Neowin News Feed for: Osama

Osama brought to life in form of Facebook malware

Tom Dwyer — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:55:46 +0000

The worlds most wanted man was killed yesterday and it appears that hackers quickly took advantage of the news by temporarily bringing him back to life in the form of malware. Japanese Security Company, Trend Micro... Read more...

Twitter user details Osama bin Laden's capture unwittingly

Michael Collado — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:35:00 +0000

A Twitter user currently residing in Abbottabad, Pakistan detailed the circumstances of the United States' raid and capture of Osama bin Laden yesterday as the actions were transpiring. Sohaib Athar is, as it says on... Read more...

Email worm poses as Osama videogram

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:49:10 +0000

Emails claiming to contain video clips of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden are likely to be example of a new computer worm. The Famus-F worm normally arrives in the form of a bilingual English and... Read more...

Top 50 search words, Halloween and Osama are tops!

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:45:27 +0000

According to Lycos, who compile a weekly "top 50" at The Lycos 50 Daily Report, Halloween and Osama Bin Laden rank as the top two pupular search items for the past week at Lycos. ... Read more...

Web springs forward with comical Osama content

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:19:15 +0000

While the real bin Laden may have eluded capture, his virtual likeness has not, with an endless stream of Web sites and emailed jokes, games and pictures allowing keyboard cowboys to shoot, bomb or just... Read more...