SECUR> Iran, Kuwait Most Active In Mideast for Cyber Attacks
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- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:13:02 -0600
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Iran, Kuwait Most Active In Mideast for Cyber Attacks
http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?KEY=7E4455414050&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820
According to a survey by Symantec, Iran and Kuwait are the most active
sources of cyberattacks originating from the Middle East, at 29.3 attacks
per 100,000 Internet users, and 23.3 per 100,000, respectively. The U.S.
accounts for 34.5% of all cyber-related attacks. According to the study,
the 13 countries in the Cyber Terrorist Watch List generated less than one
percent of all attacks detected in the last six months. The countries in
the watch list are Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, UAE,
Cuba, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Sudan and Indonesia.
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Feds pull suspicious .gov site
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983384.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed
The General Services Administration (GSA) has shut down the website
AONN.gov, belonging to Access One Network Northwest, a self-described
cyberwarfare unit claiming to employ more than 2,000 people and to have the
support of the U.S. Department of Defense. No federal agency called AONN
appears to exist, and no agency with that name is on the official list of
organizations maintained by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and
Technology. A Senate Budget Committee representative said he had never
heard of AONN. This marks the first known case of a .gov address being
hijacked, though cases of cybersquatting, or registering a domain to which
the registering party may not be entitled, are known in the .com and .net
domains. "How they obtained the (top-level domain) of .gov is baffling and
shows a flaw in the registration system that could create greater mischief
in other hands," a representative for the Association of Former
Intelligence Officers said this week.
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