George J. Tenet, the American director of central intelligence, came to Morocco in February on a special mission, to secure the kingdom`s help in quelling any future terror attacks, Moroccan and Western officials said. Full Story

A court has sentenced 11 people to death and 16 others to life imprisonment for taking part in massacres that followed the 1993 assassination of Burundi`s first democratically elected leader, the justice minister said Friday. Full Story

Canadian anti-terrorism police have arrested a man suspected of helping militants who were planning to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Adel Tobbichi, 34, was arrested Friday in Montreal as the result of an extradition request from the Netherlands, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Richard Huard told the Associated Press. Police also searched his Montreal…

U.S. officials are searching the Internet for the reappearance of a Web site that they believe has been used by al-Qaeda to deliver messages, including possible instructions for its next attacks, to its operatives around the world. The Arabic Web site, recently known as alneda.com, is a “mouthpiece for al-Qaeda in exile” and one of…

U.S. officials seeking to tighten the security of U.S. data and financial networks are working with allies with close ties to the U.S. electronics industry to secure the networks against cyberattacks. Full Story

Although cyber attacks have generally been the preserve of amateurs, the administration is concerned that sponsored terrorist attacks are increasingly possible. The new National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace aims to set out how best to protect systems against such attacks and, after years of consultation, is expected to be published in the next few weeks.…

“Mr. Zilterio” is hardly shy about the havoc he wreaks at his computer. “Blackmailing is just a hobby for us, not a business. We like to be famous,” he says in an e-mail interview with MSNBC.com. For over a year, Zilterio has been hacking into online companies and financial institutions, stealing data, then demanding extortion…

Students at universities in Arizona, Texas, Florida and California may have been monitored by “spyware” placed on computers by online criminals to capture passwords and credit card numbers, a public safety officer at one of the schools involved said Thursday. Full Story

The outlook for congressional passage of cybersecurity legislation looks good this year, despite the short time remaining in the session, House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., said Thursday. Full Story

IT inadequacies have contributed to delays in the criminal justice system that are costing taxpayers an estimated £80m a year, according to a report from the Audit Commission published this week. The report said that the money, which is enough to pay for an extra 3,800 police officers, is squandered by “delays and inefficiencies throughout…

In 2001, the Federal Computer Incident Response Center was notified of 6,683 attacks, ranging from defacing Web sites to break-ins of an agency`s central “root” servers. In 2000, the agency that monitors malicious attacks on federal systems was notified of only 586; in 1999, that number was 580. Full Story

Despite all the stories and scares about malicious hackers, computer criminals and destructive web worms, the biggest threat to the security of a company does not come from outside. Instead, it is employees on the inside who are most likely to cause security breaches by inadvertently spreading viruses, defrauding their employer, wasting time on the…

A hacker group today declared “may God have mercy on our souls” after releasing a “very friendly” exploit for the potentially devastating Apache flaw reported here on vnunet.com. The hackers, calling themselves Gobbles Security on the BugTraq mailing list, warned: “Attached is a remote Apache 1.3.X exploit for the `chunking` vulnerability. This version of the…

The producer of the open-source Apache Web server software announced last week that there is a vulnerability in both the 1.3.24 and 2.0.36 versions. The Apache Group said the flaw could expose Web sites to a new type of denial-of-service attack or in some cases, to the possibility of a hacker being able to run…

Text of report by Muhammad Salah in Cairo: “United States hacks Al-Qa`idah website on internet; but Abu-Ghayth appears on `Jehad-net` website threatening”, published by London-based newspaper Al-Hayat The internet war between Al-Qa`idah Organization and the US security organs has reached a new phase. For the Americans have managed to hack the Alneda website, which is…

Over 100 hackers tried to break into Russian president Vladimur Putin`s new website in the first 24 hours after it went live. A spokesman said that the site repelled the attacks, confirming claims by the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information that the site is “hacker proof”. Full Story

POLICE have doubled the size of Greater Manchester force`s computer crime unit in a bid to crack down on hackers whose security breaches have pushed some firms to the brink of closure. Full Story

Users and antivirus vendors are questioning the seriousness of a virus announced last week by McAfee Security, a division of Network Associates Inc., as well as the manner in which McAfee doled out details about the virus. Full Story

Marxist-Leninist Armenian terrorist group formed in 1975 with stated intention to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, pay reparations, and cede territory for an Armenian homeland. Led by Hagop Hagopian until he was assassinated in Athens in April 1988. Initially, bombing and…

Aukai Collins, the first American to train in Usama Bin Laden`s camps takes the reader on his quest for jihad in some of the most dangerous places. In what undoubtedly will raise more questions about the bureaucratic failures of the FBI and CIA before September 11th Aukai Collins provides insight into the jihad movement and…

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JUNE 24, 2002. NORWAY. The World Bank sponsored ABCDE conference will be held in Oslo. Anti-globalization demonstrations can be expected. The conference ends on June 26. JUNE 26, 2002. CANADA. G8 Summit to be held, Jun 26-28, in Kamanaskis, a small town west of Calgary, Alberta. Full Story

Tom Ridge, the White House domestic security director, was sharply questioned today by members of Congress who were skeptical about a core function of the proposed Department of Homeland Security: its ability to receive accurate intelligence about terrorist threats. Full Story

The leaders of a joint Congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks asked the Justice Department today to investigate their panel, after Vice President Dick Cheney complained that sensitive information had been improperly disclosed. Full Story

A Republican-dominated House panel approved a watered-down measure to allow up to 1,400 airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpits of commercial flights despite the strong opposition of Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta and the Bush administration. Full Story

Logan International Airport may never erase its Sept.11 stigma, inflicted by 10 terrorists who boarded two American Airlines jets here on their way to destroying the World Trade Center. Full Story

Police in Pakistan have arrested six people for burying slain American journalist Daniel Pearl while the main accused in the kidnapping and murder case rejected Friday all charges against him. Full Story

A British-born man accused of masterminding the kidnap and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl rejected the charges in a Pakistan court on Friday, and blocked his cross-examination by prosecutors, lawyers said. Full Story

The FBI is taking seriously a Lebanese-born man`s claim to have overheard a cell phone conversation in Arabic about a possible July 4 attack on Las Vegas, an agent said on Friday. Full Story

Jurors in the trial of two brothers accused of running a cigarette-selling ring that supported Middle East terrorists told the judge that a verdict was near. Jurors sent a note to U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen on Thursday afternoon requesting a break for the day and saying it expected to reach a verdict around lunch…

A confluence of events has thrust Senator Bob Graham (Fla-D) to the center of the inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks being conducted by the Senate intelligence committee that he leads and the House intelligence panel. Not only will he help shape the national response to the terrorist assault, but perhaps, at age 65, he…

A recent attempt by two Middle Eastern men to buy an ambulance with cash in Lyndhurst, N.J., was apparently unrelated to terrorism, the F.B.I. said yesterday. The two men told investigators that they wanted to use the ambulance in a movie, the police said. Full Story

A panel of specialists advising the federal government on smallpox vaccinations unanimously rejected a proposal today to offer vaccines to every American. Instead, the panel recommended immunizing only the estimated 15,000 health care and law enforcement workers who would be most likely to respond to a biological attack and come in contact with victims. Full…

A federal health advisory panel Thursday recommended smallpox vaccination for federal, state and local bioterrorism response teams in preparation for a potential terrorist attack using the deadly virus. Full Story

A CALL to the Government to act firmly against terrorism, militancy and narrow religious teachings was among a 10-point motion of thanks tabled. In calling for consistent action against those involved in militant activities, Perak Umno representative Datuk Husni Hanadzlah – who tabled the motion – asked for everyone to accept as a fact that…

Malaysia has urged all Southeast Asian nations to accede to a trilateral anti-terrorism pact it has signed with Indonesia and Philippines to forge an ASEAN agreement. Full Story

Around 25,000 Liberians have crossed into neighboring Sierra Leone since Janaury, seeking to escape a civil war in their West African home, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Full Story

AN AL-QAEDA terrorist suspect nicknamed “the Bear” is being interrogated about his alleged role in helping to smuggle Osama bin Laden out of Afghanistan. Full Story

Under American pressure, German officials say they are intensifying their investigation into Mahmoun Darkazanli, one of the most mysterious figures tied to the attacks by Al Qaeda on the United States, who is still living at large in Hamburg. Full Story

A Muslim guerrilla leader whose fighters kidnapped two Kansas missionaries and scores of other people was shot in a clash with U.S.-trained troops Friday and may be dead, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Friday. Full Story

A second car bomb exploded at Spanish coastal resort Friday as a European Union summit got under way about 90 miles away at a heavily guarded convention center in Seville. Full Story

Executives at the Cable News Network dismissed reports yesterday that CNN might be removed from the air in Israel, saying it retains strong relationships with that country`s satellite and cable distributors. Full Story

Her face adorns no martyr`s poster, but Arien Ahmed, a 20-year-old Palestinian student of business administration, has one of the many profiles of the new suicide bomber. Full Story

The Bush administration disclosed today that two American citizens of Afghan origin were detained in Pakistan last month for immigration violations along the Afghan border, and that one was deported to the United States last weekend. Full Story

Pakistan will soon enact laws that ban the teaching of extreme Islamic views at its 8,000 madrassas, or religious schools, the country`s religious minister said Thursday. “No madrassas will be allowed to indulge in militancy,” Mehmood Ghazi told reporters at a press conference. Islamic clerics who refuse to obey the laws would face prison terms…

Howard Schmidt, vice chairman of the president`s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, attended the fourth and final White House-sponsored “town hall meeting” on cybersecurity last night in Atlanta before the release in September of the next version of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Full Story

Flight instructors regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration must seek permission from the attorney general before teaching aliens to fly planes larger than small business jets under a new rule published Friday in the Federal Register. Full Story

From identifying dangerous microbes to making Mount Rushmore more secure, states and cities are racing to put protections in place against bioterrorism. Full Story

Assessment teams will arrive at airports across the country over the next two weeks as the Transportation Security Administration steps up its efforts to federalize airport security operations and meet a Dec. 31 deadline for screening checked baggage for explosives. Full Story

The FBI was able to nail John Dillinger, but how well would it stack up against uber-hacker Kevin Mitnick? Probably not well. Sharply criticized for its lack of technical know-how, the FBI has taken a pounding after recent reports disclosed that glitches in the agency`s Carnivore online surveillance technology may have hindered investigations into terrorism…

An early draft of the White House`s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace envisions the same kind of mandatory customer data collection and retention by U.S. Internet service providers as was recently enacted in Europe, according to sources who have reviewed portions of the plan. Full Story

Techniques used by the police to access internet and telephone records are to be kept so secret that criminal prosecutions may be abandoned to prevent their disclosure. Full Story

The Computer Crime Unit (CCU) of the federal police is learning how to hack computers. At the Ghent-based Ascure company, four CCU members are currently learning how hackers penetrate corporate and private computer systems without leaving any traces behind. “Professional hackers often try to operate unnoticed,” said CCU Chief Luc Beirens. “Some companies only notice…

In April the US Central Intelligence Agency revealed that one of the highest priorities of the Chinese military is the development of cyber-attack capabilities. The CIA reported that hundreds of Chinese military cadets are trained each year in the arcane art of hacking into the West`s commercial computer networks. Full Story

The annual Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey reveals Australia is a hotbed of computer crime, with 67 per cent of organisations surveyed being attacked in 2002. This is double the 1999 level. The report was jointly produced by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, AusCERT and the NSW Police, and surveyed Australia`s top 300 companies and other…

IBM has developed a rogue wireless LAN access-point detection tool that can automatically detect the presence of unauthorized access points on large-scale, enterprise networks, the company announced. Rogue wireless LAN access points are often installed without the knowledge of enterprise information systems departments by employees seeking inexpensive mobility (costing less than $200) within an office.…

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has filed charges against a Middleton, Mass., woman, accusing her of hacking into her former boss`s computer system and forwarding confidential e-mails to former co-workers. According to a statement issued by Reilly`s office, Wendy Sholds, 38, faces two counts of unauthorized access to a computer system. Full Story

Marxist-Leninist organization founded in 1969 when it split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Believes Palestinian national goals can be achieved only through revolution of the masses. In early 1980s, occupied political stance midway between Arafat and the rejectionists. Split into two factions in 1991; Nayif Hawatmah leads the majority and…

Bruce Hoffman`s book “Inside Terrorism” is one of the best books concerning the fundamentals of terrorism available. The book is detailed and academic, yet highly readable. While dealing with terrorism of the past, “Inside Terrorism” also looks at new methods and motivations that are changing face of terrorism. “Inside Terrorism” should be required reading for…

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