Daily CyberCrime and Security Report for August 14, 2002

TechWeb: Hackers Everywhere
14-Aug-02 08:41:52 ET

Story Highlights:
"White hats. Black hats. E-warfare. Court-approved hacking. Drive-by hacking. Princeton officials hacking Yale..."

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"What's next—hackers for hire? Hacking duels? Hacking in 12 easy lessons? Hackers Anonymous?..."

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The Register: DoS Risk from Oracle9i Debugging Bug
14-Aug-02 12:56:07 ET

Story Highlights:
"A flaw in the debugging mechanism of Oracle9i supplies a mechanism for crackers to crash vulnerable servers..."

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"All Oracle9i installations are vulnerable to this attack, according to security tools firm ISS, which discovered the problem..."

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The Register: Mock Cyberwar Fails to End Mock Civilization
14-Aug-02 08:08:20 ET

Story Highlights:
"A mock cyberwar enacted by faculty of the US Naval War College and analysts from Gartner (NYSE: IT) does not appear to have fulfilled the Clancyesque predictions of mass devastation envisioned by the leading security paranoiacs of the Clinton and Bush Administrations..."

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"The exercise, named 'Digital Pearl Harbor,' apparently in tribute to US CyberSecurity Czar and Chief Alarmist Richard Clarke, brought together a team of experts in several areas related to critical infrastructure for a three-day hackfest..."

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Fairfax I.T.: Wireless, Yes, But with Security Strings Attached
13-Aug-02 15:08:09 ET

Story Highlights:
"Wireless networks are a great benefit to roving workers but they bring with them unique security problems that even the most vigilant business manager will find difficult to counter..."

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"The wireless Ethernet standards known as 802.11a and 802.11b were designed with security in mind but technical flaws have appeared since the standard was released..."

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