CRIME FW: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 11/19/02

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November 18, ComputerWorld
Bin Laden associate warns of cyberattacks. A London-based fundamentalist
Islamic cleric with known ties to Osama bin Laden said al-Qaeda and various
other fundamentalist Muslim groups around the world are actively planning to
use the Internet as a weapon in their "defensive" jihad, or holy war,
against the West. In an exclusive interview today with Computerworld, Sheikh
Omar Bakri Muhammad, founder of the London-based group Jama'at Al-Muhajirun
and the spokesman for Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front for
Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, said all types of technology, including
the Internet, are being studied for use in the global jihad against the
West. "In a matter of time you will see attacks on the stock market," Bakri
said, referring specifically to the markets in New York, London and Tokyo.
His comments represent the first time that a high-profile radical Muslim
cleric with known links to bin Laden has spoken publicly about the use of
cybertactics for offensive purposes. "I would not be surprised if tomorrow I
hear of a big economic collapse because of somebody attacking the main
technical systems in big companies," Bakri said, referring to an ongoing
threat of an attack. Source:
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,76000,00.html

November 14, Internet Magazine
Welsh hacker charged with spreading viruses. Following the indictment of a
London-based programmer for hacking U.S. military networks, a Welsh website
designer has been charged with disseminating computer viruses. Simon Vallor,
who was arrested in February, was charged under the Computer Misuse Act. He
was also charged with being in possession of indecent images of children. He
faces a Crown Court trial next year. He has been held responsible for
sending the 'Gokar Redesi' virus, which affected computers in 46 countries.
Source. http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=2914
Virus: #1 Virus in USA: PE_FUNLOVE.4099
Source: http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html, Trend World Micro Virus
Tracking Center [Infected Computers, North America, Past 24 hours, #1 in
United States]

Top 10 Target Ports
137(netbios-ns); 80(http); 1433(ms-sql-s); 21(ftp); 25(smtp);
139(netbios-ssn); 1080(socks); 6112; 445(microsoft-ds); 443(https)
Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center

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