Paul writes "Fortress is a unique application that provides a multi-faceted approach to security and alert notifications. Fortress is a live work in progress and will be updated when milestones are met, and if any patches are released. "

Anonymous writes "All the surveillance in the world isn't doing a lot of good, but it is work. People need to do something and the larger part of equipment , in this networking industry, is the real thing in espionage. If you had been under IP surveillance for a length of time, say two-and-a-half years, you now know that the boss and all other personnel who know that incoming/outgoing traffic is monitored use the services carefully and encrypt all sensitive information. "

Leery spouses spy on each other online

NEW YORK (AP) --Suspicious husbands and wives who once might have hired a private eye to find out if their spouses were cheating are now using do-it-yourself technology to check on an increasingly popular hideaway for trysts -- the Internet.

Divorce lawyers and marriage counselors say Internet-abetted infidelity, romance originating in chat rooms and fueled by e-mails, is now one of the leading factors in marital breakdowns.

With the surge in cyberaffairs, a new market for electronic spying has developed. Web sites such as Chatcheaters.com and InfidelityCheck.org describe an array of surveillance products capable of tracking a cheating spouse's e-mails and online chats, including some that can monitor each key stroke in real time.

Judges OK evidence from hacker vigilante
By Lisa M. Bowman
CNET News.com

August 1, 2003, 10:22 AM PT

URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5058835.html

A federal appeals panel ruled this week that the government did not violate search and seizure laws when it used evidence that a hacker gathered to establish a child pornography case.

The opinion reverses a lower court ruling in which a U.S. District Court judge in Virginia suppressed the evidence, saying the government had violated a defendant's rights.

The decision stems from a case in which a hacker uploaded a file to a child porn newsgroup that made it possible to track who downloaded files from the service. The uploaded file contained the SubSeven virus, which the hacker used to remotely search people's computers for porn.

FBI wants to tap Net phones
By Declan McCullagh
CNET News.com
July 29, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5056917.html

Internet telephone calls are fast becoming a national security threat that must be countered with new police wiretap rules, according to an FBI proposal presented quietly to regulators this month.

Representatives of the FBI's Electronic Surveillance Technology Section in Chantilly, Va., have met at least twice in the past three weeks with senior officials of the Federal Communications Commission to lobby for proposed new Internet eavesdropping rules. The FBI-drafted plan seeks to force broadband providers to provide more efficient, standardized surveillance facilities and could substantially change the way that cable modem and DSL (digital subscriber line) companies operate.

Senate disconnects computer dragnet funds
Reuters
July 18, 2003, 6:38 AM PT
URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-1027144.html
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to cut off funding for a widely criticized computer-surveillance program that would comb travel records, credit-card bills and other private records to sniff out suspected terrorists.

In a military spending bill it passed unanimously, the Senate forbade the Defense Department to spend any portion of its $369 billion budget on the Terrorism Information Awareness program, brushing aside a request by the Bush administration to keep development efforts intact.

06/12/2003
Version 2.0’s Many Enhancements Include New Planner/Scheduler for Customized Scheduling Of Scans and Virus Updates; Email Filter, Quarantine Protocols, GUI Also Improved

Eset Software, a leading provider of internet software security solutions, today announced the commercial release of NOD32 Version 2.0 (EN), a major upgrade of its industry-leading virus detection software. With Version 2.0, Eset has enhanced one of the world’s foremost virus detection products with greater control and flexibility, making it easier than ever for users to manage and detect incoming threats to their computers and computer networks.

Among the many improvements to NOD32 Version 2.0—actually the fourth generation of Eset’s original NOD32 technology—are the following:

FTimes is a system baselining and evidence collection tool. The primary purpose of FTimes is to gather and/or develop information about specified directories and files in a manner conducive to intrusion analysis.

FTimes is a lightweight tool in the sense that it doesn't need to be "installed" on a given system to work on that system, it is small enough to fit on a single floppy, and it provides only a command line interface.

"An employee of a railway complained that his employer was collecting the personal information of employees without consent. The complainant was concerned that the digital video recording cameras recently installed at a company yard could collect the personal information of employees, specifically, their conduct and work performance, and that such information could then be used for disciplinary purposes."

By FRANK JAMES
Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON -- While GPS technology that uses satellites has been a boon to millions who don't want to get lost, others increasingly are turning to the same technology to track people and keep an eye on them.

Spouses who believe mates are having affairs, employers who suspect workers are misusing company vehicles or parents who wonder if their children are where they are supposed to be are among those using devices tied to the global positioning system of satellites.