While the mainstream media focuses its attention on the progress of conventional air and land operations in the battle between Israeli and Hezbollah forces, victory may be determined through …
(Script) Kiddies, not Killers
Andrew Cochran at the CT Blog reminds us that there is a cyber aspect to the very physical conflict going on in the Middle East. Having tracked this issue for years for Uncle Sam I am struck by the …
Commercial Aviation in the Crosshairs
As passenger screening and other commercial aviation security measures improve, terrorists will likely resort to Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) to attack commercial aviation …
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Social-networking sites rife with wormable flaws
An audit of two popular social-networking sites found a dozen wormable vulnerabilities in less than an hour, a researcher for antivirus firm F-Secure stated on Thursday. The company performed the …
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1,400 attacks… and counting
India is under attack from rogue elements within and outside the country, not only in its physical space (think Mumbai), but in cyberspace too. Extensions “.co.in” and “.gov.in” are special targets of …
Iraq Sectarian Attacks: Mechanisms of Civil War Set in Motion
As TRC forecast in these pages, the spiral of sectarian killings in Iraq has accelerated in pace and grown in scope and lethality. These attacks coupled with the increasing levels of forced …
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US blacklists 2 Iranian firms over missiles programme
The United States blacklisted two additional Iranian companies accused of helping to spread missiles capable of launching weapons of mass destruction. The Treasury said that Sanam Industrial Group and …
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Criminal malware surges as virus threat fades
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security solutions vendor Sophos, recently stated cyber criminals "are obviously making money from their code, otherwise they would give up the game." …
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Threat has ‘palpably increased’ since London bombings: Met Police chief
The anniversary of the July 7 London bombings (Terrorist Incident and Intel Report), coming on the heals of the discovery and interdiction of al-Qaeda-associated cells in Toronto and, to a lesser …
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A younger, savvier global terror cell
The recent arrests of forty terrorist suspects in at least six countries and associated disruption of potential terrorist attacks in Toronto (Terror Web Watch) and New York City highlight the …
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