Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:11 am > In a special Internet announcement in Arabic, picked up > DEBKAfile’s > counter-terror sources, Osama bin Laden’s followers > announced Monday, Oct. 29, the > launching of Electronic Jihad. On Sunday, Nov. 11,
Choosing Remembrance Day is just nasty ... > al > Qaeda’s electronic > experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, > Muslim apostate and Shiite > Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills against > 15 targeted sites > expand the operation from day to day thereafter until > hundreds of thousands of > Islamist hackers are in action against untold numbers of > anti-Muslim sites. November 11 *might* be interesting, but I suspect we will get into a kind of law of diminishing returns very quickly thereafter. > DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that, shortly > after the first > announcement, some of al Qaeda’s own Web sites went blank, > apparently crashed by > the American intelligence computer experts tracking them. Good security! Strong! Pull plow! > The next day, Oct. 30, they were up again, claiming their > Islamic fire walls > were proof against infidel assault. Against stupidity, however, the gods themselves contend in vain ... > They also boasted an impenetrable e-mail network for > volunteers wishing to > join up with the cyber jihad to contact and receive > instructions undetected by > the security agencies in their respective countries. Anybody wanna set up some Tor nodes and watch input and output? Or would it just be easier to create fake identities? > Our sources say the instructions come in simple language > and are organized > in sections according to target. They offer would-be > martyrs, who for one > reason or another are unable to fight in the field, to > fulfill their jihad > obligations on the Net. The hacker dies a thousand deaths? > These armchair martyrs are assured > of the same thrill and > sense of elation as a jihadi on the “battlefield.” Doom 7: the Suicide. Great graphics, length of play leaves a bit to be desired. > In effect, say DEBKAfile’s counter-terror experts, al > Qaeda is retaliating > against Western intelligence agencies’ tactics, which > detect new terrorist > sites and zap them as soon as they appear. Meanies. > Until now, the > jihadists kept dodging > the assault by throwing up dozens of new sites > simultaneously. This kept the > trackers busy and ensured that some of the sites survived, > while empty pages > were promptly replaced. But as al Qaeda’s cyber wizards > got better at > keeping its presence on the Net for longer periods, so too > did Western > counter-attackers at knocking them down. Now Bin Laden’s > cyber legions are fighting back. > The electronic war they have declared could cause > considerable trouble on > the world’s Internet. Which world? ====================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If you do buy a computer, don't turn it on." - Richards' 2nd Law ============= for back issues: [Base URL] site http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/ CISSP refs: [Base URL]mnbksccd.htm Security Dict.: [Base URL]secgloss.htm Security Educ.: [Base URL]comseced.htm Book reviews: [Base URL]mnbk.htm [Base URL]review.htm Partial/recent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techbooks/ Security Educ.: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comseced/ Review mailing list: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
