Issue 23.00

  • Info on RISKS (comp.risks), contributions, subscriptions, FTP, etc.
  • SUMMARY OF RISKS VOLUME 23 (November 2003 to ...) (NOTE: This summary is archived in ftp file risks-23.00 at ftp.sri.com, cd risks, and is also at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/23.00.html.)
  • Issue 23.01

  • Credit agencies sending our files abroad (David Lazarus via Paul Saffo)
  • Crypto screwup: Sensitive Israeli missile test inadvertently broadcast (Craig S. Bell)
  • A new risk for electronic voting (Jeremy Epstein)
  • California Halts E-Vote Certification (Kim Zetter via Monty Solomon)
  • Touch screen voting -- like Web site maintenance? (William Nico)
  • Irish Labour Party urges suspension of e-voting until flaws addressed (Patrick O'Beirne)
  • E-ZPass, UPS, and Newark Airport (Susan Landau)
  • Microsoft puts a price on the heads of virus writers (NewsScan)
  • Microsoft patches their patched patches (Robert Bruce Thompson via Dave Farber)
  • Remember those jokes about "if AT&T built cars?" (Daniel P.B. Smith)
  • Duh! an electronic signature! (Geoff Kuenning)
  • Paying employees is not rocket science (Paul Robinson)
  • Another victim of the d__n bad-word filter! (Adam Abrams)
  • REVIEW: "High Integrity Software", John Barnes (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.02

  • Eurofighter Typhoon brake fault (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Computers in cars: "When you add complexity you add risks" (NewsScan)
  • Mail-order price-listing typo cost company over $2 million (Chiaki Ishikawa)
  • New election to be held due to technical glitch (Kim Alexander)
  • Vanishing votes; wireless security experts (Rebecca Mercuri)
  • Fairfax County electronic voting: the saga continues (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Thwarted Linux backdoor (Douglas W. Jones)
  • Talk of wiretaps rattles Hollywood (Bernard Weinraub via Monty Solomon)
  • Update: Fun with stolen credit-card numbers (Jonathan Kamens)
  • Re: SPARK Ada in "High Integrity Software" (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Re: goto in Slade's review of "High Integrity Software" (Martin Cohen, Andrew Dalke)
  • Marcus Ranum: The Myth of Homeland Security (PGN)
  • REVIEW: "The GSEC Prep Guide", Mike Chapple (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.03

  • Whirled-Wide Web (Bertrand Meyer)
  • TAB operator error in punter's favour (David Shaw)
  • Astonishing electronic voting "glitch" (Steve Summit)
  • The computer is ALWAYS right (Charles Lamb)
  • Re: California halts e-vote certification (David E. Ross)
  • More on Diebold installing uncertified software in California (PGN)
  • Re: A new risk for electronic voting (Steven M. Bellovin)
  • Report raises more questions about voting machines (EPIC)
  • Belkin: Another protocol-violation-to-sell-products risk (Tim Bradshaw)
  • New definition of "Fish 'N Chips" (Jim Schindler)
  • Minnesota CriMNet shutdown (Steven Hauser)
  • FBI's reach into records is set to grow (Monty Solomon)
  • High-tech microscopes expose Americans' private lives (Monty Solomon)
  • A heavily used RISKY website: France Telecom (Peter Kaiser)
  • Holes found in online job search privacy (Brian Berstein via Monty Solomon)
  • Security patching: a story from the trenches (Rex Black)
  • Bank scam with spaces in trick URL (Mark Brader)
  • Computers in cars: "When you add complexity you add risks" (Richard I Cook)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.04

  • Sony to recall 550,000 CD Walkman battery packs (Monty Solomon)
  • Amber Alert, Coming to the Inbox Nearest You (Rebecca Mercuri)
  • Southern drawls thwart voice recognition for police (Ken)
  • California to require voting machine receipts and stricter auditing (Steve Bellovin)
  • E-Votes must leave a voter-verified paper audit trail (PGN)
  • Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi worm (Steve Summit)
  • Proposed reason for electronic voting mess (John Bechtel)
  • Re: Astonishing electronic voting "glitch" (Martin Ward)
  • Whois bug at www.tucows.com (Tony Toews)
  • Man arrested wardriving child porn (Walter Roberson)
  • Old Nigerian scam nets $400,000 (Arthur J. Byrnes)
  • In-Security clearance (Name withheld by request)
  • Human Error Leads to AT&T's Anti-Spam Gaffe (Ryan Naraine via Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • Books of Interest: End of the World; Human Factor (Mike Smith)
  • REVIEW: "Practical Cryptography", Bruce Schneier/Niels Ferguson (Rob Slade)
  • REVIEW: "Wireless Security Essentials", Russell Dean Vines (Rob Slade)
  • Re: SANS, GSEC, and Chapple book review (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.05

  • Two loose screws killed Disneyland rider (PGN)
  • US railroad uses Wi-Fi to run 'driverless' trains (Lars Kongshem)
  • Nuclear plan shut down by lightning strike (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • Tanker Truck Shutdown Via Satellite (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • Microsoft Windows, Auto Edition (Andrew Whitby)
  • What Bill Gates Says About Security (from InformIT) (Dawn Cohen)
  • Another large gas bill (Amos Shapir)
  • UK MoD scraps 130-million-pound computer project (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • How Much Is Privacy Worth? (Monty Solomon)
  • Government e-mails apparently sent to hairdresser (Neil Youngman)
  • 'Master' and 'slave' computer labels unacceptable, LA officials say (Henry Baker)
  • Security subtleties (identity withheld by request)
  • Man trapped for hours by payphone (Mark Brader)
  • Debian security breach and forensic analysis (Gerrit Muller)
  • Re: Security patching: a story from the trenches (Walter Dnes)
  • Dangerous looking e-mail from quickbooks (Kyle York)
  • Re: In-Security clearance (Peter H. Coffin)
  • Re: Amber Alert, Coming to the Inbox Nearest You (Timothy Knox)
  • Re: Cehck tihs out! (Rodney Hoffman)
  • ANNOUNCE: New mailing list for secure application development, SC-L (Kenneth R. van Wyk)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.06

  • Electronic car doors trap man in Australian flood, nearly drown him (Tony Healy)
  • New official self-service litigation system available in England/Wales (Tony Ford)
  • Software paraphrases sentences (Justine Roberts)
  • The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing (Peter Deutsch via Roger Z)
  • Human Factor? (Dave Brunberg)
  • This number's ready for prime time (NewsScan)
  • Re: Another large gas bill (Tom Hayhurst)
  • Big money on the line, but no source code... (D G Rossiter)
  • Nevada to apply slot-machine security to e-voting hardware? (David Brunberg)
  • Re: Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi worm (Russ Cooper, Elinor Mills Abreu via Lillie Coney)
  • Voter-verified breadcrumb trail? (Dave Brunberg, PGN)
  • Voting machines (William Ehrich)
  • Re: "In-Security clearance" (Eric Dobbs)
  • Re: Real purpose behind In-Security clearance program (Daniel Suthers)
  • Nigerian scams (Ted Lemon)
  • The Internet and the right to communicate (Monty Solomon)
  • The Structure of an Accident (William Langewiesche via Monty Solomon)
  • REVIEW: "Linux Security Cookbook", Barrett/Silverman/Byrnes (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.07

  • Remote-controlled trains (Bill Tolle)
  • Over-reliance on PowerPoint leads to simplistic thinking (NewsScan)
  • Japan's Mars probe goes off course (PGN)
  • Risk of a test message: Heated Training Session (Patrick Lincoln)
  • Voter information up for grabs (NewsScan)
  • Voting machine maker dinged (Lillie Coney)
  • Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies (Susan Marie Weber)
  • Re: Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi worm (Drew Dean)
  • Re: Why have electronic voting machines at all? (Russ Cooper)
  • Proper understanding of "The Human Factor" (Don Norman)
  • April Fool's e-mail freed detained kidnapper (Lillie Coney)
  • This number's ready for prime time (Mark Brader)
  • Correction for RISKS-23.06 (Trevor Zacks)
  • Free lunch? Or double-or-nothing? (Rob Slade)
  • REVIEW: "Effective Security Management", Charles A. Sennewald (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.08

  • Railroad accident results from deactivated crossing gates (PGN)
  • Chats led to Acxiom hacker bust (Kevin Poulsen via Monty Solomon)
  • Moderation and Immoderation (PGN)
  • Re: Tragedy of the Commons (Douglas W. Jones)
  • Re: Proper Understanding of the Human Factor (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Poor writing is the problem, not PowerPoint (Simson L. Garfinkel)
  • Why have electronic voting machines at all? (Finn Poschmann, Sander Tekelenburg)
  • CFP: CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference, Mar 2004 (Michel E. Kabay)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.09

  • Rotorouted New Year's greeting? (PGN)
  • Loss of bus braking due to nearby illegally modified transceivers (Chiaki Ishikawa)
  • "Openness" in Government (Identity withheld by request)
  • GuineTel seeks ways of clamping down on scam fraud (Patrick O'Beirne)
  • AOL now filtering based on whether they like embedded URLs (Stever Robbins)
  • Guilt by technology (Dawn Cohen)
  • Murphy's Law (Mark Brader)
  • Important article on origins of Murphy's Law (Doug Mink)
  • Re: Railroad accident results from deactivated crossing gates (Geoff Kuenning)
  • Re: Proper understanding of "The Human Factor" (Merlyn Kline)
  • Poor writing is the problem, not PowerPoint (Paul A.S. Ward)
  • Re: Diebold ATMs & Nachi worm; you ain't seen nuttin' yet! (Richard I Cook)
  • Re: Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi worm (Tim Panton)
  • Re: Voter information up for grabs (David E. Ross)
  • Re: Online issue of civil claims (Robin Crorie)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.10

  • Cybercrime more than doubled in 2003 (NewsScan)
  • Reliability of network vulnerability testing is decreasing (Charles Preston)
  • Biometrics: 'Not your father's fingerprints' win out (NewsScan)
  • Pointless "security" (Huge)
  • To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Marc Auslander)
  • VoteHere reports computer break-in (Fredric L. Rice)
  • Re: Voter information up for grabs (Kelly Bert Manning)
  • Re: Why have electronic voting machines at all? (Peter Williams)
  • Electronic voting: social aspects (Andrew o' Baoill)
  • Re: Over-reliance on PowerPoint (Ron Bean)
  • Re: Poor writing is the problem, not PowerPoint (Julian Thomas)
  • An economic argument against PowerPoint (Carson Harding)
  • Re: Railroad accident (John Hines, John A. Stewart, Ed Ravin, Chris Smith, Matthew Delaney, David Cantrell)
  • Re: Loss of bus braking due to nearby illegally modified transceivers (Huge)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.11

  • Bank of England falls victim as e-mail scams rise by 400% (Keith A Rhodes)
  • Get ready for SPIM (NewsScan)
  • Israeli government suspends purchases of Microsoft software (NewsScan)
  • Input data error on tag transfer causes driver's arrest (Stanley A. Klein)
  • Forget your bank balance? It's available on the Internet (Monty Solomon)
  • Inadvertent use of wireless network (Ben Rosengart)
  • Car-monitoring service allows you to be your own Big Brother (Monty Solomon)
  • Secret ballots the Tel-Aviv University way... (Yaron Davidson)
  • Electronic voting: computer reliability aspects (Bob Axtell)
  • Re: Why have electronic voting machines at all? (Mark Newton)
  • Re: Loss of bus braking due to nearby illegally modified transceivers (Kenji Rikitake)
  • REVIEW: "Disaster Recovery Planning", Jon William Toigo (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.12

  • U.S. FAA warns of EFIS system fault (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • B747-400 Electronic flight displays rendered inoperative (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Happy 2**30'th birthday, time_t! Now go patch Pro/ENGINEER (Paul Eggert)
  • Danish PM's private communications disclosed by MS Word (Theodor Norup)
  • Anti-spam law enacted -- so what's all this junk in my in-box? (NewsScan)
  • Want chips with that burger? (Jim Schindler)
  • Suing the customers (Joyce Scrivner)
  • Burger King wireless risk (Robert Franchi)
  • AP accidentally distributes celebrity phone numbers (Robert Franchi)
  • 'Unfixable' Word password hole exposed (Brett McCarron)
  • VoteHere there and everywhere (Rebecca Mercuri)
  • More voting snafus in Palm Beach and Broward Counties (Alan Fullilove)
  • Correction re: Australian Voting (Eric Ulevik)
  • Re: Electronic car doors trap man (Ian Mitchell)
  • The dangers of PGN-ing (Simon Hogg)
  • COMPSAC 2004 Call for Contributions (Yuen Tak Yu)
  • EUSPRIG CFP July 2004 Klagenfurt (Patrick O'Beirne)
  • REVIEW: "Ben Franklin's Web Site", Robert Ellis Smith (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.13

  • Is the F-35 fighter jet is too reliant on foreign software (Lillie Coney)
  • Some rental cars keep tabs on drivers (Dewayne Hendricks via IP)
  • Israeli Post Office break-in (Gadi Evron)
  • Online poll rigging (Keith C. Ivey)
  • Students' data on Web, and NYU. on defensive (Monty Solomon)
  • Bruce Schneier on Orange Alert in Salon (Cory Doctorow via IP)
  • Some .mil and .gov subscribers of Risks Spammed (Dennis G Rears)
  • Errant weather alert (David Kennedy)
  • Moscow ML fails because of time overflow bug (Paul E. Black)
  • Re: Happy 2**30'th birthday, time_t! (Alistair McDonald, Ed Ravin, Massimo Dal Zotto)
  • Re: The dangers of PGN-ing (Peter Riocreux, Huge)
  • E-mail scam attacks AT*T Worldnet (John Reinke)
  • PayPal spoofing (Jacob Palme)
  • Announcement: Third Bieleschweig Workshop (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.14

  • Spirit Rover humbled by classic programming error (Robert Woodhead)
  • New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO (Monty Solomon)
  • Panel reports DoD SERVE System fatally flawed - bureaucrats in denial (Scott Miller)
  • Roadside camera claims car going 406 mph (greep)
  • The risks of naming (Ross Anderson)
  • "Outsourced and Out of Control" (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Pun-intended definitions (PGN)
  • UK data protection laws and the Law of Unintended Consequences (Richard Pennington)
  • Lie-detector glasses, 90% accurate? (Steve Holzworth)
  • DHS protects vendors of anti-terrorism technologies from liability (Jay Wylie)
  • Privacy & security threats in one (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Rob Slade's review of Marcus Ranum's *The Myth of Homeland Security* (Marcus J. Ranum)
  • Proceedings on ... Engineering Principles of System Security ... (Daniel P. Faigin)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.15

  • E-mail activity: VaVaVoom MyDoom! (PGN)
  • Risks of virus scanners (Steve Bellovin)
  • AP blames virus transmission on users (Kevin Dalley)
  • US-CERT warns of worm, forgets to mention operating system (Kevin Dalley)
  • More controversy over SERVE Internet voting project (Dan Keating via Lillie Coney)
  • Finally! The Nigerian e-mail scammers caught (NewsScan)
  • Re: Spirit Rover humbled (Paul Czyzewski, Mark Brader, Dan Riley)
  • Re: UK data protection laws and ... Unintended Consequences (Richard Pennington, Dave Harris, Mark Brader)
  • Google targeted by pranksters (Monty Solomon)
  • On paypal and eBay scams (John Sinteur)
  • Postbank spoofing (Talmon)
  • Disciplinary action for teaching someone to use the address bar? (Neil Youngman)
  • REVIEW: "The Hanged Man's Song", John Sandford/John Camp (Rob Slade)
  • REVIEW: "Defense and Detection Strategies Against Internet Worms", Nazario (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.16

  • Security holes at DMVs nationwide lead to ID theft and safety concerns (Monty Solomon)
  • Defeating phishing scams (Andrew Rose)
  • A nasty Phishing attempt (Avishai Wool)
  • Another wireless risk (Chris Meadows)
  • Hotel reservation system easily confused (Richard S. Russell)
  • Browsers, online forms, rendering and opt-in marketing (Alistair McDonald)
  • Drunk unlocks police car with own key (Max)
  • Re: Happy 2**30'th birthday, time_t! (Steve Summit)
  • Re: Suing the customers (Paul Robinson)
  • Re: Lie-detector glasses, 90% accurate? (Ron Bean, Peter B. Ladkin)
  • REVIEW: "Biometrics", Woodward/Orlans/Higgins (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.17

  • How to Hack an Election (Hendrik)
  • UK: Vital e-crime evidence often destroyed (Iain Thomson via Keith A Rhodes)
  • Security Holes at DMVs Nationwide Lead to ID Theft and Safety Concerns (Monty Solomon)
  • Porn viewers work for hackers (Robin Burke)
  • January clearance sale (Scott Nicol)
  • Re: Spirit Rover humbled (Jim Griffith)
  • A scary thing (Erann Gat)
  • Phishing and a new IE security patch (Sidney Markowitz)
  • MyDoom and SCO (Steve Wildstrom)
  • RISKS actually gets *relatively little* MyDoom Traffic (Chris Smith)
  • Re: Risks of virus scanners (Paul Tomblin, Alan J Rosenthal)
  • Re: The risks of naming (Robert de Bath)
  • Re: Drunk unlocks police car with own key (D. Joseph Creighton, David Hollman)
  • "Loss of Identity" theft (Terry A. Ward)
  • REVIEW: "Kerberos: The Definitive Guide", Jason Garman (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.18

  • Software bug contributed to blackout (Kevin L. Poulsen)
  • *WashPost* registration expired, newsroom hampered (Bill Hopkins)
  • GM will recall some Chevrolet Corvettes (Monty Solomon)
  • Police face sack in ongoing privacy incidents (NewsScan)
  • Three degrees of outsourcing leads to data disclosure (Ed Ravin)
  • Privatization vs privacy (Friedrich Knauss)
  • TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super Bowl reports (Monty Solomon)
  • Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax (Kevin Poulsen via Monty Solomon)
  • Electronic copyrights (Jim Griffith)
  • Opposition to SPF (Ian Jackson)
  • Actually, SPF makes things worse (Markus Fleck-Graffe)
  • Re: Drunk unlocks police car with own key (Crispin Cowan)
  • Microsoft warns of widespread Windows flaw (Robert Lemos via Monty Solomon)
  • 'Mydoom' Creators Start Up 'Doomjuice' (Matti Huuhtanen via Monty Solomon)
  • Re: MyDoom and SCO (Scott Miller)
  • Don't rely on Social Security Numbers -- AGAIN! (Robert Ellis Smith)
  • Re: UK data protection laws ... Unintended Consequences (R M Crorie)
  • An interesting spam-filter risk (Geoff Kuenning)
  • NSF: Science of Design (Sol J. Greenspan via Gene Spafford)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.19

  • Mississippi voids November 2003 e-vote election for errors (Steve Corrick)
  • Canadian medical tests give reversed results (Danny Burstein)
  • 911 mistake: Wisconsin rescuers go to wrong town; victim dies (David LaRue)
  • Interesting device to steal ATM accounts (Mabry Tyson)
  • Officials Say Mob Stole $200 Million Using Phone Bills (William K Rashbaum via Monty Solomon)
  • Amazon reviewers identified -- as the authors! (NewsScan)
  • Alleged Trojan horse in Israeli anti-ballistic missile system (Gadi Evron)
  • GAO Report Warns of Airline Security Shortcomings (Lillie Coney)
  • GE says blackout bug patched (Kevin L. Poulsen)
  • Strategic planning for VeriSign restart of "Site Finder" (Lauren Weinstein)
  • FTC warning about private no-spam registry (NewsScan)
  • TiVo's privacy policy (Terence Eden)
  • Re: Privatization vs privacy (Aaron)
  • Challenge/Response spam blocking (Thomas Harrington)
  • Social Security number as identity: not secure (Carl Fink)
  • Re: Spirit Rover humbled (Timothy Prodin)
  • Sputnik & garage door openers (Kyle York)
  • Re: SPF and its critics (Lawrence Kestenbaum)
  • Exploiting software (Gary McGraw)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.20

  • King/Drew patient monitors shut off following 2 deaths (Sheri Alpert)
  • Bug in Windows-operated toilet system (Wendy M. Grossman)
  • Physical security of electronic voting terminals (Tobin Fricke)
  • Chipmakers race to plug the buffer overflow problem (NewsScan)
  • Buffer overflows and Multics? (Tom Van Vleck)
  • An old filtering problem, but worth repeating (Drew Dean)
  • Anti-captcha technique (Lindsay Marshall)
  • Further misdirected on-line trip planning (Mark Brader)
  • Conspiracy Theory: mortgage scams (NewsScan)
  • Osama Bin Laden is not on the no-fly list? (Peter Wayner)
  • MS Java Virtual Machine issue (Ferdinand John Reinke)
  • Garage-door openings by aircraft (John Slimick, Kevin G. Rhoads)
  • Re: Garage-door openers (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Re: Garage-door openers by Sputnik (Steve Bellovin)
  • Re: Drunk unlocks police car with own key (Adam Laurie)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.21

  • Bar codes for your health (NewsScan)
  • *Computer Weekly*'s campaign against government incompetence (Pete Mellor)
  • Malicious IT design in support of the cold war (Sam Garst)
  • Flaws threaten VoIP networks (Lillie Coney)
  • Fixed-length fields strike again (Robert Israel)
  • Toll Collect doesn't (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • SPF and SRS (Ben Rosengart)
  • Re: Risks of SPF (Peter da Silva)
  • Re: SPF and its critics (Dimitri Maziuk)
  • Theft of Client Information at Israeli Bank's "Information Fortress" (Gadi Evron)
  • Re: Interesting device to steal ATM accounts (Gadi Evron)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.22

  • Stolen heart monitor (Nigel Metheringham)
  • Keeping online games honest (NewsScan)
  • 4.6-million DSL subscribers' data leaked in Japan? (via Dave Farber)
  • E-mail robbery, the easy way (Ralf Ertzinger)
  • Solving e-mail problems economically (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Laptop security (Gadi Evron)
  • "Where did it print?" 1990 version (Daniel P. B. Smith)
  • Buffer overflows and Burroughs/Unisys (Keith Gobeski, Michael LeVine)
  • MS Java Virtual machine (Curtis Karnow)
  • Garage-Door openers; Rapid disassembly of PCS phones (Charles Jackson)
  • Re: Garage-door openers (Michael Kent)
  • Re: Garage-door openings by aircraft (Scott Peterson)
  • Further misdirected on-line trip planning (Bob Heuman)
  • Amtrak Website routing (Richard S. Russell)
  • REVIEW: "Developing Secure Distributed Systems with CORBA", Lang/Schreiner (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.23

  • July 2002 air collision revisited (Paul Cox)
  • FBI employee snoops through confidential police databases (Declan McCullagh)
  • Data Protection and an increasingly paranoid world (Matthew Byng-Maddick)
  • When entries aren't screened (Gillian M Brent)
  • Re: Malicious IT design in support of the cold war (Henry Baker, Diomidis Spinellis)
  • MS self-inflicted DDoS (Doug Sojourner)
  • Re: MS Java Virtual Machine issue (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
  • Re: SPF and its critics (Greg Bacon)
  • SPF is harmful. Adopt it. (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.24

  • Risks of Leap Years and Dumb Digital Watches, quadrennial posting (Mark Brader)
  • GAO's latest evaluation of DOD software development practice (James Paul)
  • Trouble with Mars rover Spirit (Erling Kristiansen)
  • RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them (Michael Borek)
  • State looks at false bills from AT&T (Peter Howe via Monty Solomon)
  • California e-voting: did programmers even try it? (Joel Garry)
  • Anti-Spam Solutions and Security, Neal Krawetz (Monty Solomon)
  • Legal Mercedes driver jailed for 18 months (Stefan Lesser)
  • Re: Stolen heart monitor (Dave Brunberg)
  • Re: Buffer overflows and VMS (Stanley F. Quayle)
  • Re: Buffer overflows and Burroughs/Unisys (Bill Hopkins)
  • Re: A320 Incident (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.25

  • Leap Year Strikes Again (Chuck Weinstock)
  • Pssst, wanna buy a spambotnet? (Rob Slade)
  • July 2002 air collision revisited (Michael Bacon)
  • Damaging consequences of response to password-protected viruses (Vassilis Prevelakis)
  • Spring '04 Sun Outage Notification (starband via Mich Kabay)
  • SPAM Countermeasures (Scott MacQuarrie)
  • Re: RFID tags in new US notes explode when you try to microwave them (Michael Borek responding to Paul Schleck)
  • And Another E-Voting Problem (David Bolduc via Dave Farber's IP)
  • Moseley Braun paper (Peter Zelchenko)
  • Avi Rubin on e-voting after yesterday's primary (Dave Brunberg)
  • Denial of service in criminal justice (Dick Mills)
  • REVIEW: "Hiding in Plain Sight", Eric Cole (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.26

  • U.S. Senate security shenanigans (Kristina Herrndobler via James Bauman)
  • PFIR Conference Announcement: "Preventing the Internet Meltdown" (PFIR)
  • Yet another worm masquerades as Microsoft update (NewsScan)
  • The price of e-mail is constant vigilance (Rob Slade)
  • Firms look to limit liability for online security breaches (Jonathan Krim via Monty Solomon)
  • Smartcards weren't so smart after all, says Target (NewsScan)
  • BBC reports card cloning scam (John Sawyer)
  • An interesting airplane user interface (David Magda)
  • Re: Legal Mercedes driver jailed for 18 months (David Gillett)
  • Extended Call for Papers: Voting, Elections, and Technology (Micah Altman)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.27

  • DARPA robot race is a bust (NewsScan)
  • Re: DARPA robot race (PGN)
  • Can Software Kill? (Debbie Gage and John McCormick via Dan Scherer)
  • P2P legal defense by separation of content and key? (Brent J. Nordquist)
  • PPI delayed by "computer problems" (Bill Hopkins)
  • Microsoft Word reveals document's author -- again (George W. Harris)
  • Lost e-votes could flip Napa County race (PGN)
  • California voters turned away (PGN)
  • Googling Up Passwords, Scott Granneman excerpt (Monty Solomon)
  • SSL is being severely stressed by phishing expeditions (Alistair McDonald)
  • When is a decimal point not a decimal point? (Darryl Smith)
  • Merger Mania (Mike Albaugh)
  • New twist to social engineering in virus transmission (John Sawyer)
  • Re: An interesting airplane user interface (A.M. Passy)
  • People are not as conservative as some think! (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
  • Re: Buffer overflows (Mike Albaugh)
  • 2004 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Steve Tate)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.28

  • House Panel Slams Federal IT Security (PGN)
  • JFK AirTrain passengers end up at storage yard instead of airport (Tom Lambert)
  • Connecticut automobile emissions tests faulty (Danny Burstein)
  • Diebold Opteva 520 ATM crashes exposing Windows XP Inside! (Scott A. Hissam)
  • The RISKS of Risk Analysis (Michael Bednarek)
  • Anti-spam lawsuit complaints (Monty Solomon)
  • Self adjusting firewalls in Longhorn (Neil Youngman)
  • Death of UK skydiver in Australia (Anthony Youngman)
  • "Special Skills draft" (Geoffrey Brent)
  • Risks of automated pedophilia detection (Nick Brown)
  • Latest e-mail worms use password trick to foil filters (NewsScan)
  • CORRECTION to "SSL is being severely stressed by phishing expeditions" (Alistair McDonald)
  • Re: SSL is being severely stressed by phishing (Isaac Morland, Nelson Minar)
  • Re: When is a decimal point not a decimal point? (John Carlyle-Clarke, Nick FitzGerald)
  • Throwing out the baby with the bathwater: Crypto sigs (Tim Panton)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.29

  • Coincidental Risks -- related to electronic voting systems (Jim Horning)
  • Toyota music-playing robot and possible spinoffs (PGN)
  • April Foolproof: AT&T Alerts Consumers About the Latest Scams (Monty Solomon)
  • Network Solutions' "A Sucker Born Every Minute" Domain Service (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Fraudulent request for bank info (Ken Knowlton)
  • Bridge construction mismatch (Ken Knowlton)
  • Shuttle speed-brake gears installed backwards (Anthony Youngman)
  • Pontiac leap-year bug (Tom Van Vleck)
  • Online student election flaws (James Prescott)
  • Utility employees rig customer survey (Monty Solomon)
  • AOL unveils spam-victim sweepstakes (NewsScan)
  • Wrong number leads to woman's arrest (Monty Solomon)
  • Risks of confusing LAN and WAN rules (Leonard Erickson)
  • Web site devoted to Word documents with unintended strikeouts (Henry Baker)
  • Risks of discarded receipts (Tim Aidley)
  • Exploiting Software: How to Break Code, Hoglund/McGraw (PGN)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.30

  • GM recalls Cadillac SRX (Monty Solomon)
  • Firetruck steers itself into tree (Caleb Hess)
  • 800,000 cards overcharged at Wal-Mart stores (Monty Solomon)
  • News24's not-very-restrictive access restrictions (Cody Boisclair)
  • Time records often altered, job experts say (Bob Schuchman)
  • 4.6-million DSL subscribers' data leaked in Japan? (Chiaki Ishikawa)
  • Pilot study of cybercrime against businesses (Michel Kabay)
  • Risks of broadband upgrades (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Too Many Pips! (Andrew Watkins)
  • Fighting back at spam, viruses, etc.? (Neil Youngman)
  • Risks of malicious code in MIDI instruments/robots (Kenji Rikitake)
  • Net hoaxes snare fools all year (Monty Solomon)
  • Re: Bridge construction mismatch (Stephen Poley, Darryl Smith)
  • Re: AT&T Alerts Consumers About the Latest Scams (Pekka Pihlajasaari)
  • Netsky.P and iframe src=??cid variant (Rob Slade)
  • Latest Citibank scam... (Cody Boisclair)
  • Who's in charge of the e-mail virus war, and are we losing? (Steve Summit)
  • Re: Buffer overflows and Burroughs/Unisys (Crispin Cowan)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.31

  • Chinooks again (Neil Youngman)
  • Blackout computer failure analysis (Stephen Cohoon)
  • Malware, auto-reply, and non-native languages (Drew Dean)
  • Risks in Google's New "Gmail" Service (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Risks in Network Solutions' domain information masking (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Seeing the Light might just *not* show the right contamination (Bob Heuman)
  • Re: Buffer overflows (Jon A. Solworth)
  • Re: iAPX 432 (Robert I. Eachus)
  • Re: 4.6-million DSL subscribers' data leaked in Japan? (Curt Sampson)
  • Re: News24's not-very-restrictive access restrictions (Curt Sampson)
  • Yet another version of the Beagle social engineering (John Sawyer)
  • REVIEW: "Cybersquatters Beware", Chantelle MacDonald Newhook (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.32

  • Republicans walk out of Federal hearing on voting machines, Lynn Landes
  • USB "square" plugs (Henry Baker)
  • Re: Who's in charge of the e-mail virus war ... (Steve Summit)
  • Radar guns, again (Adam Shostack)
  • Wireless hacking (NewsScan)
  • Citibank data compromised without using it? (Art Mellor)
  • Re: Chinooks again (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • REVIEW: "Ethics and Technology", Herman T. Tavani (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.33

  • University supercomputers attacked by vandals (NewsScan)
  • Risk of automatic updates (Geert Jan van Oldenborgh)
  • Runaway car from hell (Ken Knowlton)
  • Unfortunate MTA behavior (Drew Dean)
  • User interface anecdote, ATMs and voting machines (David Crooke)
  • Global Domination (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Former anti-piracy 'bag man' turns on DirecTV (Monty Solomon)
  • Expecting browser-side code to implement security (Derek Ziglar)
  • MiniDV Firewire connectors (Ron Erwin)
  • Risks of tax-preparation software (Toby Douglass)
  • Re: Cancer treatments and radiation detectors (Rob Slade)
  • Squeezing the pips until they squeak (Andrew Yeomans)
  • Re: Radar guns, again (Derek Ziglar, Sean Sosik-Hamor, Arthur T)
  • Web Sites ignore the law, think it applies only to Federal Government (Bob Heuman)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.34

  • EFF Pioneer Awards for 2004
  • Fire trucks collide (Russ Perry Jr)
  • Innocent Brits labelled as crooks (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • UK firms face weekly attacks (Graeme Wearden via Keith A Rhodes)
  • Quizzed upon sending e-mail (Dan Jacobson)
  • Aussie banking group scales up against 'phishing' (Keith A Rhodes)
  • Sans-serif font hides phishy text (Andrew Collier)
  • Risks of tax-preparation software (Paul D. Smith)
  • Automated Copyright Notice System (Steve Klein)
  • Automotive "black box" data used in trial (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • Earthlink SpamBlocker (Paul Wexelblat)
  • Re: Unfortunate MTA behavior (Drew Dean)
  • Boy trapped in public bathroom (Fuzzy Gorilla)
  • Re: Runaway car from Hell (Bernard W Joseph, Carl Fink)
  • REVIEW: "Network Security Essentials", William Stallings (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.35

  • Computer glitch grounds Atlanta flights (Fredric Rice)
  • TurboTax electronic filing option fails to send AMT Form 6251 (Richard Mason)
  • California bans e-vote machines (Kim Zetter via Monty Solomon)
  • Ireland scraps electronic voting plans (Brent M.P. Beleskey)
  • Sydney trains disrupted by software glitch (John Colville)
  • Self-referential Patriot Act suppression of law suit (PGN)
  • Millions of lost revenue from faulty speed cameras (Bertrand Meyer)
  • Sasser worm is latest threat (NewsScan)
  • Antivirus software prolongs viral life (Geoff Kuenning)
  • Sasser eyed over train outage (NewsScan)
  • New identity-theft scam (Geoff Kuenning)
  • Gas explosion creates confidential litter (Sarah Hollins)
  • Hybrid vehicles may be hazardous to rescuers' health (Joe Thompson)
  • TCP, BGP, DoS, and BS (Rob Slade)
  • Florida sues AT&T for billing errors (Frank Carey)
  • Re: Traffic Signal Controllers (Jay R. Ashworth)
  • FREEDOM 2.0, Washington, DC, 20-22 May 2004 (EPIC)
  • REVIEW: "Non-Repudiation in Electronic Commerce", Jianying Zhou (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.36

  • Computer glitch gives out free gasoline (Jack Christensen)
  • U.S. blunders with China, Iran keyword blacklist (Declan McCullagh)
  • Risks of prisoner abuse vs. digital cameras (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Auto-Blacklisting is a bad idea (Drew Dean)
  • Re: Computer glitch grounds Atlanta flights (Tron Smith)
  • Corrupted virus definition load blocks re-load (George Michaelson)
  • Antivirus software prolongs viral life (Matthias Heiler)
  • Challenge/response standards (Brent Laminack)
  • Aus vs. Swiss speeding (Ivan Reid)
  • Re: ... lost revenue from faulty speed cameras (Anthony Youngman, Michael Smith, Bertrand Meyer)
  • MDT and a Fatal accident: a possibility? (Nick Lindsley)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.37

  • Las Vegas monorail delayed due to computer glitch (Chuck Weinstock)
  • False Positive Risks (John Lettice via R.G. Newbury)
  • 'Blue Screen of Death' on hotel TV screen (Henry Baker)
  • New UK Driving Licence puts Identity at risk (Adam Laurie)
  • Forrester speeds up timeline on white-collar offshoring (NewsScan)
  • Researchers find WiFi flaw (NewsScan)
  • Sasser creator turned in for the reward (NewsScan)
  • German Toll-Collect announces another delay... (Debora Weber-Wulff)
  • Listen to your CPU and break RSA? (Gadi Evron)
  • Banks don't understand phishing social risks (Samuel Liddicott)
  • Fines reimbursed, drivers reinstated; faulty speed camera (Bertrand Meyer)
  • Re: Hybrid vehicles may be hazardous to rescuers' health (Stephen Fairfax)
  • Re: Auto-Blacklisting is a bad idea (Kyler Laird)
  • Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems CFP (Diego Latella)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.38

  • Paris Airport collapse: Analogy collapses (Marshall D Abrams)
  • FBI fingerprint screwup: Brandon Mayfield no longer a suspect (PGN)
  • GAO looked at DoD and off-shored software (James Paul)
  • So what's new with Pittsburgh Verizon DSL (David Farber)
  • The lighter side of electronic voting (Jason T. Miller)
  • Florida law bans deceptive subject lines in e-mail (NewsScan)
  • Spam being rapidly outpaced by 'spim' (Nico Chart)
  • Another method of password theft (James Renken)
  • Window smashed, data lost (David Lazarus via Monty Solomon)
  • Spamming the referrer logs (Diomidis Spinellis)
  • And a Mac Sniffer in a Pear Tree ... (Paul Kedrosky via Dave Farber)
  • Speed cameras: fines refunded, licenses restored (Stuart Lamble)
  • Re: Radar Gun Follies (Chris Meadows)
  • Re: New UK driving licence puts identity at risk (Chris Malme)
  • Re: Challenge-response is a bad idea (Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
  • REVIEW: "Beyond Fear", Bruce Schneier (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.39

  • Air Force radios jamming garage-door openers in FL Panhandle (Paul Wexelblat)
  • Boa triggers blackout in Honduras (M. Barnabas Luntzel)
  • Online satire reported as truth (Jean L. Palmer)
  • *Reason Magazine* custom covers (Charles Shapiro)
  • New GAO Report on Government Data Mining (Barry Steinhardt via Dave Farber)
  • Coming Soon: A Cellphone Directory (Jube Shiver Jr. via Monty Solomon)
  • Maryland governor signs tough anti-spam law (Andy Sullivan via Monty Solomon)
  • The Fight Against Spam, Part 3 (F.J. de Kermadec via Monty Solomon)
  • Now, two-thirds of all e-mail is spam (Bob Sullivan via Monty Solomon)
  • Poor fallbacks on automated systems (Geoff Kuenning)
  • Re: Ireland scraps electronic voting plans (Erling Kristiansen)
  • 'Pirate Act' raises civil rights concerns (Declan McCullagh)
  • Re: New UK driving licence puts identity at risk (John Sawyer)
  • Crash data recorders in cars (Fuzzy Logic)
  • Re: FBI fingerprint screwup (Scott Miller)
  • Risks of believing in testing, Re: GAO report (Chris Jewell)
  • Re: Another method of password theft (A J Stiles)
  • Banks don't understand phishing social risks (Michael Bacon)
  • REVIEW: "The Teeth of the Tiger", Tom Clancy (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.40

  • Problems due to misfiled fingerprints (PGN)
  • Building the A380: Just Like Software (Rex Black)
  • eVoting standards and testing (Rebecca Mercuri)
  • Re: Risks of believing in testing (Ken Knowlton, Spencer Cheng)
  • Users, learning from history, social engineering, planning (Gadi Evron)
  • Detectives follow the money trail to tackle spam (NewsScan)
  • Are passwords passe'? (NewsScan)
  • Re: Boa triggers blackout in Honduras (Ralph Barone)
  • The lighter side of electronic voting (Marcus L. Rowland)
  • Re: New GAO Report on Government Data Mining (Robert I. Eachus)
  • Data Mining: Federal Efforts Cover a Wide Range of Uses (Monty Solomon)
  • Daft security questions (Ian Chard)
  • Abridged info on RISKS: MAILMAN replaces Majordomo (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.41

  • Computer breakdown in England affects air traffic (Debora Weber-Wulff)
  • Privacy and Security Risks in Rampell's E-Mail Surveillance Service (Lauren Weinstein)
  • France Telecom voice mail espionage (David F. Gallagher)
  • USB risks (Gadi Evron)
  • Whom do I tell? (Jerry James)
  • An anatomy of a PGP Joe Job (Gadi Evron)
  • Netgear/UWisc NTP mess (Hal Murray)
  • Selling Web bugs (Neil Youngman)
  • Re: Spam being rapidly outpaced by 'spim' (Gadi Evron)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.42

  • Whose Data Is It, Anyway? (Matt Silberstein)
  • E-mail needs a makeover (NewsScan)
  • India's outsourcing business in trouble (NewsScan)
  • Autorun considered evil (Peter da Silva)
  • Stuck between the 2G and 3G networks (Henry Skoglund)
  • Verity K2 is data mining? (Aahz)
  • HTML Mail-readers (Mike Albaugh)
  • Re: Risks of believing in testing (David Crocker, Peter B. Ladkin, Fred Cohen)
  • Re: Daft security questions (Brian Reynolds, Lou Katz, Antonomasia)
  • British ATC slowdown (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.43

  • AOL worker sold customer list for spam, US charges (via Monty Solomon)
  • Swedish social insurance computers disabled by virus (Peter Håkanson)
  • Terror over Internet Protocol? (NewsScan)
  • Canada's largest bank has "processing disruption" (Yves Bellefeuille)
  • PFIR "Preventing the Internet Meltdown" Conference Info Online (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Attacking the attackers: maybe not a good idea (NewsScan)
  • Shocking laptop horror stories (Aahz)
  • Hacker hits South Korean defense (NewsScan)
  • /Not/ keeping security information up to date (TFB)
  • Wyoming woman arrested on false federal charges (Dirk the Daring)
  • Exploding vending machine emits phosgene gas (Cheryl Hoefelmeyer)
  • Irresponsible traffic announcement (Steve Friedman)
  • Who am I? (Erann Gat)
  • Re: Autorun evil? (Thomas Wicklund)
  • Risks of testing (Thomas Wicklund)
  • Re: Whom do I tell? (Chris Brand)
  • REVIEW: "Security Warrior", Cyrus Peikari/Anton Chuvakin (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.44

  • Acting Now to Prevent the Internet Meltdown (PGN)
  • Court rules e-mail eavesdropping okay (NewsScan)
  • Fed. Court Rules No Privacy For E-Mail Passing Through ISP Servers (Lauren Weinstein)
  • Florida Felon list is wrong, wrong, wrongity wrong (Danny Burstein)
  • Israeli Police losses laptop with critical agents information (Gadi Evron)
  • DC Metro discovers flag-day issues with changeover in payment systems (Joe Thompson)
  • Coca-Cola Cans as Security Threat (Jack M Dominey)
  • Pharmacists worry about drug vending units (Daniel P. B. Smith)
  • RFID could cost 4 million jobs by 2007 (NewsScan)
  • Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe suffers data theft (Bob Heuman)
  • French authority forbids "DIDTHEYREADIT?" service (Bob Heuman from NewsScan)
  • Web service maps tax codes to ID info (John)
  • Re: Attacking the attackers: maybe not a good idea (Nick Brown, Curtis Karnow)
  • REVIEW: "Exploiting Software", Greg Hoglund/Gary McGraw (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.45

  • $500 million and counting (Tom Gray)
  • Keyless remotes to cars suddenly useless (Paul Saffo)
  • Stolen: one-third of the world's software (NewsScan)
  • Obstacles to Net phone service (NewsScan)
  • Zinc whiskers (Craig S. Bell)
  • Friends don't let friends use Microsoft Internet Explorer (Tom Van Vleck)
  • Bev Harris crusades to expose e-voting flaws (Fredric L. Rice)
  • E-voting concerns (NewsScan)
  • Perils of Database Matching, Chapter 47,061 (Paul Wallich)
  • Private-sector firm maintains dossiers in U.S. (David Marston)
  • Re: Web ads threat to bank security (Rich Kulawiec)
  • E-mail non-privacy is a good decision! (Craig DeForest)
  • VoIP hacks gut Caller I.D. (Monty Solomon)
  • Using google against google (Peter Parker)
  • Re: Coca-Cola Cans as Security Threat (Nick Brown)
  • REVIEW: "Network Security Jumpstart", Matthew Strebe (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.46

  • *Chicago Tribune* computer meltdown (J H Haynes)
  • Balloon stuck over Baltimore, risk of automatic shutdowns (Dave Provine)
  • NASA space station software repairs (James Paul)
  • Laptops at the FleetCenter at risk of breaches, attack (Hiawatha Bray via Monty Solomon)
  • Censorware deletes Japanese city (John S. Karabaic)
  • Using Google against Google! (Peter Parker)
  • Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants (Monty Solomon)
  • Risks of ordinary GUI "pop-up" windows? (Daniel P. B. Smith)
  • Windows XP SP2 Installation Failures ()
  • Should we trust them? (Bruce Sinclair via Dawn Cohen)
  • Citibank 'sorry' for current account difficulties (Patrick O'Beirne)
  • Citibank assists scammers (Keith Gregory)
  • Cosmic ray hits Brussels election - really? (Dirk Fieldhouse)
  • Florida faces vote chaos in 2004, Commission hears (Fredric L. Rice)
  • Lost Record '02 Florida Vote Raises '04 Concern (Joe Shead)
  • Counting error on SMS poll evicts wrong contestant from 'Big Brother' (George Michaelson)
  • California Online Privacy Protection Act (Monty Solomon)
  • iPod security (Paul Wexelblat)
  • Re: E-mail nonprivacy (David Cantrell)
  • Re: Keyless remotes to cars suddenly useless (Chuck Charlton)
  • Re: "Stolen:" one-third of the world's software (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
  • Update: DC Metro flag-day issues (Joe Thompson)
  • REVIEW: "The Sundering", Walter Jon Williams (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.47

  • Computer Failure Grounds and Delays Flights on 2 Airlines (Monty Solomon)
  • E-voting critic issues challenge to hackers (PGN)
  • VoIP -- Voyeurism over Internet Protocol? (NewsScan)
  • Russian extortionists: each did his bit of work (NewsScan)
  • The Mr Micawber Syndrome (Michael Bacon)
  • Implementing Information Security: Risks vs. Cost (Gideon T. Rasmussen)
  • Re: Cosmic ray hits Brussels election -- really? (Peter B. Ladkin, Dirk Fieldhouse, Sergio Gelato)
  • REVIEW: "Official [ISC]^2 Guide to the CISSP Exam", Hansche et al. (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.48

  • Kolwicz kicked out for submitting real election tests (via Susan Marie Weber)
  • Image flaw pierces PC security (Keith A Rhodes)
  • Windows Buffer Overflow Protection Programs: Not Much (Paul Robinson)
  • Security Cavities Ail Bluetooth (Kim Zetter via Monty Solomon)
  • Emoticon-interpreters create risks in instant messaging services (Dale Hawkins)
  • First malicious program aims for handhelds (Keith A Rhodes)
  • Two more Canadian Banks with computer software screwups (Bob Heuman)
  • Top Australian banking sites vulnerable (NewsScan)
  • Cable giants seek to dominate VoIP (NewsScan)
  • Another airline outage (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware (Monty Solomon)
  • Memory error paper (Laurent Guerby)
  • Risks of automated calling systems (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Internet voting in The Netherlands update (Joseph Kiniry)
  • Re: The Mr Micawber Syndrome (Fernando Pereira)
  • Re: Stolen: one-third of the world's software (Jurek Kirakowski)
  • REVIEW: "Software Forensics", Robert M. Slade (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.49

  • U.K.: Don't smile for your passport picture! (PGN)
  • Gloria Estefan performance in Dallas canceled due to computer crash (Ben Moore)
  • Airport Express crypto broken by DVD Jon (Cory Doctorow via Monty Solomon)
  • Buffer Overflow in "I'm Away" feature of AOL Instant Messenger (Paul Robinson)
  • Windows Buffer Overflow Protection Programs: Not Much (Paul Robinson)
  • Obion County Tennessee vote counting problems (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Drivers let Big Brother in to get a break (Kevin Maney via Monty Solomon)
  • DidTheyReadIt operations and security concerns (Rob Slade)
  • Risks of ordinary GUI "pop-up" windows? (Cody Boisclair)
  • REVIEW: "Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent", Ryan Russell (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.50

  • Sequoia's new paper audit trail voting systems (PGN)
  • New Mexico votes lost in 2000 (Jeremy Epstein)
  • Mac Year 2004 bug (Tom Van Vleck)
  • Ford dumps Oracle system after four years of trouble (Lindsay Marshall)
  • Don't get stuck in the dark: a year later (Jeff Jonas)
  • U.S. air travel without government identification (Dan Wallach)
  • U.S. military sites offer a quarter million Microsoft Word documents (Diomidis Spinellis)
  • The GTS Katie - A risk of privatization or outsourcing (Joshua Newman)
  • Fire engine startup risks (J.D. Baldwin via Gary G. Taylor)
  • Google as back door for pay-per-view information (Sergei Lewis)
  • Network vandals face prison sentences (NewsScan)
  • "EXIT" signs too high (Henry Baker)
  • Re: U.K.: Don't smile for your passport picture! (James Moyer, Michael Bednarek)
  • Re: Airport Express crypto broken by DVD Jon (Marshall Clow)
  • REVIEW: "Computer Security for the Home and Small Office", Thomas C. Greene (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.51

  • NASA Spirit nearly done in by DOS (Hank Nussbacher)
  • Sum of a Glitch (Bev Harris via David Chessler and Dave Farber's IP)
  • The case of the screaming telephone (Debora Weber-Wulff)
  • The toll collection hassle in Germany (Debora Weber-Wulff)
  • Website offers CNID falsification service (Kevin Poulsen via Monty Solomon)
  • Rick Broadhead's Dear Valued Customer (Amit Asaravala via Monty Solomon)
  • Canvas expiration 'bug': *not* a Mac OS issue (Matt Gough via Bob Grant)
  • Accounting software number issues (Darryl Smith)
  • Another animal-caused power interruption (Geoffrey Brent)
  • Privacy concern over Australian e-mail law (NewsScan)
  • Lack of sanity checking in Web shopping cart software (Richard Kaszeta)
  • Correction to New Mexico, Florida, Bush & Gore (Jeremy Epstein)
  • REVIEW: "Know Your Enemy", Honeynet Project (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)
  • Issue 23.52

  • Shutting the train door before the commuter has bolted? (Michael Bacon)
  • Illinois Secretary of State computer outage (J H Haynes)
  • Overcomputerization enlightenment (Joseph A. Dellinger)
  • More ID theft, via laptop (David Lesher)
  • Missouri vote-by-fax (PGN)
  • E-voting in Nevada (NewsScan)
  • Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole (Bev Harris via EEkid)
  • Using a paper trail to verify electronic voting machine results (Diomidis Spinellis)
  • Election verification in Venezuela (Peter B. Ladkin)
  • ATMs offer too much information (Brendan Kehoe)
  • Risk of using open forums for disaster recovery (Espen Andersen)
  • Re: NASA Spirit nearly done in by DOS (Gene S. Berkowitz)
  • REVIEW: "Security Assessment", Greg Miles et al. (Rob Slade)
  • Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)