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From the "Memoirs Found In A Pentagon Bathtub" desk (2/27/98):

• "The hackers are coming -- again!" screameth Pentagon civil servants.

From the "Chupacabras of Info-war" desk:

• Dept. of Defense reps testify on radio frequency weapons.

The Crypt Newsletter's current features:

• NEW! Crypt Newsletter 47! March 1998
• NEW! Reports of Dept. of Defense intrusions exaggerated.
• NEW! Grist for the .mil: The Online World of the Dept. of Defense.
• NEW! U.S. Air Force info-warriors fall short in United Kingdom hacker case.
• NEW! "You are now entering the Twilight Zone . . ." Hudson Institute research into information warfare.
• Crypt News focuses on the bitchin' feud between big anti-virus vendors.
• NEW! Crypt News readers say the Joseph K Tech Terminology Guide is one of the funniest pieces of satire on the Net. New additions!
• U.S. Air Force advisor bites into Gulf War virus hoax. Crypt News bites her.
• More debunking of electromagnetic pulse gun bunk.
• "Underground" -- An expose of Australian hackers burns brightly.
• Pulled over by the Info-Highway Patrol!
• Microsoft: Your one-stop shop for macro viruses.
• Do you like Crypt News? Want even more? Support it by secure-ordering a copy of "The Virus Creation Labs" on-line!
• Complete subject index to Crypt Newsletter Hypertext and ordering information.
• Intelligence agency commission heavy-hitters hooked on computer virus hoax!

CRYPT NEWSLETTER is a magazine highlighting stories from places very far removed from mannered computer culture. It presents intriguing case studies, analyses and snapshots (sometimes satirical) of Internet culture, computer crime, the world of information warfare and the old in spectacular collision with the new within American society.

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• About Crypt Newsletter and its editor.
• How to subscribe.
• A usage demographic of Crypt News readers.

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The Chupacabras of Information Warfare

• Electromagnetic pulse guns and infowar: The sound of wind whistling between the ears.
• The unusual mania surrounding talk of radio frequency weapons: One general's testimony before Congress is transcribed for your reading.
• Science Applications: Pentagon Contracts, Inc.
• The Info-warriors of National Defense University as faux Alvin Tofflers.
• A Science Applications honcho yearns to launch viruses.
• The favorite slogan of U.S. Info-warriors.
• Some notes from the Air Force on a military coup. More on electronic Pearl Harbor, too.
• An example of paranoia among info-warriors in the USAF.

The world of the electronic bogeyman.

• A succinct Scientific American article on computer viruses.
• The Nutty Professors -- How two academics set out to study computer crime and wound up embarrassing themselves and the FBI.
• Famous Australian hacker dies of heroin overdose at 21.
• The Croatian e-bogeyman who preferred his PC to girls.
• The strange case of the Ft. Bragg hacker: Accused of being a ChiCom spy!
• Serbian e-bogeymen vow to destroy the Internet in a crucible of computer virus flame!
• The sad tale of Chris Pile, jailed Brit virus-writer.
• From THE VIRUS CREATION LABS: A close look at the world of virus-writers.

Controversial material & thoughts from correspondents.

• Virus Hysteria 1996: The Winners (or losers)
• Virus Hysteria Awards 1996 voter comments!
• Analysis of weird San Francisco Chronicle article on viruses
• Wazzu macro viruses nettle Joint Chiefs of Staff, McMurdo Station.
• US Army troubled by computer viruses in Bosnia

Excerpts & reviews: "The Virus Creation Labs" (ISBN 0-929408-09-8)

• Excerpt chapter from VIRUS CREATION LABS (by George Smith)
• Order a copy of "The Virus Creation Labs" on-line!
• Review of Virus Creation Labs (From CuD)
• Still more rave reviews for "The Virus Creation Labs"
• Review of VCL from Secure Computing, Oct. '95

Other interesting regions

• Computer Virus Myths: Max gunpowder for the skeptics!
• Computer Underground Digest
• Secrecy & Government Bulletin
• FAS American intelligence contractors
• Public Information Resource's NAMEBASE.

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