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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Defense Department must improve its procedures for investigating sexual assaults by standardizing training requirements for medical experts who examine victims and analyze rape kits, a bipartisan group of lawmakers say.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe body of an unidentified male between 15 and 20 years old was found in the wheel well of an 86th Airlift Wing C-130 on Sunday after the plane returned to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from missions in Africa, officials said.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Pentagon has lifted some flight restrictions on F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, while inspections will continue for the foreseeable future, according to a Defense Department official.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comDetroit police say they've arrested a man and a woman in the fatal shooting of a Michigan National Guard soldier during a carjacking on the city's west side.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comHouse Armed Services Committee members voted Tuesday to condemn President Obama for failing to consult with congressional leaders before swapping five Taliban prisoners for prisoner of war Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in Georgia.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comUniversity of Texas System regents on Tuesday selected one of the top U.S. military special operations leaders as the lone finalist for the job of chancellor, overseeing the system's 15 campuses and $14 billion budget.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comAbout 17,000 service members tricked into predatory loans could see their debts erased under a settlement announced by federal and state regulators Tuesday.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comPaul Lewis arrived as a Marine Corps security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 3, 1979.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from militarytimes.comA 9-year-old girl who was struck by a plane that crash-landed on a beach while she vacationed with her family died from her injuries, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe U.S. message has been clear that if Russia would not deescalate its movements and hostility in Ukraine, more sanctions would be imposed.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe head of the Pentagon's Pacific Command said Tuesday that it's 'a little odd' the Chinese government has sent a spy ship to trail the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise currently taking place off the coast of Hawaii - an exercise in...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comAmid concerns about its development and testing of nuclear weapons, North Korea may be lulling the world into largely accepting its advances in missile technology, the admiral in charge of American forces in Asia and the Pacific said Tue...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comFormer Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million Tuesday in his two-year fight to prove he was defamed by a military sniper and best-selling author who claimed to have punched out Ventura at a bar for bad-mouthing the Navy SEALs.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comRussia's Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comIt's been a quick courtship for Bob McDonald - and there will be no honeymoon.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Department of Defense has taken the unusual step of overseeing a plagiarism investigation being conducted by the U.S. Army War College against Sen. John Walsh of Montana, the college's provost said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe University of Arizona has rejected a marijuana researcher's plea to keep her job after her contract was terminated in June.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comHouse and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover u...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comInternal VA documents show the depth of fraudulent scheduling, manipulation of data and in some cases, intimidation of staff, to hide delays in medical care to veterans in the 6-million patient national system, according to documents pro...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comSailors stationed overseas will soon see copies of Military Times newspapers for sale in Navy exchanges again.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comBefore being elected to Congress, Rep. Jeff Miller was a real estate broker.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comA dozen wounded veterans submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to help transplant corals on a special section of the reef set aside as a remembrance area for fallen American service personnel.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comRepublican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has returned from two weeks of training with the Iowa National Guard to a midterm election race against Democrat Bruce Braley that has become a competitive contest in the battle for Senate control.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comHouse Republicans have agreed to vote on a slimmed-down bill to address the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border by sending in National Guard troops and speeding unaccompanied migrant youths back to Central America.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe rising ranks of servicewomen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade has changed the nature of care needed at the Veterans Affairs Department - but the system has yet to fully adapt, advocates say.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (AFP) July 28, 2014 President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Russia's defence industry to swiftly cut imports as the EU looks set to impose a ban on the sale of weapons and technology over Ukraine. Putin said that Russia's arms in...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSeoul (AFP) July 28, 2014 A top-ranking North Korean military official has threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean peninsula. The threat came from H...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) July 28, 2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping's name has graced the pages of the Communist Party's flagship newspaper more frequently than any other leader since founding father Mao Zedong, according to researchers. The report...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2014 It is difficult to imagine the modern world without the Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides real-time positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data for countless military and civilian uses. Th...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMclean VA (SPX) Jul 28, 2014 Global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) is one of fourteen awardees granted a share of a contract worth in total a maximum of $494,900,000 under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoP...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressArlington, Va. (UPI) Jul 28, 2013 A real-time radio frequency signal detector and analysis capability is being launched by information solutions firm CACI International Inc. The STC Portable Spectrum Analyzer will enhance situational awa...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressDonetsk, Ukraine (AFP) July 28, 2014 The Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the east of the country, pro-Russia rebels said on Monday. "The Ukrainians have taken over a pa...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressTaipei (AFP) July 28, 2014 A senior Taiwanese military officer who served at the island's de facto US embassy has been placed under investigation after failing a lie detector test, the defence ministry said Monday. From late 2012, all Ta...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWarsaw (AFP) July 28, 2014 Britain on Monday announced major joint manoeuvres in Poland in October, part of a string of NATO exercises in the region aimed at reassuring eastern Europe members jittery over a resurgent Russia. "I can annou...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) July 28, 2014 An art exhibition in China by a North Korean defector has been cancelled, gallery staff said Monday, with reports saying the show had been dismantled on official orders. Sun Mu, who slipped out of North Korea ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressTripoli, Libya (UPI) Jul 28, 2013 The Libyan government said Monday it needed outside help to control new clashes in the capital, near where several oil storage tankers were hit by rocket fire. The severity of new clashes in Libya prompt...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) July 28, 2014 Washington and Kabul have failed to keep track of hundreds of thousands of weapons provided to Afghanistan, raising the risk that some could end up in the hands of insurgents, a US audit said Monday. The Un...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) July 28, 2014 Jalila Ayyad's widower George still had a black eye and bloodstains on his shirt as he processed ahead of her coffin, hours after the air strike that destroyed their home. Jalila, 60...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressParis (AFP) July 28, 2014 France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying it was "outraged" by their persecution. "We are ready, if they so desire, to help facili...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressHilla, Iraq (AFP) July 28, 2014 An Iraqi government raid on jihadist targets in a flashpoint town southwest of Baghdad killed 17 people on Monday, including at least three civilians, medical and tribal sources said. "Bombardment targeted...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe United States and European Union plan to impose new sanctions against Russia this week, including penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy, the White House said Monday.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comA MARSOC gunnery sergeant who was killed while fighting insurgents in Afghanistan, will be awarded the military's third-highest award for valor on Tuesday, MARSOC officials announced.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Army insists cutting the service down to 420,000 cannot be done.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown took a not-so-subtle dig at Texas' decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border, saying Monday that he expects it to be a short-lived measure and that 'wiser minds will prevail.'
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comAfter practice on Military Appreciation Day at Washington Redskins training camp, the special teams coordinator made a beeline to the people in uniform near the special VIP tent.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may be a war crime, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from militarytimes.comIn a dramatic legislative turnaround, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees on Monday unveiled plans for a $17 billion compromise VA reform bill that funds the hiring of more clinicians, expands private care o...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RealClearDefense - HomepageJoe Trevithick, War Is Boring In fall 1965, the U.S. Air Force modified two C-123 Provider transport planes as part of a secret project codenamed Black Spot. The flying branch transformed the airlifters into unique faux-bombers packed wi...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from World Defence NewsIran plans to unveil several new missile and radar systems late in September, Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced on Monday July 28. Iranian soldiers during IRIA's parade in 20...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - SecurityConfirmed 'Chinese hack' downgraded to 'alleged' intrusion An Israeli defence firm linked to Israel's Iron Dome missile defence platform has denied reports it was hacked by Chinese attackers who made off with information on the military ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - SecurityAustralian fixed wireless provider loses half its network for a day or so Fixed wireless broadband provider Cirrus Communications has experienced a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack that incapacitated half its network.…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - SecurityLeaking sprinklers, overheated thermostats and picked locks all online Ten of the most popular Internet of Things devices contain an average of 25 security vulnerabilities, many severe, HP researchers have found.…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - SecurityMarlinspike's voice crypto comes to iOS The crew at Open Whisper Systems has announced Signal, an app offering encrypted voice calls between iPhones.…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - SecurityZuck-land tried to fix crumbling cookie with HTTPS but developer won't bite London developer Stevie Graham has built an Instagram stealer dubbed Instasheep that can hijack accounts over public networks.…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: border_security While the future of thousands of unaccompanied, undocumented children crossing the southern border is debated in Washington, DC, the University of Houston Law Center is gearing up to help the po...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismContrary to what many counterterrorism experts believe, ISIS has so far shown no interest in Western targets.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismIsrael broadened its bombing offensive, and one strike set ablaze Gaza’s only power plant, cutting the electricity needed to pump water and sewage systems.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismRare video made by the militants behind a 2003 kidnapping of 32 Europeans shows the abductors smiling and waving for the camera as they ride their victims’ motorcycles.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from The Register - Security'State-sponsored actor' breached National Research Council network Canada's CIO has pointed the finger at China over a security breach at the nation's National Research Council.…
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Government Security NewsLorrie Barclay Top Priority Sector: border_security Due to the unprecedented number of unaccompanied minors illegally entering the U.S., some members of Congress are considering amending the 2008 William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/29/14 Border security Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments DHS ’s plan to deploy fifty surveillance towers across southern Arizona is temporarily on hold, following a protest by Raytheon that the age...
- Redflex Traffic Systems educates New Jersey drivers about effectiveness of photo enforcement systemsTuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Phoenix, AZ-based Redflex Traffic System , a provider of road safety technology, has released a video about photo enforcement in New Jersey. The video explains how red-light cam...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/29/14 Nuclear power Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Promises of building a more cost effective U.S. nuclear industry continue to face setbacks as alternative energy sources like natural gas become che...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/29/14 Epidemics Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments More West African nations are alerting health officials and citizens about the potential for the deadly Ebola disease to spread by individuals traveling...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security McLean, VA-based BAE Systems is enhancing its data collaboration and dissemination tool, SIBA, through the interoperability of Mach 1 Development ’s DocuTRACER document watermarking solution. Hom...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsJohn Wagley Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $12 million civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for failing to comply with Federal Aviation Regulations in thr...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/29/14 Water Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Water is used around the world for the production of electricity, but new research results show that there will not be enough water in the world to meet dem...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire7/29/14 Cybersecurity Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The Software Assurance Market Place , or SWAMP , is an online, open-source, collaborative research environment that allows software developers and r...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from The Register - SecurityGood news if you're an American, less so for everyone else Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has introduced the USA FREEDOM Act to the Senate and claims, that, if passed, the legislation will severely curtail the amount of mass surveillance t...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismIsrael works to destroy Hamas tunnel network after Hamas rejects 24 hour ceasefire deal.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityU.S. importers have bought themselves another two years before they must implement a container-scanning rule that they believe should be scrapped altogether. Mandated by the SAFE Port Act of 2006, the Department of Homeland Security issu...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from The Register - SecurityVersions 2.1 to 4.4 affected – is your gadget patched? Google Android allows malware to masquerade as legit, trusted apps thanks to weaknesses in the way the operating system checks digital certificates of authenticity.…
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismBoehner Calls Impeachment Chatter a Democratic 'Scam,' but Is It?
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Dark Reading:Learn about newly found vulnerabilities in commercial and open-source DLP software in the 7/30 episode of Dark Reading Radio.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Suzanne Grimes Polaris , which works in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors, has announced it has elected Suz...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Dark Reading:Study indicates many Global 2000 firms patched, but failed to replace digital certificates.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismWhite House, privacy groups like Leahy's version better than a House bill
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Pasadena, CA-based Guidance Software , which provides digital investigations, has announced a partnership with Thales to deliver a full range of endpoint security and incident response prod...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityWith the revelations of wiretapping and signal interception that came to light with the Edward Snowden document leaks, encryption has been coming up in conversations more often than in years gone by. Imagine that. In particular there has...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismHouse panel votes to condemn Obama for Bergdahl-Taliban swap, failure to notify Congress
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from ThreatpostThe informational systems that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) runs are fraught with vulnerabilities and what the U.S. Department of Commerce deem “significant security deficiencies.”
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityEconomic sanctions can often be circumvented but even by normal geopolitical standards today's "tough new sanctions" from the EU look weak. The question is who will enforce them.
- Navtech Radar keeps airport costs low with AdvanceGuard perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS)Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security With its AdvanceGuard radar-based perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) installed at 16 major European airports, Oxford, UK Navtech Radar believes it has attained the proper bal...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from ThreatpostOpen WhisperSystems today released Signal, a free app that brings encrypted calling to the iPhone.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from World news: NSA | theguardian.comPatrick Leahys popular bill contains stricter privacy measures than the USA Freedom Act, which the House passed in May A surveillance reform bill backed by the Obama administration was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday, raising the pos...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from ThreatpostSen. Patrick Leahy has introduced an updated, tougher version of the USA FREEDOM Act that would end the bulk collection of data under Section 215 of FISA.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismInvestigators: Government failed to inspect thousands of chemical plants with high terror risk
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Terrorism on Huffington Post
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Cybersecurity on Huffington Post
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsCorporate boards have increased their awareness of security issues, but experts say they still lack information security principles.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Dark Reading:Virtualization is the future (and often the present) of large-scale IT, but like any technology, it has its share of flaws and shortcomings. Today, as we near the beginning of Black Hat USA 2014, we highlight three Briefings that explore...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from ThreatpostGeorgia Tech Research Institute has released an open source threat intelligence gathering tool called BlackForest that automates attack-data mining.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from The Register - SecuritySecusmart apparently to BOOST rep for snoop-proofness BlackBerry has bought privately held German firm Secusmart as part of its drive to become the handset provider of choice for security-conscious clients such as government agencies and...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsPreview: At Black Hat USA, Point-of-Sale expert Nir Valtman will demonstrate new attacks designed to break point-of-sale security.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Dark Reading:A little skeptical paranoia will ensure that you have the impulse to react quickly to new threats while retaining the logic to separate fact from fiction.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Hack Read
A group of Chinese hackers going with the handle of “Comment Crew” breached into three Jewish defense contractors in order to get information on Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Other than information on Iron Dome, hackers also... -
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityIn an age of extremely complex cyber attacks, carefully coordinated scams and millions of dollars spent on security, one man managed to scam Apple out of $300,000 in the most low-tech way imaginable. Earlier this week the Tampa Bay Times...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityIn the obscure southwestern town of Kunming, three Apple stores have cropped up. They're not as they seem.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedMore than 1.1 million debit and credit card records were stolen from former Thomas Cook subsidiary Essential Travel.
