Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-One

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-One (Index)

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The Threat Matrix

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

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November 3, 2003: The Threat Matrix Begins
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Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles - Daily Terror Threat
Debka ^ | 11-3-2003 | Staff

Posted on 11/03/2003 9:17:27 AM PST by tubavil

Monday, November 3, 2003

A new message was posted in the last few hours by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of major al Qaeda attacks in those cities. This is revealed by DEBKAfile.

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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Arabic Image Links

[MamaDearest]

Where in the world is Osama bin Laden?

Thanks for the update Godzilla! The extremists are beginning to look limp concerning their threats to us. Their only idea of bravado seems to be in threatening to chop off people's heads (women no less - how weak is THAT?) Even more bizarre - the woman has helped Iraqis and cares about all Iraqis. They are idiots - savage idiots.

Someone is missing a great opportunity to do an Osama puzzle with caves and hidey-holes hidden in the brush of multiple-choice countries - just in time for Christmas.

[Teri0811]

"Re Blair - his voice was NOT right...was he sick, tired, worried?"

You left out "all of thee above"

[knak]

Agreed that it may or may not be same. Strange guy though!

[Domestic Church]

"the reason for conflicting news accounts of him being dead
then no wait he is still alive?"

Yes it could be a red light-green light 1-2-3 snafu if Arafat was poisoned as a go signal and he is being kept on life support to buy time somehow. There also was an obscure mysterious posting months ago about Musharref being dead within a month of Arafat and that too might have go signal implications. Also there is probably some sort of legal ramification to getting access to the swiss bank accounts...keeping his body warm might make it easier for international legal maneuvers through his spouse or might give power to some who want to milk Arafat's cash cow before their access is terminated.

[Domestic Church]

Kitty Hawk...how far east is that?

[RepublicanArmy]

Ok thanks for the info, puts this in a lot clearer perspective for me.

[Godzilla]

The extremists are beginning to look limp concerning their threats to us.

I'm not counting my chickens yet, especially with another tape hanging out there. But they are appearing weak and that isn't lost to the rest of the moslem world.

[Cindy]

Not someone I would share a cup of tea with, I agree.

[knak]

Nope, not even!

[Velveeta]

Adding to the prayers

[nwctwx]

Thanks Godzilla. I gotta figure out how to catch up on the summary link page. ;)

[SlowBoat407]

Kitty Hawk...how far east is that?

Not as far as Hatteras, but there's nothing of any terror value there except a lighthouse. All the tourists have gone home and there're just a bunch of surf-casters and locals residing in the area now. Inclined to talk more about potential targets, one of which I'm near, but loose lips sink ships, even though the sons of monkeys have already visited once, in the Summer of 2001, before they knocked the planes out of the sky.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://news.com.com/Secret+Service+busts+online+ID+fraud+ring/2100-7348_3-5431419.html?tag=nl

http://news.com.com/Photo+Cybercrime+arrests/2009-7348_3-5431431.html

http://www.shadowcrew.com

[Honestly]

Post-election Bin Laden video spreads a worm for the Hobbit

Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
November 05, 2004
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39165586,00.htm

Security experts are warning that an e-mail claiming to contain a video of Osama Bin Laden's reaction to the US election result contains a worm. The e-mail is signed by The Hobbit.

Antivirus firm Sophos is warning Internet users not to get duped into opening the attachment because it contains a new variant of the Famus worm.

The Famus worm affects Windows systems and tries to trick users into believing its' attached file contains a file – in this case a video – from events relating to the US military. Previous variants purported to contain a spreadsheet with information from the Pentagon and pictures of the Iraq war.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos said hackers and virus writers will try all kinds of tricks to entice people into running their malicious code.

"It seems this time that the virus writer has focused on the public's appetite for breaking news on the war against terror," said Cluley.

Once executed, the worm sends itself to e-mail addresses stored on the infected computer and creates a number of files on the hard drive. One of the files contains some text (in Spanish) that informs the victim they have been duped.

In English, the note reads: "This computer has been infected… This is to protest against the violation of free expression rights. Now all the data in your hard drive is been erased. The Hobbit."

The technique of using current events to entice a user to click on a malicious link or open a harmful attachment is known as social engineering.

Analyst firm Gartner last week warned that social engineering techniques are becoming more sophisticated and will pose the greatest security risk facing large companies over the next decade.

Malware writers recently targeted Yahoo by sending users an e-mail asking them to ‘verify’ their Yahoo username. This turned out to be an attempt to trick users into opening untraceable e-mail accounts.

Yahoo told ZDNet Australia that social engineering and phishing are industry wide issues and the only way to combat the problem is with a combination of education and technology.

According to a Yahoo spokesperson, by the end of the year Yahoo will have implemented a technology called DomainKeys, which is designed to help protect users from fake e-mails and phishing attacks. The company also highlighted that it will never ask users to ‘verify’ their usernames and passwords.

"Alongside with our DomainKeys proposal, our long-time consumer education efforts include tips and reminders for e-mail users such as: Yahoo will never ask you for your password credit card numbers, or other personal information in an e-mail," the spokesperson said.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39165586,00.htm

[Wolfhound777]

I would like to be added to the TM ping list please.

Thanks

[Velveeta]

Search for Speicher: Testing Underway on New Remains
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=27099

[Cindy]

Good article.
Thank you Honestly.

[Cindy]

Heart-breaking...

[Honestly]

You're welcome. I'm barely able to read TM in the week, but gathered that a new tape is anticipated, and I don't want any TMers to get their computers corrupted.

[liberallyconservative]

I did a lot of research on Kitty Hawk this summer on one of the previous threads when the name kept popping up on jihadi posting boards. (At that time, we speculated it was probably in reference to the aircraft carrier, not the NC coastal town.)

Two things struck me about Kitty Hawk (which I have visited): its symbolism as the birthplace of flight, and it's relatively close proximity to Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads/Norfolk. Talk about an area rife with HVTs...

Also: lets not forget the scuba divers from earlier on. The relative desolation of that area during the tourist off-season could present an opportunity.