Propped on the shelves of many government and industry information technology security offices is a dated, 76-page glossy document titled “The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace,” perhaps the only …
Police clash with youth in Paris suburb
As though France had not learned a lesson from November 2005's rioting in 300 French cities by immigrant youths, national police, playing dangerously with fire, clashed with nearly 100 youth and …
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17th Tiananmen anniversary passes in China
Chinese police tore up a protester's poster and detained at least two people on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sunday as the country marked 17 years since local troops crushed a pro-democracy …
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Commercial software opens cyber-terror backdoor
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 , a handful of information security professionals have warned of the dangers of relying on software developed overseas by foreign companies. In particular, …
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Brazilian culture minister hails hackers
Brazil's culture minister defended computer hackers here Monday as "counter-cultural militants." Minister Gilberto Gil, a renowned musician who accepted President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's …
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Cyber Extortion Demands Big Money
You may remember young Alex Tew, the frighteningly clever 21 year old who made a quick million by selling advertising space — a dollar at a time — on his $1-million homepage. Well, a funny thing …
Architect of New War on the West
The Washington Post report underscores an important aspect of the evolving threat of global jihadist terrorism and the evolving form of the al-Qaeda jihadist network. Abu Musaab al-Suri?s strategic …
DHS to develop biosurveillance system for pandemic
According to a statement from the White House, the goal of the National Biosurveillance Integration System is ?to combine and analyze information collected from human, animal and plant health, food …
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US seeks EU backing on rendition flights
The top legal adviser to Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, has urged European Union governments to help Washington refute claims that hundreds of CIA flights used European airspace and airports …
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Afghanistan’s new militant alliances
The BBC report provides remarkable details on a ?war council? meeting among an eclectic collection of militant groups in the town of Barawal Bandey and offers insight into the kaleidoscopic landscape …