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Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.


Research Reveals Patterns of Terrorist Preparation

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Analysis of an extensive terrorism database housed at the University of Arkansas has revealed patterns in activities of terrorists preparing for an attack, information that can be invaluable for law enforcement agencies seeking ...





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National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair

US struggles to pinpoint cyber attacks: Top official

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

The United States often cannot quickly or reliably trace a cyber attack back to its source, even as rival nations and extremists may be looking to wage virtual war, a top official warned Tuesday.


U. S. envisions a new generation of nuclear weapons

Chemistry /

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Almost 62 years after detonation of the first atomic bombs, the United States is considering controversial proposals to produce a new generation of nuclear weapons and revamp its nuclear weapons complex, according to an article ...


New study evaluates methods to prevent importation of illicit nuclear materials

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 16, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The nightmare scenario in homeland security is a terrorist detonation of a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil. In a paper published this week in Risk Analysis: An International Journal, Dr. Lawrence Wein of the Standard University ...


An elected California official wants the state to blur images of schools, hospitals and government buildings

California politician wants to censor online maps

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 8

An elected California official wants the state known for Internet technology to blur images of schools, hospitals, government buildings and houses of worship in online maps.


Rice University software helps ID terrorists carrying out attacks

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rice University researchers have created a sophisticated new computer program that rapidly scans large databases of news reports to determine which terrorists groups might be responsible for new attacks. During the Thanksgiving ...


The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen

Web 'prime tool' for hate groups: Wiesenthal Center

Technology / Internet

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Extremist groups have made the Web their "prime tool" to spread hate and the number of online bigots on Facebook is growing faster than efforts to remove them, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Wednesday.


Dr. Michael Gozin, Tel Aviv University

Evil-doers everywhere: Get a whiff of this

Chemistry /

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The food you eat, the drugs you take, your state of mind, and your gender -- all these make your sweat unique. Tel Aviv University chemists may turn this fact into a new crime-fighting tool that would make ...


Scientists Use the 'Dark Web' to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online

Scientists Use the 'Dark Web' to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Terrorists and extremists have set up shop on the Internet, using it to recruit new members, spread propaganda and plan attacks across the world. The size and scope of these dark corners of the Web are vast ...


Networking: Fingerprints of terrorists

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created Feb 27, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A Muslim terrorist places a bomb inside a mosque in Iraq. The bomb detonates, obliterating most of the building. But American military personnel, sifting through the debris, just moments later, find a doorknob with the scoundrel's ...


Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...



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