Word: burglar
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...turning out to be terminally insecure. One of the things Mitnick is believed to have stolen from Shimomura's computer is a set of utility programs-the electronic equivalent of a locksmith's toolbox-that would make, in the hands of a determined hacker, a potent set of burglar's tools. Given the speed with which such programs can be duplicated and transmitted, it must now be assumed that they have been distributed widely throughout the computer underground...
Even before Kevin Mitnick got his hands on these burglar's tools, says William Cheswick, a network-security specialist at AT&T Bell Labs, the average computer on the Internet was singularly vulnerable to attack. Security at most sites, says Cheswick, is so lax that passwords and other protective devices are almost a waste of time. "The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back," says Cheswick. "I don't need jackhammers and atom bombs to get in when I can walk in through the door...
...numbers secure, how can L.L. Bean?" says Quittner. Most troubling is the fact Mitnick had managed recently to get access to high-powered software tools designed to prevent break-ins into the most sophisticated networks, and he may have distributed these to others, in effect turning security devices into burglar''s tools. While Internet security is known to be fairly weak, Mitnick''s exploits have deepened fears that even the best protective measures may be inadequate. Mitnick faces charges of computer fraud and illegal use of a telephone. He could be locked up for 20 years if convicted...
...with a tire iron in hand and told her, "I can't wait to grab you somewhere and beat the hell out of you." Last May Kathleen was found guilty of criminal trespass after banging on the Ramoses' garage door, apparently in an effort to set off their burglar alarm. In October, after the Ramoses filed their civil suit, Judge Williams issued a temporary restraining order that required the two families to stay at least 50 ft. away from each other -- with some exceptions, given that the two homes are 3 ft. apart. Then, on Oct. 26, after Willard...
First, aplane dives into the White House. Then agunman opens fire on the White House, and now, the Secret Service admits, a burglar slipped into one of the government's most tightly-patrolled offices and made off with a TV, a radio and other sundries. On Oct. 18, it said, someone apparently slipped through a second-story window into the Office of Foreign Assets Control -- across the street from its majestic parent building, the Treasury Department -- and left footprints all over tables, evading a 24-hour guard and an elaborate computer security set-up. BTW: The office itself already...