CRIME FW: [Cyber_threats] Daily News 12/02/02

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November 28, Internet Magazine - Jewish group tells of 'electronic
Jihad'
plan. Militant Islamic groups are urging their followers to conduct
'electronic Jihad' on Jewish websites, according to the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean at the Los Angeles-based
Jewish organization, told Reuters that one of the center's researchers
had
come across two websites in Arabic referring to a three-day campaign of
hacking into Jewish sites. The Simon Wiesenthal Center monitors
extremist
anti-Semitic publications and websites on a regular basis, but Cooper
said
the latest find this week was particularly alarming because one of the
websites gave 'how to' tips to would-be hackers. Source.
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=2951

November 27, Associated Press - Bush signs bill to boost cyber security.
President Bush on Wednesday signed a bill authorizing $900 million in
grants
to spur federal agencies, industry and universities to devote more
energy to
cyber security research. The five-year program would require the
National
Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology to
bring industry and academic experts together to fund new research and to
help attract top researchers to the field. It also would encourage
efforts
to recruit new students into cyber security programs. Source.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46319-2002Nov27.html

November 26, BBC - Risk of Internet collapse is rising. Scientists say
that
simulated attacks on key Internet hubs have shown how vulnerable the
worldwide network is to disruption by disaster or terrorist action. If
an
attack or disaster destroyed the major nodes of the Internet, the
network
itself could begin to unravel, warn the scientists who carried out the
simulations. The virtual attacks showed that the net would keep going in
major cities, but outlying areas and smaller towns would gradually be
cut
off. The researchers warn that the net has become more vulnerable as it
has
become more commercialized and key net cables are concentrated in the
hands
of fewer organizations. The simulations were carried out by a trio of
scientists from Ohio State University led by Tony Grubesic, Assistant
Professor of Geography at the University of Cincinnati. Dr Grubesic
compared
the net to U.S. air traffic system. In its early days the net was as
decentralised as possible with multiple links between many of the nodes
forming it. If one node disappeared, traffic could easily flow to other
links and route traffic to all parts. However, said the researchers, the
increasing commercialization of the net has seen the emergence of large
hubs
that act as key distribution points for some parts of the web. As a
result,
the net has become much more vulnerable to attack. Source.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm

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