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  • More Web attacks hit, North Korea suspected

    07/09/2009 9:06:34 AM PDT · by BJClinton · 15 replies · 735+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | 07/09/2009 | Jack Kim
    A fresh wave of cyber attacks that slowed U.S. and South Korean websites this week hit more targets on Thursday, a Web security firm said, while the South's spy agency has said the hacking may be linked to North Korea. The impact of the attacks, aimed so far at dozens of sites including the White House and the South's presidential office, was seen as negligible, experts said, but served as a reminder that Pyongyang has been planning for cyber warfare.
  • Web-based terrorist hunter to teach

    01/11/2009 2:00:43 AM PST · by Cindy · 16 replies · 835+ views
    PHILLY.com ^ | January 9, 2009 | Alfred Lubrano
    Shannen Rossmiller, a former Montana judge whose late-night hunts for al-Qaeda on the Web led to the two largest terror convictions in U.S. history, announced yesterday that she would begin teaching others her arcane and dangerous craft.
  • U.S. Faces Biological Attack Within 5 Years

    12/26/2008 3:21:09 PM PST · by KellyM37 · 19 replies · 1,288+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 12/25/2008 | Newsmax
    WASHINGTON – The terrorism threat to the United States during the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security, and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks are considered the most dangerous threats that could be carried out against the U.S. But those threats are also the most unlikely because it is so difficult for al-Qaida and similar groups to acquire the materials needed to carry out such plots, according to the internal Homeland Security Threat Assessment...
  • Cyberwar Threat to U.S. Grows Worse

    10/09/2008 10:45:26 PM PDT · by Ordinary_American · 1 replies · 288+ views
    United Press International ^ | October 9, 2008 | Lawrence Sellin
    WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Viruses, worms, identity theft, extortion and other forms of criminal activity are not the only illicit uses of the Internet. "Malware" -- malicious software designed to exploit weaknesses in programs and the computers on which they run -- has now spawned the capability to digitally "soften up the battlefield." The cyberattack has become a major weapon of psychological operations and information warfare in both hot and cold wars. It also will grow as a weapon of choice for transnational terrorists because it provides a relatively inexpensive means to disrupt global communications covertly and, in some...
  • Counter-Terror Intelligence: Citizens Doing The Job Government Won't Do

    07/02/2007 7:10:26 AM PDT · by Valin · 3 replies · 281+ views
    Global Politician ^ | 7/3/07 | Glen Jenvey
    Soon after Sept. 11 terror attacks, I started a web-site called www.islamic-news.co.uk with a friend based in America. The web-site published radical Islamic web links that led the user straight onto other terrorist sites. The goal was to try to come in contact with terror leaders and budding Jihadists. Almost immediately, the plan began paying dividends with Abu Hamza, a major British Jihadist with links to al-Qaida being the biggest fish we helped nab. To contact Abu Hamza I used the name Pervez Khan when we exchanged emails and spoke on the phone. I contacted other site owners like the...
  • Islamic Extremists Plan to Sabotage Free Internet Access for Students (Religion of Peace)

    05/28/2007 7:18:12 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 13 replies · 588+ views
    BBS News ^ | Monday, May 28 2007 @ 09:47 AM EDT | BBS News
    Islamic Extremists Plan to Sabotage Free Internet Access for Students Monday, May 28 2007 @ 09:47 AM EDT Extremists threaten new government Internet project in universities BBSNews 2007-05-28 - BAGHDAD, (IRIN) -- Islamic extremists who believe that the Internet can spread immoral and un-Islamic behaviour say that they will sabotage plans by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to link the country's science centres electronically and offer free Internet access to students. "On the Internet, the youth can find different kinds of information, many of which is unhealthy. Couples strike up friendships through the Internet and spread...
  • Scientific American: Virtual Jihad -- The Internet as the ideal terrorism recruiting tool

    01/02/2006 12:58:43 AM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 10 replies · 647+ views
    Scientific American ^ | December 26, 2005 | Luis Miguel Ariza
    Virtual JihadThe Internet as the ideal terrorism recruiting toolBy Luis Miguel Ariza, Scientific American, December 26, 2005 If you read Arabic and want a degree in jihad, click on www.al-farouq.com/vb/. If you're lucky--the site disappears and reappears--you will see a post that belongs to the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF). It announces the "Al Qaeda University of Jihad Studies." According to Ahmad al-Wathiq Billah, the GIMF MADRID BOMBINGS  of March 11, 2004—here, at Atocha station—killed 192 commuters. The terrorists had downloaded jihadist documents, including one that called for attacking Spain. "Deputy General Emir," students "pass through faculties devoted to...
  • Windows trojan replaces porn sites with Koran text

    09/07/2005 9:53:12 AM PDT · by PissAndVinegar · 39 replies · 1,203+ views
    Sophos AV ^ | Sept 6, 2005 | Sophos
    Troj/Yusufali-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform. Troj/Yusufali-A analyzes the title of the window in focus looking for various words. Some of the words Troj/Yusufali-A searches for are: sex teen xx Phallus jegger Priapus Phallic Penis Exhibitionism If Troj/Yusufali-A finds one of these words in the title bar it will minimise the current window and display the following message in English along with other messages in other languages: YUSUFALI: Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about...
  • Cyberjihad. Terrorism on the Internet? A Plausible Idea in Today’s World

    03/14/2005 9:11:56 PM PST · by ctrlgrid · 4 replies · 294+ views
    February, 2005 | Robert Lanzone
    Terrorism on the Internet – a plausible idea in today’s world – is both intriguing and frightening. Author Robert Lanzone’s first novel, Cyberjihad, chronicles just such a clandestine scheme. What kind of harm can terrorists achieve on the Internet? Author Robert Lanzone's novel, Cyberjihad (ISBN 1-4208-2145-8) reveals a terrorist plot so convincing, it places the book on the hairy edge of non-fiction. Synopsis: A Wall Street computer whiz travels through cyberspace, where he stumbles upon terrorists plotting to destabilize the world’s economy and nuclear defenses. Reluctantly sucked in by government bureaucrats, this computer genius becomes torn between the safety of...
  • Bellevue firm tied to pro-Hamas Web site

    04/24/2005 11:53:12 AM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 14 replies · 1,191+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | April 23, 2005 | Peter Lewis
    Bellevue firm tied to pro-Hamas Web siteBy Peter LewisSeattle Times staff reporter, April 23, 2005 A Bellevue company has helped support a Web site dedicated to advancing Hamas, an Islamic organization the U.S. government considers a terrorist group. The site features videos of Humvees blowing up and U.S. soldiers being killed. The site was down temporarily yesterday but was working again last evening. Content included a training video of the "Mujahideen Army" and a message to the American people that said in part they had "elected criminals and are responsible for their actions." The Bellevue company, eNom, apparently is...
  • Terror: The Hunt for Zarqawi's Webmasters

    03/27/2005 3:52:41 PM PST · by FairOpinion · 15 replies · 834+ views
    Newsweek ^ | April 4, 2005 issue | Mark Hosenball
    During the past year, investigators in America and Europe watched as a business called 357Hosting, based near Utrecht, the Netherlands, became the officially registered Internet host for several notorious militant Islamic Web pages and bulletin boards, including sites that disseminated videos of beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq and messages from Qaeda leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. The public prosecutor's office in Utrecht tells NEWSWEEK that it has opened a criminal investigation into possible Internet hate crimes. One site hosted by 357, Albasrah.net, today features what purport to be daily news bulletins from Iraqi terrorists; other sites 357 has hosted include...
  • From a Virtual Shadow, Messages of Terror [Islamic use of internet]

    10/02/2004 1:12:18 PM PDT · by Mike Fieschko · 1 replies · 255+ views
    Washington Post ^ | Oct 2, 2004 | Ariana Eunjung Cha
    SAN FRANCISCO -- He calls himself Abu Maysara al Iraqi, or father of Maysara the Iraqi, and he's a master at being everywhere and nowhere in the virtual world, constantly switching his online accounts and taking advantage of new technologies to issue his communiqués to the world. American Internet sleuths know next to nothing about him, whether Abu Maysara is his real name, whether he's an Iraqi or even whether he's in Iraq. What is clear is that he is one of the most important sources of information from the country's insurgency, getting his message out through the Internet, and...
  • Jihad websites removed from computer

    02/27/2005 5:29:10 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 23 replies · 1,376+ views
    Canadian Jewish News ^ | Feb. 25, 2005 | PAUL LUNGEN
    Jihad websites removed from computer By PAUL LUNGEN Staff Reporter RackForce Wholesale Hosting Solutions, an Internet company in Kelowna, B.C., has removed six sites from its computers that promoted jihad and vilified Jews. One of the websites, www.shareeah.org, had connections to Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization and was being investigated by the RCMP. Operated by Abu Hamza Al-Misri, a terrorism suspect in prison in Britain and waiting deportation to the United States, the site promoted and supported suicide bombing. Once the company determined it violated its acceptable use policy, RackForce decided to remove it along with five other sites...
  • ATC Announces Return to Internet

    02/26/2005 5:41:44 PM PST · by atcoalition · 2 replies · 324+ views
    Johnny P News ^ | February 25, 2005 | Johnny P
    ATC Announces Return to InternetATC Press Release - 02/25/05The ATC is now back after having been down since January 11, 2005, when terrorists struck their hosting companies Super Verticals, Yahoo and the ATC websites. "After the 1-11 Attacks the ATC Leadership decided not to return until high security could be assured and today we have that security." stated ATC President Stalfos. The ATC is now up at http://www.atcoalition.netOn January 13, 2005, ATC Vice President Benyamin B stated, "We shall return." "And today, we have indeed returned," stated Vice President Benyamin B earlier today. "On behalf of the Leadership of The...
  • Viewpoint: Apathy and Incompetence Trump Terrorism in Cyberspace

    12/15/2004 4:47:55 PM PST · by SandRat · 25 replies · 398+ views
    SIGNAL Connections ^ | 12/15/04 | Col. Alan D. Campen, USAF (Ret.)
    It's the evil them versus the inept us. Today’s threats to U.S. national security range from the bloody reality of terrorist suicide bombers to weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. information infrastructure is a vital element of U.S. national security, but the design and management of software render its terminals, nodes and networks demonstrably vulnerable to malicious manipulation. Insofar as the government’s role, the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations recognized their limited leverage over public/private systems and prudently opted to plead for partnerships in policing the information highway. However, the public sector has been reluctant to share data...
  • Arkansas FTP site hacked by jihadist group

    07/15/2004 10:04:42 AM PDT · by bunkerhill7 · 9 replies · 299+ views
    Government Computer News ^ | July 14, 2004 | Trudy Walsh
    An Arkansas government message board doesn’t usually top the list of likely terrorist targets, but that didn’t stop it from getting walloped this week by an attack that loaded its server with online videos of Osama bin Laden and other multimedia jihadist materials. Monday morning visitors to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department’s File Transfer Protocol site saw the files, which were labeled in a foreign language. The FTP site is an anonymous message board the department operates for contractors. “This site has been valuable for eight years,” said department spokesman Randy Ort. “This is the first time something like...
  • Internet Haganah Ally Reaffirms Solidarity

    07/12/2004 5:31:25 PM PDT · by atcoalition · 3 replies · 290+ views
    Johnny P News ^ | July 12, 2004 | John S. Pappas
    Internet Haganah Ally Reaffirms SolidarityAnti-Terrorism Coalition States Support & Commitment to Fight Terrorismby John S. PappasWashington - 07/12/04In response to the beheading threat received by Internet Haganah (story), fellow Anti-Cyber Terrorism group Anti-Terrorism Coalition (ATC) has released a statement (statement) of support for Internet Haganah and has vowed to continue targeting terrorist websites.Benyamin B., Director of ATC Intelligence, released the following statement Sunday following a Johnny P News report on the beheading threat:"The terrorists have been losing more websites and eGroups lately, as the ATC, Internet Haganah, and other allied organizations are increasing their activities against cyber terrorism. I believe...
  • North Korean military hackers unleash "cyber-terror" on South Korean computers

    05/27/2004 2:41:57 PM PDT · by LonghornFreeper · 6 replies · 2,835+ views
    SEOUL, (AFP) - South Korea's top military intelligence chief says North Korea is operating an elite military unit specializing in hacking into South Korean computer networks. Song Young-Keun, commanding general of the counter-intelligence Defense Security Command, said at a conference here that North Korea was building up its "cyber-terror" capability on orders from its leader, Kim Jong-Il. "Following orders from Chairman Kim Jong-Il, North Korea has been operating a crack unit specializing in computer hacking and strengthening its cyber-terror ability," he said in a keynote speech. The conference was organized by the Korea Information Security Agency affiliated with the information...
  • ATC announces new Cyber-Terror Database

    04/25/2004 1:28:50 PM PDT · by johnnyp16 · 213+ views
    ATC Press Release ^ | 04/25/04 | Anti-Terrorism Coalition
    The Anti-Terrorist Coalition (http://atcoalition.showsit.info) announced today the creation of the Database of Terrorist Websites and eGroups (http://atcterrorlist.showsit.info). The database lists 352 terrorist websites and eGroups deemed by the coalition to have ties to terrorism, or to promote terrorism. Benyamin B., head of Anti-Terrorism Coalition Intelligence, said that the websites and eGroups were found, investigated, and listed in this database by the ATC. The database lists nearly all terrorist Yahoo Groups, "we believe that we have found most terrorist Yahoo Groups and also lists many terrorist websites," Benyamin said, "The main purpose of this list is to expose terrorism on the...
  • Forum: Clashing with Clarke in class

    04/04/2004 9:33:05 AM PDT · by tallhappy · 38 replies · 177+ views
    <p>The country is in an uproar over former White House terrorism expert Richard Clarke's recent contentions, which will continue to be debated.</p> <p>Let me give some insight on my own very recent (February 2004) experience with Mr. Clarke, who teaches a class at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He teaches this class with Rand Beers, a former government official with National Security Council experience who now works on the Democratic presidential campaign.</p>
  • Muslim Web sites in spotlight as Qaeda scares spread

    01/28/2004 3:46:33 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 16 replies · 1,618+ views
    Reuters ^ | Jan 28, 2004 | Firouz Sedarat
    Muslim Web sites in spotlight as Qaeda scares spread  By Firouz Sedarat, Jan 28, 2004 DUBAI (Reuters) - Islamist Web sites are drawing a wide audience as possible harbingers of al Qaeda attacks but experts say they are erratic and unreliable sources of warnings that could save lives. Analysts say the sites, used by al Qaeda backers to spread their message, are unlikely sources of exact information on where or how Osama bin Laden's network might strike next -- though an experienced eye may spot the more probable comments. Mainly, the Arabic-language sites, usually bulletin boards where anyone can post...
  • Weapons of mass disruption

    12/13/2003 12:34:07 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 7 replies · 477+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | Dec. 10, 2003 | Samuel Schubert
    <p>WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The terrorists have been going "virtual" for a long time now. A new, but largely unnoticed, front in the war on terrorism is being played out on the Internet, where terrorist recruitment and planning is gaining momentum.</p>
  • Homeland Security simulates terrorist cyberattack

    11/25/2003 9:58:36 PM PST · by FairOpinion · 97+ views
    USA Today ^ | Nov. 25, 2003 | Ted Bridis
    <p>WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department's first simulation of a terrorist attack on computer, banking and utility systems exposed problems with the ways victimized industries communicated vital information during the crisis, the government's new cybersecurity chief said Monday. Experts inside government and the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College are still formally evaluating results of the so-called "Livewire" exercise, carried out over five days late in October. It simulated physical and computer attacks on banks, power companies and the oil and gas industry, among others.</p>
  • Bringing Down the Internet

    10/26/2003 6:28:28 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 31 replies · 343+ views
    MSNBC / Newsweek ^ | Nov. 3, 2003 | Jonathan Adams and Fred Guterl
    Bringing Down the Internet What if hackers were motivated not by loneliness or greed, but by malice? Some experts now think a global cybercrisis is inevitable By Jonathan Adams and Fred Guterl NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL If you wanted to write a science-fiction thriller about the day the Internet crashed,  .... <Excerpt^> THIS DRONE ARMY launches a silent and sustained attack on computers that are crucial for sending around the billions of packets of data that keep e-mail, the Web and other, more basic necessities of modern life humming. At first the attack seems to be an inconvenience—e-mail traffic grinds to a...
  • Terror Link to Mass ‘Blog’ Outage

    10/25/2003 4:24:32 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 9 replies · 516+ views
    Newsday ^ | Oct. 24, 2003 | Lou Dolinar
    Law enforcement officials are probing a "significant" series of computer attacks launched in the last week, including one that took down some of the most popular web logs, or "blogs," on the Internet, an AT&T spokesman said yesterday. But the best-known of the affected sites, including Glenn Reynolds' "Instapundit" and the Long Island-based "Command Post," apparently weren't the intended victims of the so-called denial of service" attacks. But those sites were taken out when unknown hackers went after an obscure Web site belonging to a group called Internet Haganah, which tries to get service providers to boot terror-connected Web sites...
  • Complaint – The Washington Times 10 September 2003

    09/26/2003 12:33:53 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 6 replies · 631+ views
    1924.org ^ | September 23, 2003 | Dr. Imran Waheed
    Freeper help is requested -- we need to respond point by point to this Muslim Taqija . The results of our research may appear in the Washington Times as a rebuttal when this letter is published: Complaint - The Washington Times 10 September 2003 September 24, 2003 www.1924.org Francis B. Coombs Jr. Managing Editor The Washington Times 3600 New York Avenue Washington, D.C. 20002, USA 23 September 2003 Re: Complaint – The Washington Times 10 September 2003 Dear Sir, This is a letter of complaint concerning an article published in the Washington Times on the 10th of September 2003. The...
  • The United Nations - A Legitimate Target?

    08/26/2003 9:02:35 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 18 replies · 2,031+ views
    Al-Muhajiroun.com ^ | Aug. 24, 2003 | Al-Muhajiroun.com
    Congrats to all Freepers who took time to write an email to the ISP hosting Al-Muhajiroun.com. One of the most important sites for Al-Qaeda in Europe was forced off the servers at Clara.net and has moved to Germany. Note that the hot-linked image in that posting is now gone. Al-Muhajiroun.com even posted this prominent 'disclaimer' on their website contesting our claim that their upcoming conference "commemorating the Magnificent 19" was in fact a "Celebration of the Murder of 3,000 people". From the Al-Muhajiroun.com website: THE 'MAGNIFICENT 19' CONFERENCE IS NOT A CELEBRATION ... The commemoration of 11th september is to...
  • CYBER TERROR: BLACKOUT NOT AN ATTACK BUT A WARNING

    08/19/2003 2:55:45 PM PDT · by Marianne · 7 replies · 305+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | August 19, 2003 | Charles R. Smith
    Al-Qaeda sources announced that they are responsible for the recent power blackout in America. One more lie to add to a thousand tall tales spun by hidden terrorists. In fact, the recent power blackout actually demonstrated that the electric computer network operated correctly. The blackout began when a critical main line went down, leaving the rest of the network to carry the electrical load. The network noted that the load was too much to carry and began to shut itself down. The so-called "domino" effect began as each segment of the grid detected an overload and shut down, including 10...
  • Al Qaeda Beware: An American Housewife Is On Your Trail

    08/11/2003 6:30:23 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 7 replies · 506+ views
    Mens News Daily ^ | August 11, 2003 | Jeremy Reynalds
    Al Qaeda Beware: An American Housewife Is On Your TrailAugust 11, 2003 by Jeremy Reynalds To her neighbors, she is just plain old Mrs. Galt - a run-of-the-mill American soccer mom. But after her neighborhood quiets down, curtains are drawn for the night and her two children are tucked safely in bed, this suburban American mom assumes an entirely different personality as she plunges head on into the shadowy world of internet terrorism. Mrs. Galt's story was told recently in the Washington Times. As the Washington Times reported, Mrs.. Galt has accessed a number of obscure web sites used...
  • BRITISH UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR MAY FLEE THE UNITED KINGDOM

    07/22/2003 8:22:19 AM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 1 replies · 777+ views
    ASSIST News Service (ANS) ^ | July 21, 2003 | Jeremy Reynalds
    ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA E-mail: assistcomm@cs.com, Web Site: www.assistnews.netMonday, July 21, 2003 BRITISH UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR MAY FLEE THE UNITED KINGDOM Claims Large Number of Death Threats from al Qa'ida Sympathizers By Jeremy ReynaldsSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. (ANS) -- A British undercover investigator who posed as the operator of a radical Islamic web site may leave the United Kingdom due to what he says is the large number of death threats he has received from al Qa'ida sympathizers. Glen Jenvey, 38, whose work was profiled recently in England?s...
  • Al-Nidaa website founder killed in clash with Saudi authorities

    06/03/2003 10:26:55 PM PDT · by ganeshpuri89 · 6 replies · 291+ views
    MEMRI News Ticker ^ | Wednesday, June 4th, 2003
    SHEIK YOUSUF AL-ABIRI, THE FOUNDER AND MANAGER OF THE AL-NIDAA WEBSITE, WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH AL-QA'IDA, WAS KILLED IN A CLASH WITH SAUDI AUTHORITIES ON SUNDAY. (WWW.MYISLAH.ORG AND OTHER ISLAMIST INTERNET FORUMS, 6/3/03) Nothing follows, obviously, since it is from the ticker. Sorry about all caps but that is how it is formatted at MEMRI.
  • The “Global Campaign Against Aggression”: The Supreme Council of Global Jihad? (H.Q. in Canada?)

    05/01/2003 1:36:17 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 15 replies · 1,103+ views
    Are Canadian Taxpayers subsidizing Islamist Global Jehad? The mentor of Osama bin Laden, Safar al-Hawali, has set up a new organization -- The "Global Campaign Against Aggression" -- we trace the ISP hosting his website to "Innovation Place", (shown at left) a high-tech incubator program funded by the taxpayers of Saskatchewan, and the Canadian government. We also trace at least one other jehadi website to Innovation Place. Although the website of the "Global Campaign Against Aggression" provides an innocuous English translation -- the Arabic side delivers a different message. Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH...
  • Iraq, its domain and the 'terrorist-funding' owner

    04/10/2003 11:55:25 AM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 12 replies · 570+ views
    The Register (UK) ^ | Apr. 9, 2003 | Kieren McCarthy
    Iraq, its domain and the 'terrorist-funding' owner By Kieren McCarthy Posted: 09/04/2003 at 11:54 GMT The war against Iraq may be drawing to a close but the war over its Internet future is just beginning. As with the overthrow of the Afghanistan regime by US forces, it is widely thought that the removal of Saddam Hussein from power will see the Middle Eastern country catch up with the rest of the world in terms of Internet infrastructure and use. Currently, there is limited, expensive and state-controlled Internet use in Iraq, beamed via satellite since sanctions on the country have...
  • The Web as al-Qaida's safety net

    03/28/2003 10:02:11 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 4 replies · 314+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | Mar. 28, 2003 | Scott Shane
    <p>Sites: Routed in Afghanistan, the terror network is increasingly relying on the Internet - and its anonymity - to promote its message.</p> <p>With the world focused on the war in Iraq, it is easy to forget about al-Qaida. But al-Qaida has not forgotten about the war.</p> <p>Even before the first U.S. missiles hit Baghdad, the terrorist network and its sympathizers were posting calls for vengeance on Web sites that have taken the anti-American jihad into cyberspace.</p>
  • War games becoming all too real

    03/13/2003 2:09:26 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 9 replies · 520+ views
    Sunday Herald ^ | Mar. 9, 2003 | Sunday Herald
    War games becoming all too realWhile Hezbollah's young supporters pick off virtual Israelis in a bloody new video game, the simmering conflict in the Lebanon looks set to escalate as soon as Iraq is attacked, reports Alasdair Soussi in Beirut   THE slogan on the outside of the packaging says it all: 'Be a partner in the victory. Fight, resist and destroy your enemy in the game of force.' This is the latest technological development by Lebanon's Islamic resistance group, Hezbollah: a computer game that allows players to take the part of its fighters during military operations against Israeli soldiers...
  • Terror Tools

    03/11/2003 8:01:12 AM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 12 replies · 1,050+ views
    National Review ^ | Mar. 11, 2003 | Rita Katz and Josh Devon
    March 11, 2003, 9:20 a.m. Terror ToolsSaudi-funded front in Michigan.By Rita Katz and Josh Devon he Saudi-funded, al Qaeda propaganda machine is in full effect behind the Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA), an ostensibly mainstream organization that had five of its members arrested and indicted at the end of February. Four of the men were running an IANA spin-off charity, Help the Needy, and funneling money illegally through it to Iraq. The fifth, Samih Al-Hussayen, a student at the University Idaho, was arrested for knowingly neglecting to list his affiliation with IANA on his visa application when he...
  • Islamic Terrorists Make Web Appeal for Donations to Fund Jihad

    03/08/2003 2:57:15 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 12 replies · 442+ views
    BushCountry.org ^ | Mar. 07, 2003 | Jeremy Reynalds
    Islamic Terrorists Make Web Appeal for Donations to Fund JihadBy Jeremy Reynalds Some Islamic fundamentalist terrorists are as bold as Christian televangelists in piling on the guilt and asking for funds to further their cause. One internet appeal asks, "Need to know how it is possible to do an act of importance?" The strident plea for funds reads in part. "Allah gives you the opportunity to take part in the struggle for Muslim rights – Jihad. So even if you cannot take part physically in the Jihad, you CAN help us by the means of financial aid ..." Pressing...
  • Al Qaeda and the Internet: The Danger of “Cyberplanning”

    02/27/2003 8:06:18 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 15 replies · 989+ views
    PARAMETERS - US Army War College Quarterly ^ | Spring 2003 | Lt. Col. Timothy L. Thomas
    Al Qaeda and the Internet: The Danger of “Cyberplanning”   TIMOTHY L. THOMAS   From Parameters, Spring 2003, pp. 112-23. We can say with some certainty, al Qaeda loves the Internet. When the latter first appeared, it was hailed as an integrator of cultures and a medium for businesses, consumers, and governments to communicate with one another. It appeared to offer unparalleled opportunities for the creation of a “global village.” Today the Internet still offers that promise, but it also has proven in some respects to be a digital menace. Its use by al Qaeda is only one example. It...
  • Midland Nazi turns to Islam (Islam - Nazi nexus)

    02/16/2003 7:55:16 PM PST · by akash · 15 replies · 411+ views
    birmingham post ^ | Feb 16 2003 | Amardeep Bassey
    A "Satanic Fuhrer" who urged neo-Nazis to fight a race war has turned full circle to become an Islamic fundamentalist. Midland-based David Myatt, 51, was the political guru behind white supremacist group Combat 18 and has been the leading hardline Nazi intellectual in Britain since the 1960s. Now the self-confessed Pagan and Adolf Hitler worshipper hails al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden as his inspiration and praises the World Trade Center attacks as acts of heroism. Writing under various pseudo-nyms, including his Islamic name Abdul Aziz, the thrice-married Physics graduate has posted messages on Islamic religious websites supporting suicide missions...
  • Cyber Terrorism: Tool of Hamas

    02/17/2003 1:37:01 PM PST · by ganeshpuri89 · 1 replies · 224+ views
    Cyber Terrorism::Tool of Hamas Our efforts to have the websites of the global jihad shut down have been called "cyber terrorism" in some circles. This is ironic, since in the course of our investigations we've found that a number of sites are either hosting discussions on how to develop and distribute computer virii and other destructive computer programs or are providing such programs for download and use. Jeremy Reynalds sent me the following, which is only the first of a series of such reports we will be featuring: Hamas Sympathizers Have a Plan for Computers--Maybe Yours! Just a few days...
  • Manual for poisons and chemical gases published on Hamas website

    01/03/2003 4:30:56 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 23 replies · 3,088+ views
    Israel Defense Forces ^ | Jan. 2, 2003 | IDF
    January 2nd, 2003 Manual for poisons and chemical gases published on Hamas website A manual published on the official Hamas website, titled "The Mujahadeen Poisons Handbook," has been discovered, which is a manual for preparing poisonous materials to use in a terrorist attack. This document is further evidence of Hamas' use of the internet as a means of assistance in its efforts to carry out terrorist attacks. In fact, Fatah operative Walid Mahamud Hasham el-Ara, has been indicted in an Israeli military court in Gaza for using the internet to collect information on how to produce biological weapons. See...
  • Virtual soldiers in a holy war

    11/11/2002 1:18:07 PM PST · by JohnathanRGalt · 13 replies · 367+ views
    Ha'aretz ^ | Nov. 11, 2002 | Yossi Melman
    Virtual soldiers in a holy war By Yossi Melman , Nov. 11, 2002 "Virtual Al Qaida" was the main topic of a seminar held in Washington about three months ago. At issue was the appearance in cyberspace of Web sites, forums and chat rooms set up by bin Laden supporters, who preach his message of jihad against the West, heretics, "the Crusaders and the Jews," and their toadies in Arab countries and the Muslim world. The purpose of the conference, which was attended by 15 experts, most of them American, was to examine how the Al Qaida organization and...
  • CIA: Aum (Japanese "Sarin" Terror Cult) Poses US Cyberterror Threat

    10/29/2002 8:12:14 AM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 10 replies · 408+ views
    Kyodo News (Japan News Today) ^ | 29 October 2002 | Kyodo News (In English)
    "CIA Says Aum Poses Cyberterror Threat"Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 17:30 JST (Kyodo News) WASHINGTON — Japan's Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) cult, responsible for a 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and other heinous crimes, has the potential to mount a cyberterrorist attack on the United States, according to a recently released CIA report. It says Aum, which renamed itself Aleph in January 2000 "is the terrorist group that places the highest level of importance on developing cyber skills" and "identifies itself as a cyber cult and derives millions of dollars a year from computer retailing." Members...
  • Terror Site Provides Detailed Handbook for Kidnapping Americans

    10/17/2002 11:27:29 AM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 40 replies · 1,840+ views
    BushCountry ^ | Oct. 17, 2002 | Jeremy Reynalds
    Terror Site Provides Detailed Handbook for Kidnapping AmericansBy Jeremy Reynalds (bio) An Islamic terrorist web site, is hosting a guide providing detailed instructions on how to kidnap American citizens. The handbook offers a variety of information, such as choosing an appropriate location and dealing with the need to properly stake out an area where a potential kidnapping is to take place; having the necessary "tools of the trade," and ways to mask the real location of an area where a kidnap victim is being taken. Here are some of the instructions in the guide. To make for easier reading...
  • Cenobites Hacked by Al-Qaeda -- post bin Laden's latest.

    10/15/2002 3:25:12 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 10 replies · 295+ views
    Cenobite.com ^ | October 15, 2002 | tripps
    Al-Qaeda has hacked a website of the fans of Hellraiser movies. The Islamists put up a ~100MB Arabic website which carried messages allegedly from bin Laden congratulating his followers for the killings in Yemen and on the French oil tanker last week. This is the fourth time in the past month Al-Qaeda has hacked into someones server and put up the hidden sub-directory. Al-Qaeda then communicates the location of the secret site via email and posts to Arabic jehad forums.   The Hellbound Web | Interact | Forums | Site Discussion | Hacked / F*cking Terrorists Author Thread    tripps...
  • TERROR-BOMB SHOCK

    08/22/2002 1:49:03 AM PDT · by kattracks · 60 replies · 582+ views
    New York Post ^ | 8/22/02 | URI DAN and LINDA MASSARELLA
    <p>August 22, 2002 -- A trusted Palestinian painter at Hebrew University planted the bomb in the cafeteria that killed nine people, including five Americans, Israeli authorities said yesterday.</p> <p>Mohammed Oudeh, of East Jerusalem, even returned the next day to the campus to clean up the damage - with no one the wiser until authorities yesterday smashed a 15-member Hamas terror cell.</p>
  • Psychotic Death Cult Photo Album

    08/21/2002 9:33:31 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 18 replies · 1,595+ views
    Usefulwork.com ^ | July 14, 2002 | Stefan Sharkansky
    Psychotic Death Cult Photo Album Hamas member and aspiring suicide terrorist Taher Al-Ja'ara, posing with his mother, superimposed on a background of "paradise". Al-Ja'ara was elevated into martyrdom by Israeli forces on April 22, 2002. He was apparently responsible for the bombing of a bus at Emmanuel in December 2001 that killed 10. The Al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of Hamas which has murdered and crippled hundreds of innocent people, has a website, at www.qassam.net . Each of the group's "martyr"s has a one page biography and a one page "album" of photographs. Every Al-Qassam member who is killed in...
  • Terrorism as a form of entertainment

    08/20/2002 1:14:00 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 8 replies · 378+ views
    SiMoKy Fed ^ | August 20, 2002 | Andrew Weisburd
    Terrorism as a form of entertainment This week we're featuring images and movies from www.qassam.net, in honor of the ISP's attempt to block us from accessing the site. Today's 'episode' is The Road Bomb. It goes like this: first they bury a bomb in a road. Then they retreat to a nearby hillside with a video camera. When an Israel truck drives over the bomb, they blow it to pieces, killing the occupants, and capturing the whole thing on tape. The tape is broadcase on Arab television, and then is uploaded to their webside, so they can share it...
  • The Jihad Online

    07/30/2002 10:50:05 AM PDT · by DaveCooper · 12 replies · 5,666+ views
    National Review Online ^ | July 30, 2002 | James S. Robbins
    Mouse clicking your way to martyrdom. Are you an Islamicist with a computer and some spare time? Do you want to contribute to the jihad against the Crusaders but can’t quite make the commitment to fly into buildings or strap on a bomb? Do you “solemnly swear to use your talents only to destroy the Jews with God as your witness?” Then you are just the kind of person being sought to join the “Arab Electronic Jihad Team” (AEJT), a recently announced terrorist initiative preparing to bring the Web to its knees. The AEJT seeks to bring down all Web...
  • Yahoo! GeoCities -- OK to harass and target Jews?

    07/23/2002 6:16:21 PM PDT · by JohnathanRGalt · 50 replies · 1,561+ views
    Yahoo GeoCities Website ^ | July 23, 2002 | JohnathanRGalt
    Over the past 4 days, Yahoo GeoCities has been contacted by many Jewish groups and individuals concerned by the explicit targeting of "jewish people living inside israel" by this pro-palistinian website. He provided a link to a page of Jewish emails collected from the web which he intends to launch cyber attacks. Apparently, Yahoo does not enforce it's own Terms of Service ("TOS") . When this guy signed up, he agreed to not use the Service to: ... upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's...