopes D.C. trip pays off County at the fore of Web [child] porn fight Members of the Operation Blue Ridge Thunder team made their pitch to Congress Thursday. Now they're just hoping the legislators listened. The briefing showed congressmen and their staffs graphic pictures, staggering statistics and the educational program to protect Bedford County's children. With positive feedback, they look for better awareness and support of legislation punishing pedophiles in the future. http://www.blueridgethunder.com/article04Oct99.html (*** EDITOR'S NOTE*** - If you have never been on the Blue Rigde Thunder Crimes Against Children Task Force page, I'd stop by and take a look. They have done an outstanding job! RJL) http://www.blueridgethunder.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Digitalme does little for privacy - yet Entering the nascent consumer profiling market, network software maker Novell Inc. launched its Digitalme identity management service at Internet World in New York Tuesday. Novell's Digitalme purports to let users take control of their information, or profiles. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2348440,00.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Campaign Targets Online, Fax and Old-Fashioned Scams An ongoing effort by law enforcement officials to combat fraud -- whether via U.S. mail, fax or e-mail -- is paying dividends with a greater public awareness of the scams and con games, authorities said today. At a news conference, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Association of Attorneys General highlighted a number of initiatives taken during the last year in the "Project Mailbox" anti-mail fraud campaign. http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/1999/10/05/fraud1005_01.html?s=emil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Defense Lab Aims to Hunt Hackers, Catch Crackers Uncle Sam has drafted the Department of Defense into the nation's battle against cybercrime. The department has opened a $15 million computer crime lab and training facility near Baltimore that will work military cases and assist domestic law enforcement efforts aimed at catching hackers and others who may leave behind digital evidence. http://www.apbnews.com/cjprofessionals/behindthebadge/1999/10/05/dod1005_01.html?s=emil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the end, you get what you pay for: Scam artists are using official-looking Web sites and the lure of free gifts to obtain the names and passwords of America Online subscribers, then sending a flood of unsolicited e-mail using the pilfered accounts, an anti-spam consumer group warned Tuesday. http://www.msnbc.com/news/319467.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teen pleads guilty to breaking into AOL computers A teen-age hacker admitted in court Tuesday that he broke into America Online's internal computers from his bedroom and altered programs. Jay Satiro, 19, pleaded guilty in Westchester County Court to first-degree computer tampering. He could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/075594.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tech Companies Launch Anti-Crime Efforts Online Pharmacists Set Standards; New Filter Bills in Congress Two of the biggest trade associations for high-tech and Internet companies are getting into the crime-fighting business. The Information Technology Association of America and the Internet Alliance last week announced separate but complementary initiatives aimed at teen-agers online. The ITAA effort will focus on educating youngsters about proper "netiquette" and the dangers of hacking. The Internet Alliance, meanwhile, wants to improve consumer and child safety online. (Registration required) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/cyber/capital/05capital.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Panel: Future attacks on U.S. info systems likely Leaders of a federal commission told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday that attacks on United States information systems by small terrorist groups are likely to threaten the country's national interests in the next 25 years. They also suggested that national security strategy in the future should address the threat of electronic attacks on the infrastructure that supports financial markets and aviation. http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/1004/web-attack-10-06-99.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'spider web,' 'fangs' among future Police tools It is not quite Spiderman to the rescue, but a web the comic-book hero might fire from his wrist to wrap-up a weapon-wielding villain was among high-tech, crime-fighting gadgets on show at a police expo Tuesday. http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/reuters/docs/928908l.htm