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The terrorists who attacked Mumbai were able to thwart security agency attempts to monitor their communications by using an internet telephony service similar to Skype, the free tool used by millions of ordinary web surfers, Indian officials have said.

Mumbai police say the gunmen who occupied the Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi hotels and Nariman House, the site of a Jewish outreach centre run by the ultra-Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement, were able to contact their handlers using Voip (voice over internet protocol) telephones during the three-day siege that ensued.

These Voip phone calls could not be tapped in the same way as ordinary mobile calls and provided crucial support to the terrorists, police say. One of the gunmen inside Nariman House is thought to have contacted a leader in Pakistan as his resolve was flagging. He was read verses from the Koran and told to carry on fighting. Six people – all foreign Jews — died inside the building.

The use of Voip technology by the militant cadre, who claimed more than 170 lives in all, fits in with a new trend towards “tech savvy” terrorism identified by military experts.

The Taleban in Afghanistan reportedly use Skype to evade eavesdropping by Western spies. Meanwhile, Palestinian militants have used Google Earth, the satellite imaging service, when targeting rocket attacks at Israel. The same free internet service was used by insurgents in Basra, Iraq, when they targeted a British Army base there.

No service, it seems, escapes attention by intelligence agencies. A recent draft US Army intelligence paper - entitled “Al Qaida-Like Mobile Discussions & Potential Creative Uses” - mulled over the possibility of Twitter, a tool that allows people to update blogs from their mobile phones, being used to co-ordinate terrorist ambushes.

The ten heavily-armed gunmen who stormed India’s commercial capital on November 26 fit the profile of the modern technology literate militant, according police.

As well as using a Voip service, the group appears to have used complex GPS systems to navigate to Mumbai by sea.

They communicated by satellite phone, used mobile phones with several different Sim card, and may have monitored events as the siege unfolded via handheld Blackberry web browsers.

The terrorists also familiarised themselves with the streets of Mumbai’s financial capital using satellite images, according to police. A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court to ban Google Earth and other such services across India in the wake of the attacks.

The turning of innocent internet tools to sinister means had long been foreseen. Three years ago, APJ Abdul Kalam, then the Indian President, said that the geographic details provided by Google Earth posed a security risk. He urged India’s security forces to monitor closely the growing use of such “open intelligence”.

It is unclear how the authorities responded to that warning. The Indian government has been heavily criticised for its handling of the attacks, which claimed 170 lives. Experts have said the local police force, with officers mostly armed with sticks and decades-old bolt action rifles, was ill-prepared to deal with the terrorists.

Source from : Times Online

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA USA – Friday November 14, 2008 – BluePrint Data today announced the addition of Chinese Language Web site reviews to its URL review system. BluePrint Data completes human reviews of Web sites and categorizes and classifies the information within the web sites to its URL Review database.

BluePrint Data provides its URL filter and content filtering database and technology and services to Internet Security vendors and companies. This includes Unified Threat Management (UTM), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) and Software as a Service (SaaS). We also provide Internet Filtering solutions and services to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) as well as Telecom and Carriers. BluePrint Data has the world’s largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database with web site domain reviews covering over 800 million web pages.

“The addition of Chinese Language Web site reviews is valuable service to our existing partners and customers and we look forward to offering it to future customers and partners” said Bob Dahlstrom, BluePrint Data’s CEO. “We strongly believe this can help make the Internet safer and it offers a new value add to our Internet security products and services”.

About BluePrint Data.

BluePrint Data provides its URL filter and content filtering technology, services, and products to Internet Security vendors including UTM, MSSP and SaaS, enables ISPs, telecommunication companies and carriers to filter and manage their Internet traffic and provide Internet Filtering solutions to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs). BluePrint Data has the world’s largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database covering over 800 million web pages that is combined with Internet security services to provide solutions for: Internet Security Companies, Telecom and Carriers, and Businesses and Organizations.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA USA – Monday November 3, 2008 –BluePrint Data today announced it is joining the Commtouch Security Alliance. The alliance provides a voluntary framework for Commtouch and BluePrint Data to share data and information with leading information security organizations, companies and individuals.

BluePrint Data joins organizations like the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers, the Anti-Virus Information & Early Warning System, the Internet Watch Foundation, and the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group in this effort in an attempt to help disseminate data and information on Internet Security issues.

BluePrint Data provides Internet Filtering, URL and Malware threat, and Phishing data feeds and services to ISPs, Carriers, Telco’s as well as Internet Security vendors including UTM (Unified Threat Management), MSSP (Managed Security Services Providers) and SaaS (Software as a Service providers) as well as OEM’s its Internet Filtering appliances and services.

BluePrint Data OEMs its URL filter and content filtering technology and services to Internet Security vendors including UTM, MSSP and SaaS. We also provide Internet Filtering solutions to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) as well as Telecom and Carriers. BluePrint Data has the worlds largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database covering over 800 million web pages.

“We are delighted to be able to partner with the Commtouch Security Alliance.” said Bob Dahlstrom, BluePrint Data’s CEO. “We strongly believe this can help make the Internet safer and it offers a new value add to our current and future customers and partners”

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA USA – Monday October 13, 2008 – BluePrint Data today announced the addition of Japanese Language Web site reviews to its URL review system. BluePrint Data completes human reviews of Web sites and categorizes and classifies the information within the web sites to its URL Review database.

BluePrint Data provides its URL filter and content filtering database and technology and services to Internet Security vendors and companies. This includes Unified Threat Management (UTM), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) and Software as a Service (SaaS). We also provide Internet Filtering solutions and services to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) as well as Telecom and Carriers. BluePrint Data has the world’s largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database covering over 800 million web pages.

“The addition of Japanese Language Web site reviews is valuable service to our existing partners and customers and look forward to offering it to future customers and partners” said Bob Dahlstrom, BluePrint Data’s CEO. “We strongly believe this can help make the Internet safer and it offers a new value add to our Internet security products and services”.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA USA – Wednesday, October 1, 2008 –BluePrint Data today announced the release of its new Anti-Phishing Internet Security component. BluePrint Data now offers Internet Web Content Filtering, Anti-Malware and Malicious URL, and Anti-Phishing in its products and a service including its data feeds. The new anti-phishing service is being offered to ISPs, Carriers, Telco’s as well as Internet Security vendors including UTM (Unified Threat Management), MSSP (Managed Security Services Providers) and SaaS (Software as a Service providers).

BluePrint Data OEMs its URL filter and content filtering technology and services to Internet Security vendors including UTM, MSSP and SaaS. We also provide Internet Filtering solutions to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) as well as Telecom and Carriers. BluePrint Data has the worlds largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database covering over 800 million web pages.

“We are delighted to be able to provide this valuable service to our existing partners and customers and look forward to offering it to future customers and partners” said Bob Dahlstrom, BluePrint Data’s CEO. “We strongly believe this can help make the Internet safer and it offers a new value add to our Internet security products and services” The addition of the Anti-phishing services is a logical complement to the existing Internet URL filtering and Malware filtering.

What is BluePrint Data?

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BluePrint Data provides its URL filter and content filtering technology, services, and products to Internet Security vendors including UTM, MSSP and SaaS, enables ISPs, telecommunication companies and carriers to filter and manage their Internet traffic and provide Internet Filtering solutions to Information Technology Solutions Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs). BluePrint Data has the world’s largest 100% human reviewed URL Filter Database covering over 800 million web pages that is combined with Internet security services to provide solutions for: Internet Security Companies, Telecom and Carriers, and Businesses and Organizations.

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With terrorists using unsecured wireless fidelity (WiFi) networks to shoot off emails every time they carry out bomb blasts, TRAI is examining a series of measures to have security processes in place to protect such networks.

According to sources, TRAI began studying open WiFi networks after the Ahmedabad blasts and will soon issue recommendations for proper authentication and maintenance of such networks.

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“Ninety-nine percent of people don’t know how to secure their wireless connection, even big companies,” Neeraj Kumar, New Delhi sales director of US web security firm BluePrint Data, said. The threat was highlighted after an email claiming explosions that killed 20 people in the Indian capital on Saturday was traced to an electronics firm in an eastern Mumbai suburb.

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 BluePrint Data releases its new network security product for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Carriers and Telecoms that allows them to offer an integrated Internet Security suite of products as a service (SaaS). The offering can increase Average Revenue Per User / Subscriber (ARPU) and reduce churn while providing valuable security services to users / subscribers. Press Release

Here is the video from ABC News about the Kidsnet and their concern about the Internet Abuse.

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