In a book called Branding Terror, Francesco Trivini Bellini and former United Nations counter-terrorism analyst Artur Beifuss compiled the logos and brand identities of terrorist organisations "from al-Qaeda to the Real IRA" and analysed them as they would any logo. It's fascinating to approach the identity of the terrorists from a graphic design perspective. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr. T:
"I respectfully disagree. Terrorists need to be eliminated and it's worked out pretty well so far. We just need to find any excuse to grab oil rich lan..." More »
The EU's CleanIT group has published plans on how it believes terrorist use of the web could be curtailed, with one laughably useless suggestion saying that ISPs should add a clause to their contracts insisting that people don't use their web connections for evil purposes. That's sure to work. Read More >>
Twitter has moved far beyond just being a service you tweet about your lunch on, and along with the many useful services it's a platform for, it can also be a tool for terrorism and violence. At least that's how bits of the US government see it, and that's why they're asking the FBI to shut down Hamas-related Twitter accounts. Read More >>
Featured comment by My Pseudonym:
"When does a terrorist become a freedom fighter? I'd say the argument about banning terrorists from twitter is pretty hollow and could arguably drop th..." More »
Two passengers coming into the country from Egypt were arrested at Heathrow last night, as counter terrorism police held them under suspicion of doing much worse things than ogling the flight crew. Read More >>
It's invaded their countries, used deadly, invisible drones to blow them up and killed their leader, but now the US is really gonna hit Al-Qaeda where it hurts -- the internet forums. I can hear them quaking in their bomb-filled boots from here. Read More >>
Last year, Maqsood Lodin was being interviewed by police after he'd travelled to Pakistan. When his questioners found a memory card in his underwear, they were suspicious—but it seemed only to contain porn. Later investigation, however, reveals that one film was actually encoded with more than 100 secret al Qaeda documents.Read More >>
Featured comment by pete1983:
"I have said for years now, since peer to peer became popular if i was a terrorist I would transfer files by using steganography hiding the files withi..." More »
The pen is mightier than the Seal Team 6, or something like that. Read the letter that officially made Bin Laden a dead man, straight off of CIA letterhead. Read More >>
Featured comment by tw@panda:
"Today I learned my doctor works for the CIA. That'd explain why it's almost impossible to get an appointment within a week with him." More »
Well that didn’t take long. Mess with the police and MI6 and you’ll get your arse handed to you. Two teenagers from the West Midlands have already been arrested for the embarrassing Teampoison anti-terror hotline hacking from yesterday. Read More >>
Last time it was an intercepted call between our good old plods and the American’s feds, but this time calls inside the Metropolitan Police have been recorded and leaked by Teampoison. If that wasn’t bad enough the MI6’s anti-terror phone line also got “phone bombed” taking it out of action too. Read More >>
Apparently we're not taking the defense of this year's Olympics lightly. The RAF is in full alert, ready to intercept anything that flies off their planned path or into prohibited air space. The Battle of Britain 2!Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"hmph, didn't really consider this. if your presumptions are right (which I suspect they are on reflection), then I agree that it's the only course of ..." More »
That's an ad for car insurance that popped up on Facebook the other day. See anything wrong with it? It's okay, I didn't notice it at first either but the photo in the ad isn't a random drivers license picture, instead it's the face of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who crashed a plane into the Twin Towers on 9/11. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"Yeah but those types of adverts are trying to help with the cause. Some people would rather not see the face of someone involved in the loss of relati..." More »
26-year-old Leigh Van Bryan and his friend Emily Bunting were cuffed and stuffed into jail cells upon landing in Los Angeles, thanks to joking about plans to "destroy America" in a simple tweet to a friend before leaving. Read More >>
Featured comment by sabretoooth:
"That was meant to be "it" not "I".
My therapist would call that a Freudian Slip. If I had a therapist that is." More »
Google has revealed a huge pile of data covering the various requests it receives from world governments to remove material, revealing that British authorities asked it to chop 135 YouTube clips over "National Security" concerns. Read More >>
The only group that surpasses terrorists in amateur video uploads is probably Bieber lip-syncers. But getting to these videos of vague threats, IED training, and attack footage can be tough. So why not collect them all and sell 'em? Read More >>
Featured comment by Scenick:
"It'll come soon..
I'm not sure how the moderation works on your first comment, but it happens pretty quickly.. Right now, I think it's editors mod..." More »
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