NewsScan Daily, 14 August 2003 ("Above The Fold")

NewsScan Daily, 14 August 2003 ("Above The Fold")
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"ABOVE THE FOLD"
       FBI Enters Investigation of Blaster
       Internet2 -- 'Build It and They Will Come'
       Software to Identify Copyright Restrictions
       Let the Sun Shine In and Destroy Those Evil Vampires
       Digital Project Seeks Funding Applicants
       Once More Into the Breach: COPA Goes Back To Supremes

FEATURES
       Flash Card
       Worth Thinking About: Green Grass As Far As You Could See

FBI ENTERS INVESTIGATION OF BLASTER
The FBI is investigating the origin of the malicious computer program
Blaster (also known as MSBlaster and LoveSan), which has already wormed its
way into more than 250,000 Internet-connected computers running Windows
software. Blaster has been infecting computers in organizations of every
kind (e.g, CBS, the Senate, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) -- in
spite of the fact that computer experts say it's not well-written software.
Dan Ingevaldson of Internet Security Systems Inc. warns: "A better version
of this worm wouldn't crash any machines; it would work correctly every
time, move faster, and delete or steal its victims' files."(Washington Post