al-qaeda
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Somehow, I do not see the al-Qaeda sleeper cells all rushing down to Boots with their 30 quid to make sure that they have their own ID cards. The government has defended itself against fresh calls to... [07 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up I would certainly not recommend travelling anywhere in London at the end of March, let alone large buildings - like Docklands conference halls which are a prime target for avian-flu ridden pigeons carrying Al... [23 Mar 2007]
'Tech industry must aid Al-Qaeda fight'
News Reid said: "Al-Qaeda's threat to bleed us to bankruptcy is clear. Home Secretary John Reid has called on the security and technology industries to aid the UK government's counter-terrorist efforts.... [01 Nov 2006]
MP calls for UK e-crime tsar
News He said: "It is interesting that the imprisoned al-Qaeda members have admitted that their organisation has been attempting to - and no doubt is still attempting to - develop cyber threats to strike... [29 Nov 2005]
Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts
News An unknown group dubbed 'the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe' is reported to have posted a message on a website claiming responsibility for the attacks. Email traffic has doubled in Europe... [07 Jul 2005]
Leader: Is 'cyber-terror' a less credible Y2K?
Leader It's actually pretty laughable and further example of the nonsense which is being peddled in an attempt to increase IT budgets - the argument being companies need to do more to protect their networks should... [10 Nov 2004]
Bin Laden 'suicide' virus recruits zombie army
News Last week, a variant of the Atak worm was linked with an Al-Qaeda sympathiser who allegedly threatened to release an "uber worm" if the US attacked Iraq. A new Trojan horse called Hackarmy that claims to... [26 Jul 2004]
Swiss collar terrorists through their mobiles
News A Swiss mobile operator has helped to crack an al-Qaeda cell linked to terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia - by using their mobile phone numbers. The investigation led the police to an... [12 Jan 2004]
Digital blunderitis and some monkey business
Comment Working on the principle that all things happen in threes, the Round-up whimpered, slowly withdrew his hands from the keyboard and went for a brief walk in the park before he somehow conspired to send his credit card details to... [12 Apr 2002]
Has Osama bin Laden bin codin' XP?
News Microsoft today utterly dismissed reports it had been infiltrated by members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network who used their position to plant bugs, trojans and trap-doors in Windows XP. A spokeswoman... [19 Dec 2001]