[ISN] Melissa Update/IE Security/Mindphasr bust

From: mea culpa <jericho_at_DIMENSIONAL.COM>
Date: Wed 01 Sep 1999 - 17:11:49 CDT
From: "Noonan, Michael D" <michael.d.noonan@intel.com>

Smith admits to creating Melissa virus
<http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C40912%2C00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp.hl.ne>

The New Jersey man charged with creating the Melissa virus, which disrupted
computers around the world, admitted to investigators that he did it,
according to court papers.

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From: "Noonan, Michael D" <michael.d.noonan@intel.com>

IE security hole could put surfers at risk
<http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C40909%2C00.html?dd.ne.htmldisp.hl.ne>

A new security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0 could allow random
programs to execute on a user's computer and could also expose those
machines to malicious hackers, Microsoft confirms.

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More on Chad Davis (aka Mindphasr) of Global Hell

Member of GH arrested for breaking into the Pentagon
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990830/22/tech-science-hacker

GH co-counder outed to the FBI by the US Army
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/army.hacker/index.html

Reported founder of GH arrested.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/news/story/0,3700,2325212,00.html

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Received on Fri Sep 3 15:23:49 1999
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