EDUPAGE> Edupage, November 21, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Feds Nab 125 Cyber Crooks
EU Creates Cybercrime Agency
Security Experts Call for Systemic Fixes
Wireless Access Growing, Users Lacking
SBC and RIAA Meet in Court
FEDS NAB 125 CYBER CROOKS
An investigation called Operation Cyber Sweep has landed 125 suspects
in jail, accused of a range of computer crimes, according to Attorney
General John Ashcroft. The operation included law enforcement agencies
in the United States and many other countries around the globe,
including Romania, Canada, and Ghana. Those targeted in the
investigation included spammers, hackers, identity thieves, and people
accused of defrauding Internet users of millions of dollars. Reports of
rising computer-based crime prompted the investigation. According to
the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, reports of Internet fraud rose
from 48,000 in 2002 to 58,000 in just the first nine months of 2003.
More arrests are expected as the operation continues.
Wired News, 20 November 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61317,00.html
EU CREATES CYBERCRIME AGENCY
The European Union is creating an agency to educate the public about
computer security threats and coordinate investigations into
computer-related crimes, including viruses and other electronic
attacks. The Brussels-based European Network and Information Security
Agency (ENISA) will not function as a policing body but will work with
law enforcement in member countries to address security issues. ENISA
will collect and distribute information about best practices and other
strategies whereby businesses and individual users can safeguard
computers and networks from a range of threats. An official from
antivirus company Sophos said the agency could fill a clear need in the
EU--that of acting as a single point of contact for computer attacks
and viruses.
BBC, 21 November 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3226178.stm
SECURITY EXPERTS CALL FOR SYSTEMIC FIXES
A group of experts brought together at a computer-security conference
this week called for systemic, fundamental changes to the way computers
and networks are secured. The five speakers at the event said that
current computer technology fails to encourage the types and numbers of
advances that genuinely trustworthy computing could deliver. Eugene
Spafford of the Center for Education and Research in Information
Assurance and Security at Purdue University said that the basic nature
of computers should be modified to make security effective and
embedded. Constant attention to short-term fixes, however, prevent
researchers from devoting the time and resources to make such changes,
he said. Spafford called for security researchers to tackle four "grand
challenges" in the next decade: ending spam, viruses, and other forms
of attacks; developing truly secure, large-scale networks; allowing
users to control individual privacy and security; and creating useful
risk analyses for computer systems.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 November 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/11/2003112103n.htm
WIRELESS ACCESS GROWING, USERS LACKING
According to a new report by Jupiter Research, public wireless Internet
access is proliferating, but use of such networks remains very low. The
number of wireless access points in public locations has grown
significantly. Despite a high level of awareness about wireless access,
however, only six percent of respondents to the Jupiter survey have
used such access and only one percent have paid to use wireless access
in a public place. The report suggests, however, that wireless access
can prove to be a viable market, especially for frequent travelers who
otherwise incur costs of as much as $200 per month or more for telecom
services. For these users, an additional $30 per month for wireless
access in hotels or airports increases the total bill by 20 percent or
less, according to the report.
Internet News, 21 November 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3111721
SBC AND RIAA MEET IN COURT
SBC Communications and the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) will square off this week in a California courtroom over the
constitutionality of subpoenas issued by the RIAA to SBC customers. The
ISP is challenging the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) under which the RIAA has subpoenaed the identities of
Internet users suspected of illegally trading copyrighted files. A
federal court has already upheld the subpoena powers of the DMCA in a
case brought by Verizon Communications against the RIAA, but some
observers think SBC's case is stronger than Verizon's. A spokesperson
from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which supports eliminating the
subpoena powers granted to copyright owners, said that the legal
actions of the RIAA amount to misuse of the DMCA. The RIAA has asked
that the case be dismissed.
CNET, 20 November 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5110296.html
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