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November 1st, 2007 — smiley, Islam, al Qaeda, Jihad Watch, trolls, Afghanistan, e-jihadis, Foehammer's Anvil, Iraq, security, tech tips, malware, Jawa Report, Internet
(Updated 11/3/07, 11/12/07, 11/15/07, 11/24/07)
We win, they lose!
AQ is making threats. So what else is new?
Suffice it to say that 1389 won’t be staying up nights worrying about this.
Jihadis of every stripe have been trying to shut down opposition blogs and websites all along! Ever since there have been counterterrorist/anti-jihadist websites and blogs, there have been problems with pro-jihadist activity. It goes with the territory. We’ve dealt with hackers, trolls, cyberstalkers, DDOS attacks, abuse of “censorware” to block access to our sites, slander and defamation, frivolous (albeit expensive) lawsuits, death threats, actual physical attacks - you name it!
Guess what? We have been aware of the risks all along, and we know how to fight back. (See Dancho Danchev: Electronic Jihad v3.0 - What Cyber Jihad Isn’t if you’re curious about the techie details.) We’re still here, and we’re here to stay!
That said, let me remind everyone to continue to take appropriate precautions:
- Make sure that the latest versions of your anti-virus/anti-malware products are installed and configured correctly.
- Make sure that your operating system is up to date with all security-related patches.
- If you have a blog or website, take backups of everything and keep the backups in several places.
- If your site is unexpectedly down or cannot be accessed, contact your hosting provider immediately.
- If you are being attacked, please refer to our Stop Blog Censorship and Reference Material resource pages for more information about how to report it and what to do next. Also, please let us know by using this form to send us email.
Why did AQ announce this now?
Here’s one possibility: AQ is upset about the way things are going in Iraq. They’re forced to acknowledge that their posteriors are being kicked not only by US and coalition troops, but by the Iraqis themselves. (See “The darkness has become pitch black” - Osama bin Laden on Iraq situation.) The Jawa Report says that sources indicate that AQ may be turning more of its attention to Afghanistan, because it has no future in Iraq.
Numerous AQ attacks have been thwarted in various other places around the world. Yes, AQ is dangerous, but certainly not invincible. Not if we put our minds and hearts and strength into stopping them!
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September 27th, 2007 — incident tracking, SonicWALL, enemy propaganda, Jim Sutter, censorware, blog censorship, Islam, malware, spam, cyberwars, e-jihadis, 1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech, censorship
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July 10th, 2007 — counterjihad, Jawa Report, Bury Brigade, cyberwars, e-jihadis, malware, Digg, politics, censorship, advertising, security, current events, Web 2.0
See this entry on My Pet Jawa, a prominent antijihadist blog.
It has certainly taken awhile for the U.S. government to start paying attention to cyberjihadism.
1389 wants to know:
When will they begin to look at the relentless pro-jihadist intimidation and censorship at social news and Web 2.0 sites, such as Digg?
When will they recognize that the site’s owners and staff are responsible for allowing this activity to run rampant?
When will they start looking at the backgrounds and connections of these staffers, including contractors?
Allowing our self-proclaimed enemies to take control of, and to censor, our social news sites is giving them waaaaay too much power, and it has to stop!
Update (6/16/07):
Update (7/5/07):
Update (7/10/07):
Next article on this topic:
The Battle Against E-Jihadis: Why we need to know what we’re up against!
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June 8th, 2007 — malware, tech tips, browser
Cnet News.com warns us that:
Popular add-ons to Firefox are the latest criminal attack vector
Many people have switched to the Mozilla Firefox browser because of Internet Explorer’s known vulnerabilities to malware. But as more people begin to use a browser, it becomes a larger potential target for malware, and authors of worms, spyware, spambots, and so forth will probe for ways to attack it. They’ve found that vulnerability in the download procedure for Firefox add-ins, whenever the download is coming from an unsecured server.
Here’s a summary of what to do to avoid the problem:
- If you have a wireless home router, make sure that you have set your password to something other than the default.
- Download an add-on only if it is hosted on a secure server; i.e., a server that uses the SSL “https” protocol. Safe add-ons are listed on Mozilla’s official Firefox add-on page.
- Your existing add-ons may automatically reconnect with their host to check for updates. This is safe only if those updates will be downloaded from a secure server. Disable any existing add-ons unless you are sure that you originally downloaded them from a secure server.
Techies can find more details about the Firefox vulnerability, including an FAQ, on Slight Paranoia, Christopher Soghoian’s blog:
A Remote Vulnerability in Firefox Extensions
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May 9th, 2007 — malware, fraud, current events, security, spam, military
Where’s that fake-Viagra spam coming from? You might be surprised! According to this article, security researchers at Support Intelligence have traced spam-sending botnet clients back to networks run by the US military.
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April 25th, 2007 — cyberwars, Microsoft Office, malware, privacy, current events
This article in USA Today gives you even more reasons to be careful about opening email attachments. Be advised that cyberspies can be from any country, and they may be looking for your competitive business secrets as well as military or infrastructure data.
Update: Microsoft patches Office, IE 7 flaws.
Make sure that you have installed these patches on your system!
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