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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from DefenseRising stars in aerospace and defense Rising stars in aerospace and defense read more
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKMinistry of Defence (MOD) and MOD family payment data published under the government's transparency agenda.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKFurther lifesaving UK aid for thousands of displaced people has been dropped by the Royal Air Force on Mount Sinjar in Northern Iraq.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World Defence NewsThe new Russian-made 4x4 light armoured vehicle "Ansyr" has successfully performed its first trial tests. This information was released during a defense event organized by the Russian Ministry of Defence. This new vehicle is developed in...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from DefenceTalk News and Videos
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World Defence NewsAustralian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister David Johnston held talks with their United States counterparts, Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel on Monday ahead of the annual Australia-Uni...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Think DefenceBefore anyone gets over excited about the numbers it is important to remember that the planned column is for 2020, or more accurately April 2019. The table was in response to an FOI request on regimental manning, instead of a regimental ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Military | The GuardianRAF has brought 'essential supplies' of water and solar lanterns, says international development secretary British forces have succeeded in dropping humanitarian supplies to Yazidi refugees besieged by forces from the Islamic State (Isis...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Your Defense NewsMore than 800 Scottish jobs have been safeguarded thanks to a £348 million MoD contract to build three new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Navy on the Clyde. The vessels, which will be used by the Royal Navy to underta...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from DefenceTalk News and Videos
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Defence News and UK Military NewsA former Cardiff college student fighting with the Islamic State troops has boasted about soldiers preparing for 'martyrdom' and having 'fireworks' read for the Americans
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Military & DefenseGood morning! Here's what people will be chatting about on Tuesday. 1. Actor and brilliant standup comedian Robin Williams died in an apparent suicide . Williams was 63. 2. Iraq's president appointed a new prime minister, Haider al...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UK
More than 800 Scottish jobs have been protected thanks to a multi-million-pound contract to build 3 new vessels for the Royal Navy. -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Think Defence
Some interesting new features, no doubt a result of analysis of the Warthog’s performance in Afghanistan I like the way they approach helicopter transportability with rear modules. Read more The post ST Kinetics Bronc... -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Think Defence
This document is the Defence Support Group annual report and accounts financial year 2013 to 2014 Click to read The post Defence Support Group Annual Report and Accounts 2013 to 2014 appeared first on Think Defence .
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsAmazing....Hear the Machine gun
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsAll tank regiments should do the same. A photo released on Internet show a Syrian army T-72M1 main battle tank fitted with new wire cage armor to increase protection against anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades. The sl...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from World Defence NewsBAE SYSTEMS has agreed to sell its South African armoured vehicle business to local defence manufacturer Denel for R855 million. Europe’s leading weapons maker would dispose of a 75 percent holding in Land Systems SA to help focus its ow...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Military | The GuardianWarplanes carry out surveillance after RAF Hercules crews encounter difficulties safely delivering supplies to refugees Britain is deploying RAF Tornado jets to provide greater surveillance of northern Iraq after being forced to abort tw...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RIA NovostiTwo military units from the Eastern Military District arrived Tuesday in Mongolia to participate in the bilateral military exercise Selenga 2014, Alexander Gordeyev, the district's representative said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Military NewsBy Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2014 – Calling a new force posture agreement between the United States and Australia a “milestone” in the relationship between the two countries, Defense Secretary Chu...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Security - News and Defence HeadlinesUS airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group advancing on the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil have remained localised and are unlikely to be expanded, according to a Pentagon official. The United States on 7 August began a humanita...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Defence News and Defence HeadlinesThe Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to acquire a large batch of GAZ-3344 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), the civil and military versions of which were demonstrated on 4-5 August at the Russian MoD's Innovation Days ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Defence News and Defence HeadlinesA number of air forces and aircraft types are making their debut at exercise 'Pitch Black 2014', a biennial air exercise being held in northern Australia from 1-22 August. Seven countries have assembled a total of 110 aircraft and 2,300 ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ottawa Citizen » Defence Watch
By David Pugliese Defence Watch Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, will make an infrastructure announcement at Edmonton Garrison on Tuesday. He’ll be at Building 700, 3rd Canadian Division Headquarters just before 11 a.m... -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from StrategyPage.com
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Defence News and UK Military NewsGen Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff has said British troops should be 'waiting for the call' to return to military action because the world is "so unstable"
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Defence News and UK Military NewsThe head of the Army has told Sandhurst graduates that an uncertain world means they must be ready 'when the call comes', even as Britain's Afghan campaign winds up
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsCapt. Ronald Ravelo makes history by becoming the first Filipino-American to command an aircraft carrier in the US Navy Photo : https://www.facebook.com/USSLincoln Capt. Ronald Ravelo also bitten by the selfie bug. It may also have ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ottawa Citizen » Defence Watch
It seems like the fighting in Mali is yesterday’s news for much of the world. The RCAF had been flying supplies and other equipment to support the French intervention but that mission, although not officially wrapped up, has disappeared ... -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 The UN Security Council on Monday began fine tuning a draft resolution aimed at choking off the flow of foreign fighters and financial support to jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Fighters from...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 Beijing accused the US of deliberately stoking tensions in the South China Sea as it rejected Washington's proposal for a freeze on provocative actions in the region, the foreign ministry said Monday. The remar...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSydney (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki not to cause trouble as he threw his weight behind newly-elected President Fuad Masum to help fight Islamic militants. His co...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 The United States has no plans to expand its air campaign in Iraq beyond protecting American personnel in the city of Arbil and besieged Yazidi refugees, the Pentagon said Monday. "There are no plans to expa...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBaghdad (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's rebel-turned-leader who Monday saw his bid for a third term fall apart, rose from anonymous exile to powerful premier but lost support as the country's security collapsed. President Fuad ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBaghdad (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 Iraq moved closer to turning the page on Nuri al-Maliki's controversial reign Monday when his own clan spurned him for another prime minister to save the country from breakup. The much-awaited political breakth...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressTehran (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivered a broadside Monday at critics of his efforts to engage with the West and seek a nuclear deal, accusing them of political cowardice and mischief. In a speech broadcast li...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressBeijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 China has detained a man on suspicion of making up rumours that the Chinese military had killed thousands of people in Xinjiang, home to the mainly Muslim Uighur minority, state media said Monday. The 22-year-o...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressTehran (AFP) Aug 10, 2014 Iran will not accept a weak uranium enrichment programme which world powers might be willing to grant the Islamic republic like a "toy" in nuclear negotiations, a top official said Sunday. The size and scale of ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (Voice of Russia) Aug 08, 2014 SpaceX has announced it will build the world's first commercial launchpad for orbital rockets in the south of Texas. The facility, which is expected to drag the area out of an economic hole, might be...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 08, 2014 Russia will soon unveil a series of protective economic measures - including in the sensitive space industry - aimed at taking the edge off recent Western sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressArlington VA (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 ATK (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 System ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSydney (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 Australia and the United States will sign a 25-year deal allowing 2,500 US Marines and air force personnel to train Down Under, Defence Minister David Johnston said Monday, describing it as a "win-win situation"...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (AFP) Aug 09, 2014 Russia said Saturday that it had chased away a US submarine that had approached its territorial waters in the Barents Sea. A representative of the naval headquarters told Russian news agencies that what was beli...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SpaceWar ExpressSeoul (UPI) Aug 8, 2013 Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched a new 214-class submarine, to be equipped with locally produced cruise missiles, for the South Korean Navy. The vessel is the Yun Bong Gil Ham, which weighs 1,800 tons, is 214...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Ottawa Citizen » Defence Watch
About one in six members of the Canadian military have reported experiencing symptoms of mental or alcohol disorders, the Canadian Press has reported. Those statistics are from Statistics Canada. More from the article: In a 2013 survey o... -
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Register - SecurityEncrypting data, off-by-default Chinese mobe-maker Xiaomi has changed the defaults on its cloud messaging service, in response to concerns raised by F-Secure that it was storing users' private data.…
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Register - SecuritySecurity? But this is the Internet of Things! Google's Nest thermostat, poster-child for its Internet of Things ambitions and data collector of your home habits, gives root access to anyone with a USB drive and a quarter-minute to spare.…
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from The Register - SecurityPreparing the way for a test lab America's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to take a hand in addressing the SCADA industry's chronic insecurity, by building a test bed for industrial control systems.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityThousands of .au sites p0wned and thrown to the winds More than two million unique login credentials for Australian internet users were stolen as part of the massive haul of 1.2 billion passwords by a Russian hacker outfit.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityIf your username's not down, you're not logging in IBM has acquired upstart Lighthouse Security Group, which lets sysadmins manage user accounts and identities in an off-premises cloud.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ThreatpostAbsolute Software's anti-theft Computrace software is mysteriously installed on brand new machines, nearly impossible to remove, and exploitable.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedYou say 'paranoid,' I say 'careful.' Expert offers 'practical' advice on living the paranoid lifestyle.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders On August 7, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia, charging 10 members of a criminal enterprise with one count of Racketeer...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is devoting two days at its Training Center to offer guidance to aviation public affairs professionals on how to most effectively manage...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Forecasters with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center raised the likelihood for a below-normal season in an update to the Atlantic Hu...
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Monday, August 11, 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 appointed William Georges and Jack Davis, Maj. Gen. USMC, to its...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Portland, OR-based Tripwire , a provider of advanced threat, security and compliance solutions, has announced the results of a survey of 215 attendees at the Black Hat USA 2014 security conferenc...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification Toronto, Canada-based SecureKey , a provider of organizations that deliver online consumer services, has announced that the Province of British Columbia (BC) is usin...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ThreatpostEmbedded device security emerged as front page news during the recently wrapped up Black Hat and DEF CON events.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosTalk about dismaying numbers! In Ofcom's recent report, three quarters of the public were unconcerned about security when accessing Wi-Fi outside of their homes, and were quite happy to do *anything* on public Wi-Fi. Help us educate them...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from News BlogToday, Director James Comey—in a keynote address at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center’s Crimes Against Children Conference—gave an overview of FBI operations and initiatives specifically designed to identify and arrest the perpetrato...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ThreatpostThe bug bounty phenomenon began mainly with major software vendors and security companies, which were the main targets for security researchers and attackers. But it is now moving to virtually every corner of the Web and software ecosyst...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedThe company says the breach 'has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.'
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ThreatpostIn the last couple of years, Google has been making a series of changes to its Web infrastructure to employ encryption more widely and help defeat active attackers. Much of this has gone on in the background, with the company securing th...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosQ. How to attract the attention of the police if you're a bored student on summer vacation? A. Write a virus that unleashes 20,000,000 SMSes, infects 100,000 devices, and steals personal data...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityBy 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to reach 14.4 million units, according to Gartner, as PC makers target low-cost computing
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosThe golden My Little Pony statuettes have been passed out at the Black Hat Security 2014 conference, commemorating select infosec glories and groans. Best song: the haunting "SSL Smiley Song", sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells".
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityHardened email platform should be ready for Xmas DefCon Lavabit founder Ladar Levison will within six months carve out a military-grade email service from the ashes of Ed Snowden's favourite email client.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Ebola Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments As Ebola continues to spread throughout West Africa, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has authorized the use of an unapproved Ebola virus test devel...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News WireEbola Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments BU Today , the news and information Web site of Boston University, last week published a series of detailed articles, accompanied by interviews with leading researc...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Iraq Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Iraq’s human rights minister, on Sunday told Reuters that Islamic State ( ISIS ) militants have killed 500 members of the Yazidi eth...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Iraq Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments U.S. president Barack Obama has confirmed that the U.S. military made targeted airstrikes and carried out a humanitarian operation in Iraq, marking the deepe...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 911 call locator Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In the Philadelphia area and around much of the country, emergency services and first responders are looking to retool the ways in which cell pho...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Hacking Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Satellite communications systems ( SATCOMS ) used by soldiers on the front lines, airplanes, and ships are vulnerable to hacking, according to analyst Rub...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Terrorism Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Moroccan security forces two weeks ago arrested a French jihadist who was operating in the country to recruit fighters in order to send them to al-Qaeda...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/10/14 Resilience Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments When Hurricane Ike struck Galveston, Texas in 2008, leaving billions of dollars in damages and at least 100 people dead, residents knew that they were ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityConnecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityCorporate internal app stores can distribute the tools staff need, but they can also control who uses what and shore up data security
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityAims to steer 12 to 18-year-olds towards infosec careers The GCHQ-backed Cyber Security Challenge UK is bringing cybersecurity education to UK schoolkids aged from 12 to 18 with the importation of the US-created Cyber Patriot programme.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Infosecurity - Latest News
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityPurple Palace not directly involved but maybe it should chat to these infosec bods Crooks are using Yahoo ! 's advertising network to infect PCs with the CryptoWall ransomware, it's claimed.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosChina has banned government officials from buying Apple products, reportedly to avoid the possibility of the US hijacking the technology to spy on Beijing.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityNo, the spooks love US best, say rival firms Both Vodafone and O2 are claiming to be the best mobile phone network for people, particularly government people, who are worried about security.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosIt's weekly roundup time! Here's all the great stuff we've written in the past seven days.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityCareful control of costs and optimization of storage utilization can provide a cost effective approach to greater flash utilization. These new tools and implementations are changing the face of digital storage and enabling improved perfo...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Hack Read
If you are a pro user of Google search, you might have noticed that Google Inc does also offer a reverse image search engine. Reverse Image Search is a technique that is used to perform searches in World Wide Web using image-based files ... -
Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityRuskies must provide mobile phone numbers to surf Starbucks Russians will be required to hand over their passport-validated phone numbers to access public wireless networks under new laws.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - SecurityDetails awaited on privilege escalation bug A security researcher at BlackHat has sparked a “did-he-didn't-he” Tweet-storm over the extent of an alleged “hack” of the “secure by design” Blackphone.…
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from intelNews.orgA batch of documents from the so-called ‘Mitrokhin archive’, which were made public late last week, have identified a former New Zealand senior diplomat as a Soviet spy.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismThe offensive reinforced the Ukrainian leadership’s rejection of a cease-fire on humanitarian grounds offered Saturday by the head of the main pro-Russian separatist group.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismIn interviews across Gaza, many Palestinians insisted they could withstand much more to achieve their goals of opening borders and removing Israeli restrictions on imports and exports.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismWhile the insurgents have repeatedly fired rockets at the airport and carried out a broad campaign of violence across the country, the suicide attacks that have been a hallmark of the war have been less common in the capital.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > TerrorismAt every turn, the rise of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been shaped by the United States’ involvement in Iraq — most of the political changes that fueled his fight, or led to his promotion, were born directly from some American action.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Dark Reading:BuildItSecure.ly, an initiative where researchers vet code for small Internet of Things vendors, in the spotlight at DEF CON 22.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from The Register - Security12-year-old spoofs system to try and get Justin Bieber shot Defcon 22 The US emergency response system is in urgent need of better security as it’s surprisingly easy to disable or spoof 911 calls.…
