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Do you have poorly trained security guards working for you? If you do, al-Qa'ida may be watching

2008-10-19 19:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
It seems strange that the Department of Homeland Security would be mentioning a recording by deceased al-Qa'ida operative Yousef Al-Ayeeri made before his death in 2003 Eventhough DHS said there was no credible or specific information, they still deemed it necessary to release the note because it is "important for local authorities, building...
 
Tags: security, security consultant, security guards, security review, homeland security, poorly, al-qa, al-ayeeri, potential attack tactics
 
 
 
 
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TV Website Of Saudi-owned Satellite Channel Al-Arabiya Hit By Cyber Attack

2008-10-14 02:05:43 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Computer hackers claiming to be Shiite shut down the website of Saudi-owned satellite channel Al-Arabiya on Friday, a month after Iran reported similar attacks on many of its websites by hardline Sunnis. The website of the Dubai-based channel was taken over by the hackers who displayed a message which warned that if attacks on Shiite
 
Tags: channel, satellite channel al-arabiya, website, attacks, similar attacks, computer hackers, hackers, hardline sunnis, shiite
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
These groups and fractions of religiously brainwashed IT enthusiasts utilizing outdated ping and HTTP GET flooding attack tools, represent today's greatly overhyped threat possed by the cyber jihadists whose cheap PSYOPS dominate, given the lack of strategical thinking, and the lack of sustainable communication channels between them, ruined all...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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Right Wing Israeli Hackers Deface Hamas's Site

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2008-06-26 15:36:44 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Compared to historical hacktivism tensions between different nations, Israeli and Palestinian hacktivists seem to be most sensitive to "virtual fire exchange" like this one, and consequently, just like in real-life, always look and find for an excuse to engage in a conflict. Israeli hackers penetrate Hamas website Israeli hackers boasted...
 
Tags: site, israeli, israeli hackers, anti-jewish sites, al-qassam site, sites, web site defacement, hacktivism tensions, historical hacktivism tensions
 
 
 
 
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Terrorist And Leftist Websites Defaced By Israeli Hackers

2008-06-26 12:35:37 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Israeli hacking group broke into sites of Izz al-Din al-Qassam, the terrorists military wing, and some leftist movements. Hacked websites were defaced and previous information replaced with words of Israeli national anthem. Currently the website of Izz al-Din al-Qassam displays a white screen and words in Arabic announcing technical...
 
Tags: israeli, israeli national anthem, izz al-din al-qassam, leftist movements, previous information, words, websites, technical difficulties, terrorists military
 
 
 
 
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Wordpress 2.5 cookie integrity protection vulnerability

2008-04-25 16:03:19 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
Recently, I was preparing to give a talk on web authentication so was looking at the source code of Wordpress, which I had just upgraded to version 2.5. Unfortunately, I found a rather nasty security hole, which has now been disclosed. If a Wordpress installation is configured to permit account creation, the vulnerability allows an attacker to...
 
Tags: cookie, time, user expiry time, wordpress, secure cookie protocol, expiry time, vulnerability, username, maintain cookie uniqueness
 
 
 
 
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Hardened stateless session cookies

2008-05-16 12:40:30 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
The root cause behind the last-but-one Wordpress cookie debacle was that the authors invented their own password hashing and cookie generation scheme. This is generally a bad idea, since its hard even for experts to get these right. Instead, whenever possible, a well-studied proposal should be chosen. It is for this reason that I suggested the...
 
Tags: scheme, cookie generation scheme, cookie, cookie authentication schemes, cookies, stateless session cookies, fake cookie, cookie authentication key, authentication database
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-02 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
Most counterterrorism policies fail, not because of tactical problems, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what motivates terrorists in the first place. If we're ever going to defeat terrorism, we need to understand what drives people to become terrorists in the first place Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism is inherently...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
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The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-07 05:48:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Most counterterrorism policies fail, not because of tactical problems, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what motivates terrorists in the first place. If we're ever going to defeat terrorism, we need to understand what drives people to become terrorists in the first place Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism is inherently...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida