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Navy Pursuing Dial-a-Blast Bomb

2008-11-18 14:50:00 by Nathan Hodge in Wired Security
 
The Navy wants a smarter bomb. Not just a bomb that can land within a few meters of the bull's eye -- but a bomb that can do so, with just the right amount of blast
 
 
 
 
 
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Liquid Bomb

2008-02-26 15:16:05 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bomb by mixing a series of odourless and colourless chemicals that could be brought into an aircraft by passengers The liquids that were mixed to make the explosive cocktail were all contained in bottles of less than 100ml, which is the limit enforced at most airports around the world at present and was introduced shortly after British...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bomb Squad Defuses Turnip

2008-03-18 11:30:28 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Props to the writer who came up with the first sentence of the story : A raw turnip was at the root of a bomb scare that last for hours at a law office And a follow-up
 
 
 
 
 
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The Liquid Bomb

2008-04-03 17:11:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bomb" that was planned by that London group arrested in 2006: The court heard the bombers intended to use hydrogen peroxide and mix it with a product called Tang, used in soft drinks, to turn it into an explosive They intended to carry it on board disguised as 500ml bottles of Oasis or Lucozade by using food dye to recreate the drinks'...
 
 
 
 
 
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Google Chrome at risk from 'carpet bomb' bug

2008-09-03 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A months-old 'carpet bomb' bug can be used by attackers with another flaw to trick Google Chrome browser users into downloading and launching malicious code, security researcher Aviv Raffsaid said
 
 
 
 
 
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Islamabad Bomb's Secret Ingredient

2008-09-22 13:06:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
The terrorist attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan caused massive destruction and loss of life. One of the reasons why: The bomb contained a lethal accelerant, found in some of the world's most powerful munitions
 
 
 
 
 
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Wikileaks Posts Secret Bomb-Stopper Report Did They Go Too Far?

2008-12-18 19:09:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
The secret-spilling site posts a classified report, showing how bomb-stopping jammers work. Has Wikileaks put troops in danger as a result
 
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...bombs, warheads that tear apart stone and concrete, mines that can be set to stun or kill, and grenades that can swat rockets or mortar rounds out of the sky like flies You can get effects that are more precisely tailored to a particular target," says John Pike, director of Washington military research group GlobalSecurity.org . "And you're...
 
 
 
 
 
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TSA Proud of Confiscating Non-Dangerous Item

2008-07-30 06:11:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bombs that are prohibited; it's things that look like bombs. This looks enough like a bomb to fool the other passengers, and that in itself is a threat Okay, that's fair. But the average person doesn't know what a bomb looks like; all he knows is what he sees on television and the movies. And this rule means that all homemade electronics are...
 
 
 
 
 
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Terror on the Internet - Conflict of Interest

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2008-03-18 19:58:23 by HASH0x8471fd8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...bomb-making instructions in September 2007 . And just as quickly, he rushed to announce that in doing so he was not trying to impinge on freedom of speech or information access or to inhibit law enforcement agencies from monitoring sites There're three perspectives related to cyber jihad, should the virtual communities be shut down,...