The powerful computer virus called the Stuxnet worm has captured the world’s attention, in part because of its sophistication, and because of speculation about what the malicious software might have targeted. “Stuxnet is really a computer worm on steroids,” says Robert McMillan, a computer security specialist and senior writer for the IDG News Service. “We…
The flag of Hezbollah features a fist holding an AK-47. The gun has become a symbol worldwide
The Death of the War in Afghanistan By recording failure in meticulous detail, the leaked war logs bear devastating witness to our incompetence In Vietnam the horror of fighting was brought to TV screens in real time. Such was the reaction that American citizens withdrew their consent. In the 1980s computers were said to have…
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Richard Clarke served as a counterterrorism adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He spent much of 2001 warning members of the Bush administration about the possibility of an impending al-Qaida attack. Clarke has now turned his attention to another potential security catastrophe: computer-based terrorism attacks. In his new book, Cyberwar: The Next…
The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide bombers from finding their targets, it emerged today. Codenamed the Green Prince by Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh…