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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comPresident Obama expanded U.S. military operations in Iraq on Thursday, authorizing both 'targeted air strikes' on Islamic militants and an open-ended humanitarian mission to help thousands of besieged Iraqis on the verge of starvation.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe violent advances of Islamic militants in Iraq is not an isolated problem but rather a 'growing global challenge' that needs to be dealt with, the top American general in Iraq told Army Times.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe U.S. aircraft conducted humanitarian airdrops in Northern Iraq earlier tonight to provide supplies critical to the survival of thousands of religious minorities surrounded by militants, a senior defense official has confirmed.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comMontana Democratic Sen. John Walsh announced Thursday that he is dropping his Senate bid after it became clear that he could not overcome the fallout from a plagiarism scandal, the Billings Gazette reported.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe body of a two-star general killed in an Afghan 'insider attack' arrived Thursday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to be prepared for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from militarytimes.comPresident Obama signed the new Veterans Affairs Department reform bill into law Thursday, but it will be a while before veterans see any of its effects.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Defense Department is closely watching the Ebola epidemic, establishing a small internal task force to evaluate ways to support international efforts to stop the outbreak, the Pentagon's top spokesman said Tuesday.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Navy and NASA wrapped up the second round of practice recoveries of the Orion spacecraft, which is designed to bring humans to the moon, asteroids and, eventually, to Mars.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from DefenseByron Callan June-quarter reports highlight international focus and waning war-related demands June-quarter reports highlight international focus and waning war-related demands read more
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (Voice of Russia) Aug 07, 2014 Tokyo's space initiative, set for launch in 2019, is turning into an effort to enhance ties with Washington in the cosmos. The US, shifting its military strategy to the Asia-Pacific, is looking for p...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 07, 2014 Russia has to expand production of military spacecraft, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Tuesday. "Firstly, we need to increase production of military-purpose spacecraft. This is one of ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 07, 2014 Russian aerospace and military-industrial enterprises will purchase electronic components worth several billion dollars from China, Izvestia reported Wednesday, referencing a source close to Roscosmos, R...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressManila (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 The Philippine military said Wednesday one of Southeast Asia's top Islamic militants was alive, more than two years after jubilantly declaring he had been killed in a US-backed airstrike. Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir,...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington DC (UPI) Aug 06, 2014 Most American presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush, have been accused of and attacked for having the wrong strategy. Of post-World War II presidents, Barack Obama has perhaps been most ass...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 US military investigators started questioning a former prisoner of war Wednesday to determine how he entered Taliban captivity, after a contested prisoner swap for his release. A US Army investigator began f...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2013 Energy sector sanctions are working so the Kremlin needs to choose between supporting its people or its policies in Ukraine, the U.S. State Department said. The U.S. government in July imposed economic sancti...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2013 The U.S. Navy's second Mobile Landing Platform successfully completed final contract trials in the Pacific, the Navy reported. The trials of the USNS John Glenn were conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspectio...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSchaumburg, Ill. (UPI) Aug 6, 2013 The U.S. Navy has issued a new contract to a joint venture of Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics Holdings to manufacture sonobuoys. Sonobuoys are a tactical sonar system for detecting submarines ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 The son of a Canadian couple under investigation for alleged spying in China called Wednesday for Ottawa to help prevent charges being laid against his parents. Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn Garratt "are suspect...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressCairo (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 Egyptian officials mediating talks for a durable truce in Gaza met a Palestinian delegation Wednesday to relay terms laid down by an Israeli team, Palestinian officials said. The Egyptian intelligence mediators h...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressArbil, Iraq (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water. The fate of t...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBaghdad (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 Five bomb attacks, including four car bombings, killed at least 30 people and wounded around 70 others Wednesday in several Baghdad districts, Iraqi police and medical sources said. In the deadliest strike, two...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWaltham, Mass. (UPI) Aug 6, 2013 General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions is providing enhanced protection capability for customers through a partnership with CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is a California-headquartered provider of sec...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressTokyo (AFP) Aug 06, 2014 Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo's annual defence paper warned over China's "dangerous acts" near the dis...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comRemains of a prehistoric elephant-like creature have been found in southern New Mexico.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Textron AirLand Scorpion doesn't yet have a buyer, but that hasn't stopped the plane from taking part in a major National Guard training exercise this week.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comPresident Obama is considering ordering airdrops or airstrikes to help tens of thousands of ethnic Kurds who have been uprooted by the Islamic State and are now dying of thirst, the New York Times is reporting.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comA recent enlistee in the Missouri National Guard said he felt pressured into taking a camouflage Bible that was available in the waiting room of a military entrance processing station - and a humanist group to which he belongs has threat...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comTwo tours in Afghanistan took a toll on Joshua Ploetz.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowThe world’s newest, most modern and efficient aircraft, the Airbus A350 XWB has made its debut in New Zealand, landing at Auckland International Airport carrying VIP guests on August 5th, from Sydney. Earlier in the day, the A350 X...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowARLINGTON, Va., - ATK (NYSE: ATK) has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA to verify that the five-segment solid rocket booster is on track for an unmanned, first flight of NASA's Space Launch ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowANN ARBOR, Mich. - Arotech Corporation [Nasdaq GM: ARTX] announced that its Training and Simulation Division (ATSD) has received $6.3 million in new orders. These orders were from a number of defense and municipal customers fo...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comSunni militants from the Islamic State group on Thursday seized Iraq's largest dam, placing them in control of enormous power and water resources and access to the river that runs through the heart of Baghdad.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKMinistry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 4 August 2014.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Military NewsDOVER, Del. (AP) — The body of a two-star general killed in an Afghan “insider attack” has arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. A C-17 cargo plane carrying the body of 55-year-old Maj. Gen. Harold Greene landed Thursd...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Army National Guard is ending its sponsorship of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Indy Racing League driver Graham Rahal, the component announced Wednesday.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comLong wait times for veterans to get health care can be cleared up in two years, along with investigations of employees accused of falsifying data to hide the problem, Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Military NewsNavy vet creates prosthetic device after losing four fingers Last October, 57-year-old Howard Kamarata, was working on a home project when a tragic accident with a miter saw amputated four of his fingers. The retired Navy veteran though...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe deadly insider attack that killed an Army major general and wounded more than a dozen other troops Tuesday has led to questions about the way ahead in Afghanistan and the strength of the partnership between coalition and Afghan troops.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Afghan soldier who killed a U.S. two-star general and wounded other top officers hid in a bathroom before his assault and used a NATO assault rifle in his attack, an Afghan military official said Wednesday.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from militarytimes.comCol. Viet Luong pinned on his first star during a ceremony Wednesday at Fort Hood, Texas, becoming the first Vietnamese-born general officer in the U.S. military.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Military & DefenseThe President of Azerbaijan unleashed a barrage of tweets aimed against Armenia on Thursday morning, after clashes along the border of the Armenian-occupied Azeri territory of Ngarno-Karabakh threatened a tenuous cease-fire that has held...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsUkraine War - Ukrainian Paramilitary Ambushed By Sniper During Heavy Fighting In Marinka. Heavy Fighting Clashes And Firefights In The Battle For Eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Paramilitary Unit from the Shakhtarsk battalion ambushed by sepe...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Pan European Networks » DefenceUK/Syria: The UK has completed the incineration of around 190 tonnes of Syrian chemical material intended for use by the Assad regime to manufacture nerve agent. The UK agreed to destroy approximately 15% of the total declared Syrian che...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Daily NewsArmy and Air Force aviators are dousing wildfires across Northern California, where they soon may be joined by Army Guard firefighting hand crews on the ground.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Military & DefenseREUTERS The U.N. has released satellite photos showing areas in the Gaza Strip before and after Israel's Operation Protective Edge. The 29-day offensive destroyed most (if not all) of the tunnels built by Hamas under the strip...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKA table listing each of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) investigations.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKA table illustrating completed Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) investigations to date.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World Defence NewsIndia on Wednesday, August 6, opened up the defense industry to more investment by foreign firms, in a move to attract more international capital and expertise to the sectors.The South Asian nation's cabinet approved raising the maximum ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKFind out which organisations have signed a corporate covenant and what they are pledging to do to support you and your family.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Terrorism Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The United States is again operating militarily in Iraq. Yesterday, President Obama authorized the U.S. military to attack ISIS targets in Iraq, at the s...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Gaza Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The talks in Cairo over a post-war arrangement in Gaza have stalled as a result of what appear to be unbridgeable differences between Israel and Egypt, on the...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Ebola Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Nigerian health authorities said yesterday that West African patients infected with the Ebola virus will not have access to experimental drugs being used to ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Explosives Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Authorities with the U.S. Special Operations Command ( SOCOM ), the Canadian military, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ( ATF ), and la...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Real ID Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In 2008, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 2677), signed by then-Governor Janet Napolitano, prohibiting the state from complying with the Real ID Act . ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Resilience Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) and the Rockefeller Foundation announced the other day a $100 million Global Resilience Partners...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Register - SecurityPurple Palace also to loose script autobots to verify bug bounties Yahoo will fire up end-to-end (E2E) encryption for its email users by 2015, chief security officer Alex Stamos announced at Black Hat overnight.…
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Register - SecurityCute idea but it just won't fly Black Hat 2014 Nervous fliers have one less thing to worry about after it turns out that, despite some alarmist reports, hackers won't be making planes fall out of the sky any time soon.…
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: border_security Seven alleged members of a suspected human smuggling criminal network were arrested this week in Quetzaltenango by Guatemalan law enforcement officials with the assistance of U.S. Immigration an...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: border_security The U.S. signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement with Kenya marking a significant milestone in collaboration on security and trade facilitation between the two countries. U.S. Customs and B...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Image Caption: Mike Hopkins Los Angeles, CA-based Ice Energy , a provider of distributed thermal energy storage technology, has announced Mike Hopkins as president of the company...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: maritime_port_security The Coast Guard has rescued 27 passengers and crew aboard a disabled vessel in the Piscataqua River, in Portsmouth, NH. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England recei...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: security_services Indianapolis, IN-based STANLEY Security has announced that Joshua Jackson, director - Global Product Integration, has been elected as vice chairman of the Physical Security Interoperability Al...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityWow. Such hack. Very router. So BGP. Wow. Researchers at Dell's SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) have identified an exploit that can be used to steal cryptocurrency from mining pools – and they claim that at least one unknown miscre...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostDennis Fisher, Mike Mimoso and Brian Donohue discuss the news from day one of Black Hat, including the Dan Geer keynote, attacks on mobile broadband modems and carriers’ control of mobile phones.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/7/14 Food safety Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments TV shows like “ CSI ” have made forensics a hot topic, spawning books and even science programs for kids. The same technology used at crime scenes to l...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news: CIA | theguardian.comExecutive editor Dean Baquet published a statement on Thursday announcing the change in style Under pressure from reporters and editors, the New York Times leadership has decided to use the word torture with regard to the CIAs treatment ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostLAS VEGAS - It's widely known that embedded medical devices are hackable in dangerous ways, but the true risks to medical device are less well known.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityGood news for Server admins – no critical fixes planned Microsoft has published advance notification for what it says will be a total of nine security update bulletins for its products – two of which are rated critical.…
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.comFor six years, a mysterious and highly skilled group of hackers have been targeted governments across Europe and the US - and are still at large, say experts at Black Hat One of the most sophisticated and prolonged cyber espionage campai...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityCome 2016, if you're not up to date you're on your own – enjoy your security bugs Microsoft has confirmed that it's ending support for old versions of Internet Explorer, and it's giving you just shy of 18 months to get up to date.…
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityNew trial launch – but pack your paper for the TSA United Airlines is testing a passport-scanning feature in its phone app that could speed up the check-in process for international flights.…
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostCambridge University researcher Ross Anderson urged experts to take heed of weaknesses in chip-and-PIN payment cards as the inevitable switchover looms in the U.S.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityPSA: If you really want to steal millions – embarrass the banks enough Black Hat 2014 Next year US banks will begin a wide-scale rollout of chip-and-PIN bank cards, just 11 years after the UK made it mandatory.…
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostLAS VEGAS–Yahoo plans to enable end-to-end encryption for all of its Mail users next year. The company is working with Google on the project and the encryption will be mostly transparent for users, making it as simple as possible t...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CIA NewsroomFeatured Story CIA Officers' Art on Display at CIA Headquarters
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from National Cybersecurity Institute
Join us Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT) When you look at a digital image of a flower, do you ever consider that there might be a data file hidden inside it? This is the purpose of steganography which is a technique for... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosThis could be an inflection point for web security. By making HTTPS something that impacts search results Google are applying the stick to an enormous security push that's been all carrots up to now.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Register - SecurityEnraged securo-bods bare fangs over new service The backlash is growing against the infosec firm that claimed it had uncovered a Russia-based gang's stash of 1.2 billion nicked website passwords.…
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostLAS VEGAS–The takedown of the GameOver Zeus malware operation in June got more than its share of attention, but it was the concurrent demolition of the CryptoLocker ransomware infrastructure that may prove to have been the most imp...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from National Cybersecurity Institute
Join us Monday, August 18, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET) As the healthcare industry has moved from paper-based records to more digital information transferred electronically, the risk of unauthorized disclosure of protected health in... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsAt Black Hat, David Litchfield skewered Oracle and its approach to security while detailing several flaws in a new Oracle database security feature.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Cybersecurity on Huffington Post
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification Port Townsend, WA-based Intellicheck Mobilisa , a provider of identity solutions and wireless security systems, has been awarded a contract to provide two of its TWIC Plus IM2620 i...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.comEdward Snowden has been granted permission to remain in Russia for the next three years, his lawyer says on Thursday. The NSA contractor turned whistleblower now has a three-year residence permit, with effect from 1 August 2014, allowing...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ThreatpostDennis Fisher talks with Wendy Nather of 451 Research about the happenings on day one of Black Hat, the possibility of the US government disrupting the vulnerability market and software liability.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsFive new schools have been selected for the National Security Agency's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program, which was designed to cultivate more U.S. cyber professionals in an increasingly demanding and ev...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA News29 May 2014 - Statement in response to recent allegations regarding contact with the NSA Office of General Counsel.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsMay 27, Fort Meade, MD-Today, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, U.S. Navy, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, paid tribute to Cryptologic Technician Technical Chief (CTTC) Christian M....
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsFort Meade, MD-Last year, 1,000 people attended the National Cryptologic Museum's (NCM) Open House when it featured its first ever outdoor concert. This year, the Armed Forces Day Celebration promises to be bigger with something for ever...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsFor the past three years, the National Security Agency (NSA) and US Government have been partnering with academia to create a research community dedicated to the Science of Security (SoS).
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsA serious vulnerability exists in OpenSSL's implementation of the TLS/DTLS heartbeat extension. Read the Mitigation guidance document recently posted.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsThe U.S. Military Academy won the 2014 Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX), its seventh coveted trophy since the annual competition began in 2001, the NSA announced today.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsFORT MEADE, MD—Native American Code Talkers received special honors today when the National Security Agency / Central Security presented a plaque to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) at a ceremony in Was...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsFORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. – The U.S. Senate confirmed Michael S. Rogers for appointment in the U.S. Navy to the grade of Admiral March 31.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NSA NewsThe Research Directorate of the National Security Agency is pleased to announce the winner of this year's Science of Security (SoS) Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.; The competition was established to recognize the curren...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Security News
Milestone Systems open platform IP VMS is being used by a hospital in Joensuu, Finland, in ways that go beyond security through innovative training. The post Hospital Trains Families in Better Childcare with Milestone appeared first on S... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityMore and More Americans Don't Want to Be--and They are Voting With Their Feet.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedTrustwave researchers demonstrate Backoff malware, which targets POS systems, at Black Hat. Attack that has compromised 600 retailers relies on Java.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosThe US government has been trying to answer a crucial question: is Snowden a lone wolf, or are other Edward Snowdens out there, leaking ever more classified documents? Given new leaks published by Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept, the Fed...
