Terrorism

Apple Refuses To Hack Terrorist’s Phone For FBI

Tim Cook says FBI demand sets “a dangerous precedent”, despite handset belonging to San Bernardino terrorist

9 years ago

Google Will Show ‘Counter-Narrative’ AdWords To Users Searching For Terrorist Websites

Users searching for content related to terrorism will be 'anti-radicalisation' wesbites in Google's new trials

9 years ago

Twitter Cracks Down On Extremists And Trolls

Twitter goes after terrorists and trolls, after it revises its rules for dealing with online abuse and hate

9 years ago

Eric Schmidt Urges Greater Surveillance On Online Hate

Will it ping Donald Trump? Spellchecker for hate and harassment urged to tackle terrorism on the internet

9 years ago

Obama Asks For Tech Cooperation After Terrorist Attacks

Silicon Valley urged to help authorities tackle militant groups using social networks and tech tools

9 years ago

Anonymous Targets CloudFlare For Alleged Islamic State Links

Security firm accused of protecting Islamic State-affiliated websites from Anonymous hackers

9 years ago

Anonymous Offers ‘Noob Guide’ To Hack ISIS

Payback on ISIS. New guide offers ways to hack Islamic State following terrorist attacks in Paris

9 years ago

Anonymous Declares War On ISIS Following Paris Attacks

Hacker collective vows to 'hunt down’ ISIS and begins shutting down Twitter accounts professing support for Islamic State

9 years ago

Met Anti-Terror Chief Slams “Unhelpful” Social Media Companies

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley claims social media giants aren't doing enough to help police with the fight against terrorism

9 years ago

EU and US Edge Closer To Data Sharing Agreement

Europe and the US close to data-sharing agreement for security and law enforcement purposes

10 years ago

Police Chief Warns ‘Terrorist Friendly’ Tech Firms

Britain's top anti-terrorism policeman launches extraordinary attack on unnamed tech firms

10 years ago

Twitter ‘Investigating’ Militant ISIS Threat Against Co-Founder

The social network said it is working with law enforcement agencies to look into an alleged militant threat against Jack…

10 years ago

Governments Have No Idea How To Stop Cyberterrorists – Time To Call In John McClane, Says Eugene Kaspersky

Seen Die Hard 4.0? That’s what’s coming soon if you don’t shape up, Kaspersky warns world leaders

10 years ago

WhatsApp Turns On End-To-End Encrypted Texts

Fully encrypted Whatsapp messages a potential terrorist tool or just protection from GCHQ/NSA spying efforts?

10 years ago

Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password

Syed Hussain, already serving time for helping to plot attacks against UK targets, got another four months

11 years ago

NSA Snooping Had ‘Minimal’ Impact On Fighting Terrorism

NSA said to be exaggerating impact of bulk metadata gathering

11 years ago

UK Government Wants ISPs To Block Extremist Content

According to a government minister, launch of the new censorship campaign is “imminent”

11 years ago

Lords Call To Revive Internet Monitoring Bill After Woolwich Killing

Lord Reid and others want Snoopers' Charter back on the agenda, but are accused of giving a knee-jerk reaction to…

12 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Voices Privacy Fears Over Civilian Drones

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt says drones operated by members of the public pose a privacy and security risk

12 years ago

Israel And Hamas Conflict Spills Onto Twitter

The bitter fighting between Israel and Hamas migrates on to Twitter

12 years ago

UN Report Calls For More Surveillance To Combat Internet Terrorism

UN says terrorists recruit and finance operations through the Internet

12 years ago

UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email

Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages

13 years ago

The Unlearned Lessons Of The Past Will Shape 2012

The security landscape changed in 2011 as large companies and governments were taught serious lessons about vulnerability but action has…

13 years ago

Government: Social Networks Pose Terrorism Threat

New technologies are being used to plan terrorist attacks, according to the government's new security strategy

13 years ago

UK Government Prepares To Block Extremist Websites

The UK government is preparing to block sites that promote terrorism and extremism

13 years ago

Government Promises £63 Million To Fight Cyber Crime

Home secretary Theresa May has revealed planned spending on fighting Internet threats, before a report in Spring

14 years ago

EU Criticises US ‘Lack Of Interest’ In Data Protection

Viviane Reding has highlighted a clash between US and European attitudes to data privacy regulation

14 years ago

EU Pushes For Tighter Data Sharing Rules With US

Europe and the US are wrangling over the transfer of data relating to terrorism or criminal activities

15 years ago