The "Electronic Program Of Jihad" to Launch November 11 Terrorist Attacks - More info about the Nov 11 threat By: Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor <http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/The-Electronic-Program-Of-Jihad-To-Laun ch-November-11-Terrorist-Attacks-2.png> Enlarge picture The speculations spread by the Israeli news service Debkafile saying that terrorists plan to attack the financial websites on November 11 appear to be fake as the application used for the assault is not so well-developed. It was said that the Islamic extremists intend to attack the western pages using a software tool called the "Electronic Program of Jihad" which was especially designed for this goal. Francois Paget of security company McAfee received the application and provides more information about it. So read the following lines and you'll understand why it's only a fake warning. First, the reports sustained the hackers intend to use version 2.0 of "Electronic Program of Jihad" but the McAfee official received a sample of the 3.0 release. Why would they choose to use an older program since a newer version is available? A later release is more likely to help you reach your target and it also corrects bugs and reported issues. After the application is installed on users' computers, it attempts to connect to a website, requiring a username and password which would be probably provided by the terrorists. "Today this site is unreachable. Another window seems related to some bonus program: you can win 24 points by referring a newcomer," the McAfee employee reported. As it was first reported, the software tool could be used to launch DDos attacks but since the website is down, no additional information is available at this time. Or maybe it's just a strategy to make us believe the terrorist technologies are not powerful enough for this attack. Personally, I think it's only a fake warning but we must admit that such a technology is pretty smart since the Islamic terrorists can easily launch an attack by installing only a single piece of software on their computers. Sure, you need a very large network for a successful attack but we all know that the Jihad has militants in numerous regions of the world. < <http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Electronic-Program-Of-Jihad-To-Launch-No vember-11-Terrorist-Attacks-70300.shtml> http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Electronic-Program-Of-Jihad-To-Launch-Nov ember-11-Terrorist-Attacks-70300.shtml> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
