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'Terrorist' traffic data to be used against minor criminals
News The Home Office has confirmed that new powers allowing the collection of electronic communications data for anti-terrorist investigations will also be used to provide law enforcement officers with intelligence on other criminals, such as tax evaders.
[November 7, 2001, 12:22]
Mitnick: From 'computer terrorist' to consultant
News Kevin Mitnick was labelled a 'computer terrorist' after leading the FBI on a three-year manhunt for breaking into computer networks and stealing software at Sun, Novell and Motorola. He was also one of the first computer hackers to be prosecuted.
[June 23, 2009, 11:48]
3D Anti-terrorist action
Downloads The same fun, yet more convenient; let you engaged in a new round of craziness on the way.Features:Smooth-scrolling 3D gameplay from a first person perspective.With great varieties of battling equipments: including seven defending tools and ten...
[February 14, 2008, 6:00]
Experts divided over cyber-terrorist threat
News His words echoed those of the president of the Institute for Defense Analysis, retired general Larry D Welch, who told ZDNet.co.uk at the Cyber Warfare Conference 2008 in London last week that the threat to military and critical national...
[April 9, 2008, 11:19]
Webmaster accused of running 'terrorist' sites
News Among other allegations, the indictment says Ahsan corresponded via email with a US Navy enlistee and obtained then-classified plans of a naval battle group operating in the Straits of Hormuz, between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, which also...
[July 21, 2006, 8:55]
UPDATE: Suspected terrorist training site shut down
News It is unclear who instigated the closure of the Web site, but according to reports, one of the Sakina trainers is currently being held on terrorist charges in Britain. But, he added, "If there is a terrorist-related Web site, a nationally-based ISP...
[October 5, 2001, 10:28]
US investigates 'anti-terrorist' data retention
Talkback Sigh. Data retention laws won't stop real criminals. Perhaps decision makers forget that data retention laws only work if you follow the status quo. By definition criminals do not. As such data retention laws can only be effectively used to spy...
[June 3, 2006, 22:25]
BT Tower on list of terrorist targets
News The BT Tower, one of London's premier landmarks and a prominent part of the UK's communications network, has been identified as a potential target for a terrorist attack. According to a report in Thursday's edition of The Times, MI5 has drawn up a...
[June 6, 2002, 15:37]
Terrorist Act will not deter hackers
News Legal and technical experts say that the new Terrorism 2000 Act, which encompassed computer hacking for the first time, is unlikely to tackle the most common types of hacking or deter ordinary hackers.
[February 23, 2001, 9:00]
US investigates 'anti-terrorist' data retention
News In a radical departure from earlier statements, US attorney general Alberto Gonzales has said that requiring ISPs to save records of their customers' online activities is necessary in the fight against terrorism, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com...
[May 31, 2006, 9:15]
Webmaster accused of running 'terrorist' sites
Talkback It's time to retire the word 'terrorism'. It has come to mean no more than violent resistance to the will of the powerful. Once upon a time there was an excrescence named 'President Ronald Reagan' who lauded the 'freedom fighters' who opposed...
[July 21, 2006, 16:07]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Protecting Our Southern Border Against the Terrorist Threat
White Papers U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). U.S. Customs and Border Protection have taken a number of steps to increase security across our borders during the "period of...
[January 14, 2009, 4:30]
UK terrorist trials to be aired on Web
News Judgements on suspected terrorists in the UK are to be published on a new Government website The UK's appeals tribunal for suspected terrorists is to make its judgements available online, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) announced on...
[July 6, 2004, 12:30]
Webmaster accused of running 'terrorist' sites
Talkback And when are the Americans going to hand over suspected IRA terrorists to the UK. Or does, as is suspected, this agreement we have with them only work one way?
[July 25, 2006, 12:36]
John Reid: Tech industry must fight terrorism
News Home Secretary John Reid has called on the security and technology industries to aid the UK government's counter-terrorist efforts. Counter-terrorist efforts needed to be "sustained in a way that keeps us ahead of the enemy", with an emphasis on...
[October 31, 2006, 13:40]
Travel sites take off after US attacks
News Traffic to well-known travel sites has eventually returned to normal levels, after being hit badly by the terrorist attacks on the US last month. The webHancer report speculates that bargain-hunters may now try to cash in on the cheap fares...
[October 9, 2001, 16:20]
Comdex bans laptops
News In an effort to improve security after the 11 September terrorist attacks, the organisers of next week's Comdex trade show have banned the most ubiquitous of technology tools: laptop computers. Conferences were already suffering from a recession...
[November 6, 2001, 11:42]
Attacks silence privacy concerns
News Last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon marked a significant turning point in the debate over computer and Internet privacy, giving new weight to calls for broader government surveillance powers.
[September 18, 2001, 9:16]
Communication interception goes global
News Security agencies around the world will soon be able to share intercepted information on criminal and 'terrorist' activities far more easily after a new technical framework is introduced, a committee claims.
[January 24, 2003, 9:05]
Britain and Ireland call for EU data sharing
News Britain and Ireland have agreed to share more intelligence to counter terrorist plots, such as this summer's car bomb attempts in London. Speaking at a press conference, before a meeting of the British Irish Council, Brown said: "I am delighted...
[July 18, 2007, 9:57]
