Anyone who thinks the Internet is just a convenient tool for the coming information society, should take another look at its side effects. Despite growing concerns about online security, computer …
9-11 Panel Pushes Feds on Air Security
Members of the independent commission on Sept. 11 pressed Bush administration and military officials Friday on whether the federal government should have been more prepared for a terrorist attack …
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Military unprepared for 9/11 attacks
The panel established to investigate the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was told Friday that the United States was so unprepared that the first warplanes sent to the capital's airspace to intercept …
Computing's Lost Allure
ON a sunny May afternoon, Brian Harvey's introductory computer science class at the University of California convened for the last time before the final exam. By the time Dr. Harvey was full tilt into …
May Breaks Record for Digital Attacks
The world record for overt digital attacks in one month was broken Tuesday -- just four months after the last record was set and less than a month since the record was set for most attacks in a single …
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Brazil: Next Stop, Civil War
The correct name for what we are up against in Brazil is narcoterrorism. Violence has become a federal issue and the fight against violence, with or without formal intervention, with or without the …
Big Brother Is Tracking You. Without a Warrant.
The sky was nearly cloudless on Aug. 19, 1960, when Capt. Harold E. Mitchell took off from Hawaii in his stubby C-119 Flying Boxcar. A short time later, in the blackness of space, an orbiting …
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Homeland setting cybersecurity priorities
Now that responsibility for the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace has shifted to the Homeland Security Department (DHS), officials are developing a list of priorities for implementation within …
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Civil action may hit cyber thugs harder than criminal laws
Civil remedies are a more viable legal solution to cyber crime for the enterprise than criminal prosecution, according to IT security consultant and forensics expert Ajoy Ghosh. Tort law (specifically …
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Agency Warns on Health Effects of Chemical Attack
Terrorist use of chemical weapons could have worse health effects than their use on the battlefield would, according to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency. In new guidance on treating people …
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