Tag: terrorism

NSW Police parse big data for counter-terrorism clues 
 
Clean IT attracts wider European momentum 
By Brett Winterford | Jun 8, 2012 | Comment Now 
Organisers eye global expansion.
 
Clean IT project considers terrorist content database 
By Brett Winterford | Jun 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
European governments outline partnership with internet industry.
 
Users to 'flag' terrorist web pages under EU proposal 
By Brett Winterford | Jan 3, 2012 | Comment Now 
An exercise in crowdsourcing counterterrorism.
 
British Defence warns of Twitter terror risks 
By Liam Tung | Jun 15, 2011 | Comment Now 
Location service caution not a gag order.
 
EU finds privacy flaws in data retention regime 
By Liam Tung | Apr 19, 2011 | Comment Now 
Data used for more than serious crime.
 
Hacker: Avionics vulnerable to next-gen attacks 
By Liz Tay | Apr 1, 2011 | 5 Comments 
Stuxnet concepts could give terrorists remote control.
 
Elderly couple lose $512,000 to scammers 
By Ry Crozier | Jun 30, 2010 | 8 Comments 
Sent more money to fraudsters despite police warnings.
 
Biometric visa checks to cost $69 million 
By Ry Crozier | Feb 23, 2010 | Comment Now 
Targeted at terrorist hotspots.
 
Indian IT firms hire paramilitary squads for protection 
By Rina Chandran | Sep 21, 2009 | Comment Now 
Infosys hires paramilitary to calm investor nerves.
 
Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror 
By Brett Winterford | Mar 12, 2009 | Comment Now 
Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
 
NSW Govt. fights terrorism online 
Nov 15, 2007 | Comment Now 
In a bid to keep the community informed and prepared in case of a terrorist attack, the NSW Government has launched its own counter terrorism site.
 
Experts downgrade reported 'Cyber Jihad' threat  
By Negar Salek | Nov 6, 2007 | Comment Now 
The looming November 11 Cyber Jihad attack against the West which surfaced in media reports last week is ‘more hype than reality’ according to the chief research officer at the ...
 
Aussies find identity fraud more terrorising than terrorism 
By Negar Salek | Aug 27, 2007 | Comment Now 
Australians are more concerned about the misuse of their personal information and credit card theft rather than national security in a terrorism related event, according to an ...
 
ACMA to combat TV terrorism 
Mar 27, 2006 | Comment Now 
The ACMA has imposed new standards for subscription and narrowcast television services with the aim of preventing terrorist activity.
 
Phones congested following London blasts 
By Vivienne Fisher | Jul 8, 2005 | Comment Now 
Telstra and Optus last night saw phone congestion as Australians struggled to call loved ones in London following yesterday's terror bomb blasts.
 
Police buy robot 'Bob' 
By Vivienne Fisher | Mar 22, 2005 | Comment Now 
WA Police have bought a new high-tech robot, as part of the state's counter-terrorism program.
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