contributed by Weld Pond
The British Interception of Communications Act has been the target of proposed changes recently. The changes would require all communications service providers to build in, at their expense, capabilities for government agents to be able to listen in to communications. This proposal is particularly broad as it does not stop at the internet and covers everything from pagers to video conferencing to VPNs. Theses new requirements have been proposed by the International Law Enforcement Telecommunications Seminar (ILETS)an exclusive FBI funded group that meets in secret.

Tech Web

contributed by mortel
Bills to loosen the restrictions on exporting strong encryption were approved on Thursday by the U.S. Senate and House Commerce Committees. The House Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act removes the government restrictions on export of strong encryption if a comparable encryption product is commercially available outside the U.S. In addition, the SAFE Act bars the government from requiring key recovery. Yeah!

CNN

contributed by Code Kid
In an effort to create the Federal Intrusion Detection Network (Fidnet), the GSA has asked industry experts to provide information on the latest technology in intrusion detection systems. It is unclear if the GSA plans to pay these companies for this information or if they just expect to be given it free of charge. It is extremely doubtful that the cutthroat security industry will share their secrets without some sort of compensation.

Federal Computer Week

contributed by nvirb
While not intentionally malicious or as fast spread as Melissa or WormExplorer Heathen.A is latest threat to computer users. Heathen.A is considered to be a multipartite virus and only infects only Word97 files.

PC World

contributed by Weld Pond
Sandstorm Enterprises has introduced what they are calling a TCP/IP Session Reassembler named TCP.demux. According to the press release it doesn't seem to be more than a glorified grep script. Maybe it is actually useful but $950 seems a little steep.

Excite News
Sandstorm Enterprises

contributed by Richard223
The case of a minor from Chesterfield County Mass, made it into a newspaper in Virginia. The youth has been charged with breaking into ACIS/BICNet, according to court documents he caused "the entire system to crash" which resulted in over $20,000 in damage. Evidently the Virginia High Technology Crimes Unit was the investigating office since the suspect used one Virginia system to route his traffic.

Richmond Times Dispatch

contributed by cruciphux
They have been away for a few weeks but HWA comes roaring back with a full wrap up of news and events in issue #22.

HWA.hax0r.news

contributed by Anonymous
Cracked
A busy weekend for some. Take a look at all the .gov sites.
http://alumni.byu.edu
http://www.campaign.co.uk
http://nauvoo.byu.edu
http://www.wallawalla.com
http://www.abscond.com
http://www-nmlc.med.navy.mil
http://www.ed.gov
http://www.casper-homes.com
http://www.deepknowledge.com
http://www.teweb.com
http://faithtabernacle.com
http://www.prulite.com
http://www.mt.gov.br
http://www.sc.gov.br
http://theserialkillers.cjb.net
http://fns1.usda.gov
http://www.fhpr8.fs.usda.gov
http://www.fsis.usda.gov
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov
http://www.happyhack.com
http://www.nacc.nasa.gov
http://www.forpc.com.au
http://www.cnic.net
http://www.bell-microsystems.com
http://www.flyfishboats.com
http://www.flyfishboats.com
http://www.heritagebank.com
http://www.petstore.com
http://microgravity.nasa.gov
http://www.forpc.com.au
http://www.kwikweb.com