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A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
29-May-02 02:36:15 ET
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"An internal FBI memo says agents destroyed evidence gathered in an investigation involving Osama bin Laden's network after its e-mail wiretap system mistakenly captured information to which the agency was not entitled..."
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"The FBI software not only picked up the e-mails of its target 'but also picked up e-mails on non-covered targets,' said a March 2000 memo to agency headquarters in Washington..."
29-May-02 04:30:21 ET
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"There are two new Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM) vulnerabilities which can potentially compromise a user's machine..."
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"First up, an unchecked buffer which enables any URL beginning with 'ymsgr:' to call ypager.exe, crash it and run malicious code if the messenger is integrated with the browser..."
29-May-02 09:05:37 ET
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"State senators said Tuesday they would investigate why it took weeks for 260,000 government employees to be notified that a hacker accessed a computer system containing their personal financial information..."
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"Authorities don't know what, if any, information was taken or used. The database included employees' last names, first and middle initials, Social Security numbers and payroll deduction information..."
28-May-02 12:51:22 ET
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"Riverhead Networks of Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday unveiled the Riverhead Guard product for protecting enterprises against distributed denial of service attacks..."
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"The product is a network device that is stationed adjacent to a router or switch on a network interface that is separate from that which is used to transmit network traffic..."
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