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Al Qaeda Threat Overrated

2008-05-07 12:56:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Qaeda is waiting for 'the big one' or holding back an attack," Sheehan writes. "A terrorist cell capable of attacking doesn't sit and wait for some more opportune moment. It's not their style, nor is it in the best interest of their operational security. Delaying an attack gives law enforcement more time to detect a plot or penetrate the...
 
Tags: sheehan, sheehan writes, qaeda, terrorist cell capable, terrorism, cell, defeat terrorism, attack, attack tomorrow
 
 
 
 
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Al-Qaeda group claims to have strengthened its encryption security

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Al-Qaeda-linked online forum Al-Ekhlaas claims to be offering strengthened encryption software called Mujahideen Secrets 2 to its members. The surprise? It's coming from U.S.-based Web sites
 
Tags: encryption software, web sites, secrets, surprise
 
 
 
 
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Al-Qaeda group's encryption software stronger, security firm confirms

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Al-Qaeda support group Al-Ekhlaas has improved the encryption software it now provides to its online members, according to one security researcher who examined the software, known as "Mujahideen Secrets 2 Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: encryption software, software, enterprise network, web security, security researcher, al-qaeda support, advertisement, secrets, focus
 
 
 
 
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Al-Qaeda Pwns Your Coffee Machine

2008-06-18 13:38:01 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Qaeda*, CNET reports Craig Wright, who works for professional services outfit BDO, posted his alert yesterday on the BugTraq security email list, highlighting possible lines of attack, including buffer overflow menaces. The F90 (see pic) is apparently the worlds first household espresso machine with internet capability, which allows users to...
 
Tags: machine, coffee machine idea, coffee machine, household espresso machine, jura f90, f90, buffer overflow menaces, select coffee specialities, al-qaeda
 
 
 
 
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Obama, Al Qaeda recruit for Rustock

2008-07-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b37728 in Network World on Security
 
Barack Obama has left the presidential campaign trail and joined George W Bush, Al Qaeda and Microsoft to recruit zombies for the world's second largest botnet, Rustock
 
Tags: presidential campaign trail, barack obama, recruit zombies, rustock, qaeda, world, bush, microsoft, botnet
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Qaeda operative in early 2001 to undergo training in Afghanistan. Only two lasted the six-week course; the rest pretended to be hurt or left early. Despite extensive surveillance, the FBI found no evidence that the men ever discussed, let alone planned, an attack -- but that didn't stop federal agents from arresting the suspects with great...
 
Tags: terrorist, modern terrorist, hossain, terrorist conspiracies, deal hossain claims, yassin aref, aref, terrorist plot, stop federal agents
 
 
 
 
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Mujahideen Secrets 2 Encryption Tool Released

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2008-01-21 15:37:17 by HASH0x8b0f9c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Qaeda supporters widely use the Internet to spread the group's statements through hundreds of Islamist sites where anyone can post messages. Al Qaeda-linked groups also set up their own sites, which frequently have to move after being shut by Internet service providers Needless to say that the new features, even the fact that they've...
 
Tags: secrets, tool, encryption, secrets encryption tool, encryption keys, keys, digital, digital signature files, islamic
 
 
 
 
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NSA's Domestic Spying

2008-03-26 06:02:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Qaeda is suspected Two former officials familiar with the data-sifting efforts said they work by starting with some sort of lead, like a phone number or Internet address. In partnership with the FBI, the systems then can track all domestic and foreign transactions of people associated with that item -- and then the people who associated with...
 
Tags: nsa, data haul, haul, information, transactional information, data, nsa receives, mass data, terrorism information awareness
 
 
 
 
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Does Al-Qaeda need a Second Life?

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Bad things can happen in Second Life. Just ask presidential candidate John Edwards--whose virtual campaign site was defaced--or the owners of American Apparel--whose virtual store was bombed and invaded by armed avatars who shot and injured several virtual customers. In Second Life, the popular virtual reality game created by Linden Research,...
 
Tags: life, virtual campaign site, american apparel, virtual store, virtual customers, armed avatars, john edwards, griefer, attacks
 
 
 
 
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Fear Is Unhealthy

2008-01-17 07:35:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Qaeda or the Department of Homeland Security An intriguing new study suggests the answer is not so clear-cut. Although its impossible to calculate the pain that terrorist attacks inflict on victims and society, when statisticians look at cold numbers, they have variously estimated the chances of the average person dying in America at the...
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