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| January 2004 Volume 4 Edition 4
Note from the Editor:
This month OnlineSecurity is pleased to provide you with a broad
perspective on issues at the confluence of law, business, and
technology. This includes a primer on responding to cyber attacks, a
discussion of EDD standards, and a provocative editorial on the privacy
impacts of the Patriot Act. In 2004 we will continue to provide our
unique perspective on these types of issues and we welcome your comments
and/or feedback. If there are subjects that you would like us to cover,
please let us know by contacting us at editor@onlinesecurity.com.
Intruder Alert: What To Do When You Have Been Hacked
By David Wells - OnlineSecurity Investigator
As noted in the press, information attacks against businesses and institutions are steadily
increasing. One only needs to watch CNN or read the local newspaper to find out about the
most recent attacks (viral and direct hacking) against organizations. The increase in the
frequency of attacks has been coupled with an increase in the level of sophistication of attacks.
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An EDD Standards Committee Is Born
By Alex Lubarsky
It had to happen... Standardization in the EDD world is at our doorstep.
When I was a charter member of my high school computer club, Kevin Hackman got his
hands on this game for the Apple II+ called Tai Pan. It was the first simulation video
game ever. The player managed a fleet of ships along the Asian sea silk trail whereby silk
was traded at various ports for opium, cannons and silver. The wise user would purchase
products at attractive prices and know when and where to sell the bounty for a profit.
Of course, if enough cannons were not traded the user would surely fall prey to the
scores of Pirate ships commandeered by Black Bart which outgunned the user's trading ship.
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At Risk — Your Privacy
By Sally Richards
No longer do we have to wonder when precisely in the future the Big Brother scenario will
play itself out. Here it is — we are all trapped in a web of ever-watching monitoring
devices. The funny thing? They're all devices we've chosen by company, brand and value-add
features. The thing we weren't counting on? That the information being collected about
the use of those devices and services that are readily available to the US government
without so much as a warrant. Just as Hal turned on the crew of the spaceship Discovery,
so have our nomadic and stationary technology devices turned against us. In some cases,
even our library cards are snitches for the Feds.
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