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[INFOCON] CTC: Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined? and 17 de-classified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid
Sent May 3rd 2012
Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined? May 03, 2012 Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Authors: Don Rassler, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Liam Collins, Muhammad al-Obaidi, Nelly Lahoud This report is a study of 17 de-classified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid and released to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). They consist of electronic letters or draft letters, totaling 175 pages in the original Arabic and 197 pages in the English translation. The earliest is dated September 2006 and the late...
[INFOCON] Al Qaeda Operative Convicted by Jury in One of the Most Serious Terrorist Threats to the United States Since 9/11
Sent May 2nd 2012
Al Qaeda Operative Convicted by Jury in One of the Most Serious Terrorist Threats to the United States Since 9/11 Defendant and Co-Plotters Came Within Days of Suicide Bombing of New York City Subways; Defendant Attempted Suicide Attack on Whitestone Expressway in Queens, New York U.S. Attorney's Office May 01, 2012 Eastern District of New York BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, following a four-week trial, Adis Medunjanin, age 34, a Queens resident who joined al Qaeda and plotted to commit a suicide terro...
[INFOCON] RAND: U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan Effectiveness of Psychological Operations 2001-2010
Sent May 1st 2012
U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan Effectiveness of Psychological Operations 2001-2010 RAND Abstract The U.S. Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency environment, requested an evaluation of the effectiveness of the psychological operations (PSYOP) element of U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes were tailored to target audiences. This monograph responds...
[INFOCON] Lies, damned lies, and Cybercrime statistics
Sent April 18th 2012
... How do we reconcile this view with stories that cybercrime rivals the global drug trade in size? One recent estimate placed annual direct consumer losses at $114 billion worldwide. It turns out, however, that such widely circulated cybercrime estimates are generated using absurdly bad statistical methods, making them wholly unreliable. ... Sex, Lies and Cyber-crime Surveys Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA, USA June 2011 Sex, Lies and Cyber-crime Surveys Paper htt...
[INFOCON] U.S. v. KSM, et al.: Motions Hearing: DOD Refers 9/11 Charges to Military Commission
Sent April 4th 2012
DOD Refers 9/11 Charges to Military Commission American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 – The Defense Department has referred charges against five suspected 9/11 co-conspirators to a military commission, Pentagon officials announced today. The charges allege that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were responsible for the planning and execution of the Sept. 11, 2...
[INFOCON] GCHQ: UK Universities awarded Academic Centre of Excellence status in Cyber Security Research
Sent April 3rd 2012
UK Universities awarded Academic Centre of Excellence status in Cyber Security Research GCHQ Press Release The first eight UK universities conducting world class research in the field of cyber security have been awarded “Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research†status by GCHQ in partnership with the Research Councils’ Global Uncertainties Programme (RCUK) and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). We hope other universities will ...
[INFOCON] RAND Europe: Feasibility Study for a European Cybercrime Centre
Sent April 1st 2012
Feasibility Study for a European Cybercrime Centre by Neil Robinson, Emma Disley, Dimitris Potoglou, Anais Reding, Deirdre May Culley, Maryse Penny, Maarten Botterman, Gwendolyn Carpenter, Colin Blackman, Jeremy Millard To advise the EC on the development of a European Cybercrime Centre, RAND Europe reviewed scholarly literature on the nature, extent, and impacts of cybercrime and collected empirical evidence on the capabilities of 15 EU member states' computer crime units in face to face visits. Findings from the li...
[INFOCON] Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing: To receive testimony on U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program
Sent March 27th 2012
... I am proud of this record of success but aware that more needs to be done by Cyber Command as part of the larger cyber enterprise that includes the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), the Service cyber components, and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). I foresee five challenges over the coming year that Cyber Command will face and continue to address. Those areas are the following: 1) Concept for Operating in Cyberspace: Every domain, by definition, has unique features that...
[INFOCON] A Fine Balance: Location and cyber privacy in the digital age
Sent March 19th 2012
A Fine Balance: Location and cyber privacy in the digital age ICT Knowledge Transfer Network Revenues from the UK location-services sector are predicted to reach US$10.3bn (�6.7bn) in 2015, up from $2.8bn (�1.8bn) in 2010. Developers have ploughed ahead, focused on customer experience rather than information security. As a result more than half of UK consumers are not comfortable with the commercial use of their location data. The ICT Knowledge Transfer Network is pleased to ...
[INFOCON] Geotagging poses security risks / Net Threats: Knowing the dos and don'ts of posting on social media / Mapping your life: Embedded data in photos could tip off criminals
Sent March 10th 2012
... Warren cited a real-world example from 2007. When a new fleet of helicopters arrived with an aviation unit at a base in Iraq, some Soldiers took pictures on the flightline, he said. From the photos that were uploaded to the Internet, the enemy was able to determine the exact location of the helicopters inside the compound and conduct a mortar attack, destroying four of the AH-64 Apaches. ... ... The first step in protecting yourself begins with educating yourself about geotagging, Heinbaugh said. Know which social...
[INFOCON] Six Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims
Sent March 6th 2012
Six Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims Four Principal Members of �Anonymous� and �LulzSec� Charged with Computer Hacking and Fifth Member Pleads Guilty; �AntiSec� Member also Charged with Stealing Confidential Information from Approximately 860,000 Clients and Subscribers of Stratfor U.S. Attorney�s Office March 0...
[INFOCON] The NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index - baseline assessment of the status of nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries
Sent March 3rd 2012
The NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index Security Index The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Nuclear Materials Security Index is a first-of-its-kind public benchmarking project of nuclear materials security conditions on a country-bycountry basis. The NTI Index, prepared with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), was created to spark an international discussion about priorities required to strengthen security and, most important, to encourage governments to provide assurances and to take actions to reduce risks. Th...
[INFOCON] Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy
Sent February 10th 2012
Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins Harvard Law School National Security Journal Volume 3 Abstract There has been no shortage of attention devoted to cybersecurity, with a wide range of experts warning of potential doomsday scenarios should the government not act to better secure the Internet. But this is not the first time we have been warned of impending dangers; indeed, there are many parallels between present portrayals of cyberthreats and ...
[INFOCON] Building Resilience Against Terrorism: Canada�s Counter-terrorism Strategy
Sent February 9th 2012
Harper Government confronts terrorist threats through new strategy OTTAWA, February 9, 2012 � Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Canada�s Minister of Public Safety, released Building Resilience Against Terrorism: Canada�s Counter-terrorism Strategy. The announcement was made at a Colloquium on Identifying Effective Programming to Prevent Terrorism, a meeting of international counter-terrorism experts and practitioners. �Our government i...
[INFOCON] Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Sent January 31st 2012
Open Hearing: Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Honorable James R. Clapper Director of National Intelligence Full http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20120131_testimony_ata.pdf *************************** Terrorism *************************** The next two to three years will be a critical transition phase for the terrorist threat facing the United States, particularly from al-Qaida and like-minded groups, which we often refer to as the �g...
[INFOCON] Al-Qaeda's Centre of Gravity: A Discussion with NYPD Intel Chief
Sent January 30th 2012
[I attended the event last week and it was very interesting, especially the Q&A session. WEN] Al-Qaeda's Centre of Gravity: A Discussion with NYPD Intel Chief ICSR, King's College London http://icsr.info/ On Thursday 26 January, the New York Police Department�s Head of Intelligence Analysis, Mitch Silber, presented the findings of his latest book at an ICSR seminar. In The Al-Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West, Silber analyses sixteen of the biggest jihadist plots against Western countries in...
[INFOCON] IWS Twitter
Sent January 30th 2012
The IWS twitter can be found at https://twitter.com/#!/wanjaericnaef Recent Tweets: Norway convicts two men over al-Qaeda plot on Danish newspaper - Telegraph 11 minutes ago Facebook scammers leverage the Amazon Cloud: 1 hour ago SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly Helped Latvian Hacker | Threat Level 28 Jan Middle East Cyber Hacking Timeline 26 Jan A jury has been selected in the trial of nine terror suspects accused of plotting attacks on major London landmarks 26 Jan Tension in Yem...
[INFOCON] EU Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of the data protection rules
Sent January 25th 2012
EU Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of the data protection rules Brussels, 25 January 2012 � The European Commission has today proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe's digital economy. Technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected, accessed and used. In addition, the 27 EU Member States have implemented the 1995 rules differently, resulting in divergences ...
[INFOCON] Dark Market: Cyber thieves, cyber cops and you (full recording including audience Q&A)
Sent November 30th 2011
Dark Market: Cyber thieves, cyber cops and you Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce 15th Sep 2011; 13:00 RSA Thursday The benefits of living in a digital, globalised society are enormous, but so too are the dangers. The world has become a law enforcer�s nightmare and a criminal�s dream. Governments and the private sector are losing billions of dollars each year, fighting an increasingly invisible, super-smart breed of criminal: the hacker....
[INFOCON] UK Cyber Security Strategy
Sent November 25th 2011
... Because prevention is key, we will work to raise awareness and to educate and empower people and firms to protect themselves online. 80% or more of currently successful attacks exploit weakness that can be avoided by following simple best practice, such as updating antimalware software regularly. ... ********************************* UK Cyber Security Strategy ... Our vision is for the UK in 2015 to derive huge economic and social value from a vibrant, resilient and secure cyberspace, where our actions, guided...
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