Cyber Warfare
News Digest - III
23rd April 1999 - 9th May 1999
Friday 23rd April 1999: |
Beating the Cyber Threat |
Bank security now has to include prevention against hackers or cyber attack,
a threat which one specialist puts higher than Y2K risks. [European Banker].
Tuesday 27th April 1999: |
UK Government Exposed to Hackers |
Lax security in e-mail servers is putting the UK government at risk of cyber
attack. "One area of security can undermine all your good efforts in
other areas. Even a good firewall won't protect you if you're running an
insecure mail server." [Silicon.com].
Wednesday 28th April 1999: |
Millennium Bug could Strike Now |
Press Release revealing a real possibility that the Millennium Bug could
cause chaos at any time. "Time forwarding or resetting of a network's
internal clocks, through Cyber Attack or special viruses is a major fear
for non-compliant Y2K businesses, as this accelerates the Millennium Bug
forward." [mi2g].
Wednesday 5th May 1999: |
Hackers Pose Bigger Threat than Y2K |
Western governments and businesses are more at risk from hackers than they
are from the millennium bug, according to a survey from the International
Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Increasing dependence on computer
networks in military operations, communications, banking, finance and transport
means that security problems are potentially much more dangerous than the
millennium bug. [Silicon.com].