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• The hacktivism myth

  Hacktivism is a bastardisation of the words hack and activism. In truth, it's neither. Rather, it has become a cheapjack pseudo-politically hip moniker for the activities of apolitical teenage miscreants devoid of talent, creativity and passion.

• Can your bank stop a cyberheist?

  A bank's security system can appear to be almost foolproof, but it usually can't stop carelessness, inside sources or an intruder's persistence.

• Managers can be freakier than hackers

  Is the focus corporate management has on the bottom line at the expense of maintaining a secure environment?

• Did Wi-Fi interference cause Boeing 777 crash?

  The recent BA038 crash-landing at Heathrow airport may have been caused by interference from wireless networks, which affected the aircraft's electronically controlled power and automated flight systems.

• Oracle exec hits out at 'patch' mentality

  Oracle's security chief says the software industry is so riddled with buggy product makers that "you wouldn't get on a plane built by software developers."

• L0pht releases first BO2K plug-in

  The controversial Back Orifice 2000 has some company. The white-hat hacking think-tank L0pht Heavy Industries posted its first of three plug-ins for the program, which has been alternately called a remote administration application or a hacking tool, depending on the user's point of view.

• Hack-proof Linux on the way?

  A start-up company has launched an effort to sell a version of Linux that's less vulnerable to attack, a niche the company hopes will gain it a foothold in the market for the Unix-like operating system.

• Study: Open source poses security risks

  A conservative US think tank suggests in an upcoming report that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary software.

• Palm trojan hits underground

  The carefree days for the Palm handheld are over. A Trojan horse posing as a warez program for the Game Boy emulator Liberty, can delete programs on the Palm.

• eTerrorism: Assessing the infrastructure risk

  While warnings pervade government and the media, doomsday scenarios of cyberterrorism that result in massive deaths or injury remain largely the stuff of Hollywood scripts or conspiracy theory.

• Old code in Windows is security threat

  Microsoft will more quickly retire old code in its Windows operating system and other software as a result of the company's four-month-old "trustworthy computing" initiative, the company's lead bug basher said in an interview.

• Charles Cooper: The bug syndrome - get used to it

  So some enterprising hacker had a hot time with Hotmail, striking momentary panic into the hearts of 40 million or so subscribers to the free e-mail service. The news was good for a few headlines but quickly disappeared off the radar -- and so it goes until the next time -- and I guarantee there will be a next time users get burned.

• 'Infowarfare' part of NATO arsenal?

  The barrage of cruise missiles raining down on Yugoslavia in the ongoing NATO offensive is only the most visible element of the campaign. Behind the scenes, military technologists are using 'infowar' tactics borrowed from hackers to disrupt the Serbian telecommunications infrastructure.

• 'Infowarfare' part of NATO arsenal?

  The barrage of cruise missiles raining down on Yugoslavia in the ongoing NATO offensive is only the most visible element of the campaign. Behind the scenes, military technologists are using 'infowar' tactics borrowed from hackers to disrupt the Serbian telecommunications infrastructure.

• Internet wiretapping still a threat

  A push by law enforcement to make the Internet wiretap-friendly hit a major snag on Wednesday, when members of the Internet Engineering Task Force -- the body responsible for setting Internet standards -- overwhelmingly said 'no' to a key question.

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