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Advisor to US general visited Gaza: Palestinians
(AFP)
 AFP - An advisor to a US general helping revamp Palestinian security forces has made several trips to Gaza, even though Washington considers the Hamas rulers of the territory terrorists, Palestinian officials said on Friday.
U.S. man jailed for 20 years for eco-bombing plot
(Reuters)
Reuters - A California man described by
prosecutors as an "eco-terrorist" was sentenced to nearly 20
years in prison on Thursday for plotting to blow up a federal
forestry site, telephone towers and other targets.
'Eco-terrorist' gets 20 years for plotting bombing campaign
(AFP)
 AFP - An "eco-terrorist" convicted of plotting to blow up or firebomb government and commercial buildings across California was on Thursday jailed for nearly 20 years, justice officials said.
Judge orders CIA to turn over "torture" memo: ACLU
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A U.S. judge ordered the Central
Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002
memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on
suspected terrorists held abroad.
Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada granted bail in Britain
(AP)
AP - A radical Muslim preacher accused of having close ties to al-Qaida was granted bail by a British immigration appeals commission Thursday.
Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages
(AP)
AP - The United States must develop a communications plan to counter radical Islamic messages on the Internet, according to a Congressional report released Thursday.
Guantanamo judge threatens to halt Canadian case
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A
Guantanamo war court judge threatened on Thursday to halt the
case of a Canadian terrorism suspect captured at age 15 if the
U.S. government fails to turn over records of his detention.
Vietnam to try American for terrorism
(AP)
AP - A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese nationals will be put on trial on charges of terrorism for allegedly planning to distribute anti-government pamphlets in Vietnam, an official said Thursday.
Award-winning Pakistani reporter braves attacks, arrest
(AFP)
 AFP - Mushtaq Yusufzai has been wounded by the Taliban, arrested by Pakistani forces and his mother has begged him to quit -- but still he keeps reporting from the frontline of the "war on terror".
Homeland Security wins control over foot-and-mouth research
(AP)
AP - Lawmakers on Wednesday tentatively agreed that national security officials should fully control the expected transfer of research of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease from an offshore laboratory to the U.S. mainland near livestock.
U.S. panel authorizes subpoena of Cheney aide
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A Democratic-led U.S. congressional
panel on Tuesday authorized a subpoena of Vice President Dick
Cheney's chief of staff in its probe of possible U.S. torture
of suspected terrorists.
US asks Pakistan to live up to 'war on terror' commitment
(AFP)
 AFP - The United States has said it wanted Pakistan to live up to its commitment of urgently bringing security under control in its remote tribal areas allegedly used as safe haven by Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
Security stepped up in Tiananmen Square: official media
(AFP)
 AFP - Beijing police have stepped up security in politically sensitive Tiananmen Square in a bid to stop terrorist attacks ahead of the Olympic Games, state media said Tuesday.
Sharp rise in suicide attacks by women in Iraq likely: US expert
(AFP)
 AFP - As many women carried out suicide attacks in Iraq so far this year as in the five previous years combined, and attacks by women are expected to spike again in the coming months, a US terrorism expert said Monday.
US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs
(AP)
AP - A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking and dinosaur eggs.
Charity that helped Pentagon victims is closing
(AP)
AP - The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is closing nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon.
Nine sent out of Guantanamo included Al-Jazeera cameraman
(AFP)
 AFP - Nine detainees at the US war-on-terror prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, were transferred out, including an Al-Jazeera cameraman, a US spokesman said Friday.
Saudi Arabia Tries to Rehabilitate Its Jihadists
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - The idea of rehabilitating committed jihadists remains controversial in counterterrorism circles, but an ambitious Saudi program is winning praise from the U.S. State Department. "Saudi Arabia has implemented an effective model rehabilitation program for returning jihadis to turn them against violent extremism and to reintegrate them as peaceful citizens," the department concluded in its annual report on terrorism.
U.S. kills Al Qaeda-linked militant, but elsewhere terrorism grows
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The US hopes its killing of a top Somali militant Thursday will set back an Islamist insurgency that has been gaining ground against Somalia's weak government and its Ethiopian allies.
Moroccan police arrest terror convict who escaped prison
(AP)
AP - Moroccan police have arrested one of nine convicts who escaped from prison in April and were linked to deadly 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca, the official MAP news agency said Thursday.
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Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits
(PC World)
PC World - Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit software that hides itself in an obscure part of a...
Windows Vista More Vulnerable To Malware Than Windows 2000
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP, security vendor PC Tools said.
Google Cuts Price, Rebrands Postini Security Service
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Google has slashed the cost of its security service by 40% and added an optional protection feature for public Wi-Fi users in its continued efforts to lure businesses to Google Apps.
'Crimeserver' Discovered with Treasure Trove of Stolen Data
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Cybercriminals collect a treasure trove of data from Web surfers whose computers are infected with Trojans. That's all-too-common news these days, but a recent case shows that the problem is getting worse. Finjan Inc., which makes secure Web gateway products, discovered a server in Malaysia being used by hackers to store more than 1.4 gigabytes of stolen data. What surprised the Finjan researchers was that the data was stolen from businesses as well as individuals -- and it was amassed in just three weeks.
Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures
(AP)
AP - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.
Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded...
Fake MP3 Trojan Detected On 27% Of PCs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - McAfee Avert Labs says more than half a million of the adware programs disguised as media files have been detected in less than a week.
Trojan Adware Hiding in MP3s, McAfee Says
(PC World)
PC World - Adware pushers have found a new way to trick you into downloading their annoying products: fake MP3 files.
Hacker Marketplace to Help Build 0day Appliance
(PC World)
PC World - WabiSabiLabi, the company best known for building an online marketplace for security flaws, is getting into the hardware...
Yahoo Searches Will Use McAfee for Security Alerts
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Yahoo and McAfee announced a partnership to make the Yahoo Search experience safer. Launched in beta, the new SearchScan feature, powered by McAfee SiteAdvisor technology, offers always-on alerts for sites with security concerns involving spyware, adware and other malicious software. McAfee SiteAdvisor tests and rates nearly every trafficked site on the Internet.
Yahoo Partners With McAfee To Make Search More Secure
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The collaboration covers Web site security issues, such as identifying sites associated with adware, malware, spyware, phishing, and spam.
Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas
(AFP)
 AFP - US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information.
Webroot to Offer Security by Subscription
(PC World)
PC World - A new service will filter Web content for small to midsized businesses, blocking viruses and other malware at the source.
For 30 years now, you've been getting spam
(AFP)
 AFP - This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.
Colorado Penny Stock Spammer Gets Jail Time
(PC World)
PC World - A federal judge has ordered convicted spammer Eddie Davidson to just under two years in prison for sending out a large volume...
Criminals try to "copyright" malware
(AP)
AP - Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.
Interpol: Olympics Cyberattack Not a Major Threat
(PC World)
PC World - With cybercrime now a global phenomenon, perhaps it will take a global police organization to keep it in check.
Microsoft Helps Law Enforcement Get Around Encryption
(PC World)
PC World - The growing use of encryption software-- like Microsoft's own BitLocker-- by cyber criminals has led Microsoft to develop a...
Man gets prison after hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails
(AP)
AP - A Colorado man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers.
Microsoft Botnet-hunting Tool Helps Bust Hackers
(PC World)
PC World - Botnet fighters have another tool in their arsenal, thanks to Microsoft.
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