June 21, 2000 Nike Web site taken over The Nike corporate Web site was taken over by hackers Wednesday who replaced the content with a message about the ``inequality'' of the global economy. A Web page posted by a group calling itself ``S-11'' appeared when the www.nike.com address was requested. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/034082.htm http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2592093,00.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - Suspected hacker arrested in Dubai A young European computer programmer has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates on charges of hacking into the local internet network and causing two weeks of chaos. Local press reports named the man as Lee Ashour Syed and said he was British. The problems for the UAE's only ISP, Etisalat, have come at an embarrassing time for the authorities. And they have given ammunition to local critics of the state's monopoly role over telecommunications. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_800000/800353.stm - - - - - - - - - - - - - U.S. athletes rebuffed in nude photo net case A federal judge Wednesday rejected a lawsuit against two Internet access providers, PSINet Inc. and GTE Corp., filed by dozens of Illinois State University athletes after their nude images were marketed on the World Wide Web. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/122682l.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft, others unveil Web tools to control personal information Microsoft Corp. and other companies Wednesday unveiled tools designed to give Internet users more control over how much personal information they divulge. The products were introduced amid growing concern about Web sites that secretly track people's online habits and supply the information to marketers. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/031132.htm White House backs Web privacy plan The White House Wednesday endorsed an Internet industry initiative aimed at boosting online privacy just hours before acknowledging that one of its own web sites may have violated federal privacy policy. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/057296.htm Is White House Tracking Web Users? Big Brother isn't just watching you, he may be inside your computer, scanning your movements on the Web. That's what some privacy experts fear is behind an online advertising effort by the White House drug office that is inserting a digital "cookies" into the hard drives of Internet users who land on Web pages sporting anti-drug banner ads. http://www.apbnews.com/Newscenter/breakingnews/2000/06/21/drugcookies0621_01.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - Court orders owner of PETA parody site to relinquish address Animal-rights activists know the name PETA is an acronym for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. But in cyberspace, the letters briefly stood for People Eating Tasty Animals. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/021443.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - Committee takes time with Internet Security Bill The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is revising a bill that responds to a variety of concerns about Internet security and privacy, and the committee chairman plans to schedule a vote on it before the July 4 holiday recess, a committee lawyer said Tuesday. The committee last week was to consider amendments to the Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, but the bill's sponsor, Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, decided to shelve it because of concerns raised by information technology industry officials and privacy advocates, said Manus Cooney, chief counsel for the committee. http://idg.net/ic_191326_1794_9-10000.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - Canada's Kasten Chase to Secure top-secret U.S. data Canada's Kasten Chase has been given the exclusive go-ahead by the U.S. National Security Agency to safeguard top secret government data, which could make the recent theft of computer hard drives laden with nuclear secrets from Los Alamos National Laboratory a nonissue in the future. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/reuters/docs/121941l.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - Infosec poses allied communication challenge Information security remains the largest stumbling block facing the United States and its military allies as they struggle to overcome systems interoperability problems highlighted by the war in Kosovo, senior Pentagon officials said Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Croom Jr., vice director of command, control, communications and computer systems for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, said the war in Kosovo offered examples of how lack of planning and restrictive security policies can hamper allied interoperability. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0619/web-ops-06-21-00.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - Symantec offers Net security program for businesses Security software maker Symantec today launched a new Internet and computer security package that includes software, administration tools and consulting services. Symantec Enterprise Security allows a business to employ intrusion prevention, virus protection and content-filtering software throughout its company, Symantec said in a statement. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2120931.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - Firewall Software Makers Tap Growing Market After Hack Attacks In a typical month, would-be hackers probe Bob Larribeau's computer a dozen times. Larribeau isn't a bank executive or a high school principal. He doesn't run a fancy Web site such as Yahoo! Inc. What makes the self-employed computer consultant an attractive target is his high-speed Internet connection. http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_fgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=ad_bottom_tech&s=AOVEL9RZ_RmlyZXdh - - - - - - - - - - - - - What Kind of Germ Creates a Computer Virus? I am tired of these viruses. Every morning, I come into work, relatively chipper and ready to face the day. Problem is, more mornings than not, I'm met with the dispiriting news that a new high-tech bug is stalking my computer. By 10:30 or so, I've reached a state of low-grade panic; I have a third cup of coffee and imagine the virus circling my e-mail in-box like a vulture hunting for injured prey. And I know I'm in for it, because let's face facts: In the grand scheme of the Internet world, I'm roughly the equivalent of a field mouse who's had both its knees kicked in. http://www.time.com/time/daily/0,2960,47866-101000620,00.html *********************************************************** The source material may be copyrighted and all rights are retained by the original author/publisher. The information is provided to you for non-profit research and educational purposes. Reproduction of this text is encouraged; however copies may not be sold, and NewsBits (www.newsbits.net) should be cited as the source of the information. Copyright 2000, NewsBits.net, Campbell, CA.