UK: Terrorists Use Facebook, Twitter for ‘Cyber Jihad’

The British government is warning about the threat of al-Qaida using online technology to plan attacks in pursuit of a “cyber jihad,” BBC News reports.

According to U.K.’s updated counterterrorism strategy published Tuesday, terrorists’ use of social media to disseminate information and radicalize people is “commonplace,” and evidence shows extremists are looking to “invade Facebook.”

The strategy also…

Robert S. Mueller: FBI Will Place More Emphasis on Fighting Cyber Threats

The FBI plans to intensify its attention on battling cyber crime as the agency wrestles with cyber attacks at companies such as Google and Sony, according to Bloomberg.

“We will increasingly put emphasis on addressing cyber threats in all of their variations,” FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said today…

Bin Laden Death Leads to Scam Surge

In the wake of President Barack Obama’s late-night announcement yesterday that the world’s most-wanted fugitive, Osama bin Laden, had been captured and killed, scammers were quick to jump at the opportunity to exploit the news by creating email scams and phishing attacks related to the terrorist leader’s demise.

The newly designed ploys include email scams that contain links or attachments that may redirect users to malicious websites, and fake…