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Spray-On Explosive Detector

2008-05-28 12:40:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...explosives. It is the first of its kind to act as a switchable sensor with picogram (10-15g) detection limits, and is reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Journal of Materials Chemistry Trogler's polymer can detect explosives at much lower levels than existing systems because it detects particles instead of explosive vapours. In the...
 
Tags: polymer, fluorescent polymer, chemistry, polymer solution, detect explosives, materials chemistry, explosives, trogler, william trogler
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...explosive amounts of energy on impact, tearing targets apart with violent fury In development for more than 30 years, the research is beginning to bear fruit, and may soon spawn more powerful 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...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Swedish Nuke Plant Sealed Off Due To Bomb Scare

2008-05-21 11:42:35 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...explosive substance, police and plant officials said Investigators were questioning the man, a welder who was scheduled to do work at the Oskarshamn plant on Wednesday, police spokesman Sven-Erik Karlsson said Plant operator OKG downplayed the incident, saying there was no threat to the safety of the plant, located about 150 miles (250...
 
Tags: plant, oskarshamn plant, nuclear plant, plant operator okg, explosive substance, explosive, plastic bag, bag, plant officials
 
 
 
 
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Would-Be Bomber Caught at Orlando Airport

2008-04-03 09:02:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...explosive liquid, as well as galvanized pipes, end caps with holes, BBs, a model-rocket igniter, AA batteries, a lighter and lighter fluid, plus other items used to make pipe bombs and detailed instructions and diagrams. He indicated the items were purchased in Gainesville where he lived at one time Ignore the hyperbole; nitromethane is a...
 
Tags: tsa, apparent tsa wins, tsa claims, brown, kevin brown, pipe bombs, orlando airport, terrorist, highly explosive liquid
 
 
 
 
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Producer Seeking Secondary Ticket Market Hacker

2007-12-06 17:00:35 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...explosive growth of the secondary ticket market (Stubhub, Ebay, etc.) Im not interested in doing an extended debate on the pros and cons of the free market system because I think that would be horribly boring. Rather Im interested in exploring how programmers and software developers have figured out ways to take advantage of the arbitrage...
 
Tags: secondary ticket market, world series tickets, tickets, forward, hannah montana concert, move forward, colorado rockies website, secondary ticket markets, talk
 
 
 
 
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'Diehard' virus variants flexing muscle

2008-01-02 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
New Windows-based "downloader" malware known as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Diehard has surged to the top of Kaspersky Lab's "Virus Top Twenty" list for December because of its "explosive propagation," the security firm said Wednesday
 
Tags: virus top twenty, top, security firm, explosive propagation, kaspersky lab, diehard, downloader, malware, win32
 
 
 
 
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Playing With Homemade Explosives

2007-08-07 17:30:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...explosives used in recent terrorist plots and how silly they were. As a kid, I loved going into the woods and playing with all sorts of dangerous stuff which of course included fireworks, gas cans, hair spray, propane tanks, etc. What I learned was that its a lot harder to get things to explode than you think. If any of these terrorist had a...
 
Tags: gas, lawn mowers gas, tank, cars gas tank, time, time delay fuse, terrorist, empty gas, recent terrorist plots
 
 
 
 
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Liquid Bomb

2008-02-26 15:16:05 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...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 authorities thwarted an alleged attempt to blow up transatlantic aircraft in August 2006 It blew a gaping hole in a decommissioned aircraft, snapping the ribs...
 
Tags: transatlantic aircraft, aircraft, television documentary team, bomb, colourless chemicals, british authorities, explosive cocktail, liquids, passengers
 
 
 
 
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The Liquid Bomb

2008-04-03 17:11:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...explosive They intended to carry it on board disguised as 500ml bottles of Oasis or Lucozade by using food dye to recreate the drinks' distinctive colour The detonator would have been disguised as AA 1.5 batteries. The contents of the batteries would have been removed and an electric element such as a lightbulb or wiring would have been...
 
Tags: liquid bomb, food dye, disposable camera, power source, electric element, batteries, distinctive colour, actual information, 500ml bottles
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon Watchdogs Swamped by Military Spending: $152 Billion a Year

2008-05-27 21:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
The Pentagon's internal watchdogs can't keep up with the explosive growth in military spending. Which means $152 billion's worth of contracts annually isn't being reviewed for fraud, abuse and criminal interference by the Defense Department's Inspector General
 
Tags: internal watchdogs, pentagon, explosive growth, military, billion, criminal interference, defense department, fraud, worth