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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: fbi sought approval to use spyware against terror suspects comments Discuss  
Magic Lantern reloadedAnalysis The FBI has reportedly sought the go-ahead to use a custom spyware package to bug terrorists and other national security suspects. Indirect evidence suggests that the request was likely to have been approved.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn counterfeit chips raise big hacking terror threats experts say comments Discuss  
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4253628.htmlBy Glenn Derene and Joe PappalardoPopular MechanicsPublished in the April 2008 issueThis past January, two brothers from Texas, Michael and Robert Edman, appeared in court to face federal charges of selling counterfeit computer equipment to, among others, the Air Force, Marine Corps, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Energy, numerous universities and defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin. According to prosecutors, the pair, read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 239 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: usbased isps count terror groups clients comments Discuss  
Herndon, Va.-based Network Solutions said Wednesday that it suspended Hizbollah.org, an official site of Hezbollah, a Lebanese political and paramilitary group. Turns out, Network Solutions, which was one of the original firms in the domain registration business, was accepting payment for the domain in violation of a U.S. law that bars American companies from doing business with organizations listed by Uncle Sam as terrorist groups. Closer inspection also reveals that Network Solutions and other U.S.-based read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 219 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn fbi cyber crime chief botnets web terror social network threat comments Discuss  
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39188638,00.htmBy Nick Heathsilicon.com15 April 2008Q&A: Scott O'Neal, computer intrusion head, FBI cyber divisionScott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers.The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments within the FBI. The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the FBI to establish dedicated cyber s read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 210 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: securing cyberspace war terror red tape comments Discuss  
DHS's Greg Garcia in the hot seatInterview In September 2006, the US Secretary of Homeland Security appointed Greg Garcia assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. With oversight for the National Cyber Security Division, the Office of Emergency Communications and the National Communications System, he is the federal government's point man for securing the nation's internet and telecommunications' systems against attacks from terrorists or countries that may target the US.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 162 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn secret terror files left train comments Discuss  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7449255.stmBBC News11 June 2008Police are investigating a "serious" security breach after a civil servant lost top-secret documents containing the latest intelligence on al-Qaeda.The unnamed Cabinet Office employee apparently breached strict security rules when he left the papers on the seat of a train.A fellow passenger spotted the envelope containing the files and gave it to the BBC, who handed them to the police.The official was later suspended from his job, read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 158 days ago
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-new-batch-of-terror-files-left-on-train-847451.htmlBy Simon Evans and Margareta PaganoThe Independent15 June 2008 Secret government documents detailing the UK's policies towards fighting global terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering have been found on a London-bound train and handed to 'The Independent on Sunday'.The government papers, left on a train destined for Waterloo station, on Wednesday, contain criticism of countries such a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 73 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: no convictions key charges liquid bomb terror plot comments Discuss  
Bottled bomb convictions a dudThree of eight British men accused of plotting to blow up seven trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives were convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 66 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:44:16 -0500 (CDT)http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=WorldSectionPage&id=b5876aa2-dab4-4050-8c3d-a88ce51d5401By Pramit Pal ChaudhuriHindustan TimesNew DelhiSeptember 13, 2008Hackers prevented Al Qaeda from releasing a videotape to mark the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Al Qaeda has traditionally issued a video or audiotape by either Osama bin Laden or Ayman al Zawahiri, the terror network’s two leaders, read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 51 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:06:07 -0500 (CDT)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1064589/MI6-terror-photographs-camera-bought-eBay.htmlBy Daily Mail Reporter30th September 2008Police are investigating the eBay auction of a digital camera said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects.Suspects' faces, names and fingerprints, as well as snaps of rocket launchers and missiles, were discovered by an online bidder who bought the camera for £17, it was reported. read more »
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