Daily Cybercrime and Security Report for October 12, 2001

The Register: Tables Turn on Bin Laden 'Bank Crackers'
11-Oct-01 05:18:41 ET

Story Highlights:
"The hacking group which claims to hacked into a bank connected to Osama bin Laden in the Sudan has had its own Web site defaced..."

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"Yihat (Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism) was re-christened Young IDIOTIC haxOrz and Terrorists after an attack on its kill.net Web site by infamous hacker Fluffy Bunny..."

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Computer User: Anti-Terror Hackers Claim Arab National Bank Breach
12-Oct-01 03:14:33 ET

Story Highlights:
"Vigilante hackers apparently penetrated the security of a Saudi bank Wednesday, even as the hackers' own Web site was defaced by a notorious computer prankster, Fluffi Bunni..."

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"In an effort to locate financial information about terrorists, a member of a group called Yihat claims to have breached the defenses of an Internet-connected server operated by Arab National Bank..."

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Computer User: German TV Show Contends Bank Hack Assignment Not Wrong
12-Oct-01 03:14:34 ET

Story Highlights:
"Members of the news team of a popular German high-tech TV show have openly admitted that they asked hackers to break into the computers of one of Germany's largest banks..."

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"The hacking was reported on the Sept. 16 edition of Technical Adviser, and was a major embarrassment to Munich-based HypoVereinsbank, which loudly described the hacking as illegal..."

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The Register: Web Server Attacks Doubled Over the Last Year
11-Oct-01 15:19:46 ET

Story Highlights:
"Web server attacks have doubled over the course of the last year, despite increased spending on security. That's the main conclusion of a survey of more than 2,500 organisations, sponsored by security firms TruSecure and Predictive Systems..."

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"Viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware infected 90 percent of the respondents to the survey, even though 88 percent of those companies already had antivirus protection in place..."

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