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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comIn a horrifying act of revenge for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, militants with the Islamic State extremist group have beheaded American journalist James Foley - and are threatening to kill another hostage, U.S. officials say.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comA video by Islamic State militants released Tuesday purported to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley as retribution for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comMembers of a minority Iraqi Shiite community whose town has been besieged by Sunni militants are appealing to Iraq's military and the international community to intervene to end the siege, a lawmaker said Wednesday as the U.N.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comIn its latest personal attack on a prominent official from a rival country, North Korea on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a wolf with a 'hideous lantern jaw.'
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Air Force has grounded over half of its F-16D Fighting Falcons, the service's Air Combat Command (ACC) announced Tuesday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe former Marine accused of killing Erin Corwin admitted searching the Internet about how to dispose of a body, and .22-caliber cartridge casings at the mine shaft where she was found matched those found in his Jeep and home, according ...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comFor the past three years, US military officials have frequently voiced opposition to defense budget caps that went into effect in 2013.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe mission for U.S. troops in Iraq to help Kurdish and Iraqi security forces in their fight against Islamic militants remains limited for now, but may expand after Iraqi leaders form a new government, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe Pentagon's personnel chief is taking exception to statistics from a recent study that concluded 25 percent of military households use food banks.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from militarytimes.comMarine officials have scheduled an Article 32 investigative hearing for Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, suspected of deserting his post twice, once in Iraq.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comFormer Marine Christopher Lee was arrested Sunday night in the killing of Erin Corwin, a missing Marine wife who was found crumpled at the bottom of a 140-foot-deep mineshaft in a remote area of the High Desert.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comReports about peace talks between Taliban leaders and Afghan special forces troops in Afghanistan's Helmand province have raised questions about security as coalition forces prepare to withdraw troops this year.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsThe Australian and Indonesian governments will sign a joint code of conduct, after months of negotiations, which will include a promise by Australia not to use its spy agencies to harm its neighbour. Australia’s foreign minister, J...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comShortly before his death, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dmitry Chepusov received a medal for helping save a soldier's life.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsAustralian Signals Directorate cyber security chief, Major General Stephen Day, has described the defences of the nation’s state governments against computer-based intrusions as patchy and variable. “We haven't reached a critical mass of...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comIn front of ESPN cameras and super-sized shoe-company logos Monday at West Point's Christl Arena, the U.S.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsThailand's air force has deployed its Saab Gripen C/Ds to Darwin in northern Australia for Exercise Pitch Black 2014 (PB14), in the type’s first overseas exercise deployment by the service. The Royal Thai Air Force has previously deploye...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsNuship Canberra, the first of two Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships being built for the Australian Defense Force, has sailed on her final contractor sea trials before delivery to the Australian Government. The ship departed Willi...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsAustralian defence minister Senator David Johnston has hinted that his government is considering acquiring additional Airbus Defence & Space KC-30/A330 multirole tanker transports (MRTTs) and Boeing C-17 strategic transports as part ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsThe Pentagon is sending a dozen fighter planes and nearly 200 personnel to Bulgaria for a training exercise as violence in Ukraine continues to claim civilian lives. The 493rd Fighter Squadron out of Lakenheath, England, will be go...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry News(Reuters) - As tensions spike between China and other countries in Asia's disputed waters, serving and retired Chinese military officers as well as state media are questioning whether China's armed forces are too corrupt to fight and win...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsEver since it surrendered to the allies at the end of World War II, Japan's military effort has been homebound. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces have been precisely that – remaining vigilant to outside threats but constitutionally restra...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comAn officer who says she was discharged from the Navy for alerting senior officials of the potential health dangers of open-air burn pits and improperly stored water at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, is suing to get her job back.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsThe payment to Raytheon Systems Limited includes £50million damages and £38million in interest. A tribunal ruled that processes used by the now-defunct UK Border Agency to scrap a deal to supply the eBorders system were flawed. The syste...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsOn August 14, the Russian government's press service announced that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter account had been hacked and its most recent tweets were fake, one of which said that the prime minister had decided to resign. T...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsNear Tactical Base Dwyerin in Afghanistan, "Suicide Charley" company with the 7th Marines conducts a night mortar fire mission with illumination rounds to keep an eye on the enemy. Filmed July 21, 2014.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Military & DefenseActor Adam Driver is currently most well known for playing "Adam" on HBO's "Girls" — but with a new villainous role in "Star Wars: Episode VII" and five other projects in the works, this 30-year-old is about to be the next bi...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comRussian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet next week in Minsk in their first face-to-face talks since June.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe U.S. military, at the request of host nations in the region, is no longer identifying the specific land-based aircraft carrying out airstrikes in Iraq, a defense official told Military Times on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RIA NovostiPalestinian rebels have fired two rockets on Tel Aviv and attacked largest cities in the south of Israel following the collapse of a Gaza truce, representatives on the both sides said.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comA Michigan National Guard investigation produced allegations of widespread theft, moonlighting, destruction of government property and nepotism at an equipment maintenance facility at the Camp Grayling military training base.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsKosciusko Community Hospital had their data system breached during a cyber attack this April and June. According to Community Health Systems, 200 hospitals and 4.5 million people may have had their data stolen across the country. Koscius...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defense Daily NetworkLockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday it has demonstrated using a maritime test platform to simulate various naval environments at sea to test intelligence and communication systems ahead of introducing them to operations. Lockheed Martin s...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsBusiness schools have begun educating MBA and masters students in big data and cyber security, while demand for data specialists has hit the roof. Tens of thousands of geeks sat bent over tables starring into laptop screens in the Las Ve...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Military & DefenseISIS has tried to send a warning to the U.S. in about the most horrifying manner imaginable — by broadcasting the execution of an American citizen captured in Syria more than 600 days ago. The video purports to show the execution of phot...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from DefenceTalk News and Videos
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defense Daily NetworkRanger Aerospace LLC said on Monday that it has partnered with Azalea Capital to form a new holding company, Ranger AeroSystems, Inc., to jointly pursue investments and acquisitions in the aerospace industry . The private equity partners...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defence News and UK Military NewsThe threat from Islamist jihadists is a generational problem for Britain says a former assistant chief of MI6
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsPhoto -Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RIA NovostiAn Israeli airstrike on Gaza City has claimed the lives of a young girl and a woman, wounding 16 others, local medical workers reported.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comIt was one small button push for man and one giant catapult launch for the Navy's unmanned air combat program Sunday as the X-47B flew its first takeoffs and landings with F/A-18s on the aircraft carrier Roosevelt.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defense Daily NetworkGeneral Dynamics [GD] and BAE Systems were each awarded $7.9 million study contracts for a Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV). Each cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, awarded Aug. 13, is for technical, cost, and risk assessments against select req...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Military & DefenseShares of TASER International rallied for the third straight day on Tuesday, climbing 9% as Ferguson, Missouri officials announced they would raise funds to secure dash and vest cams for Ferguson police officers. TASER International make...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Military NewsUSS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, At Sea (NNS) — The Navy’s unmanned X-47B returned to carrier operations aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Aug. 17 and completed a series of tests, operating safely and seamlessly with manned aircr...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defense Daily NetworkNorthrop Grumman [NOC] is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 program, according to a company statement. Northrop Grumman ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Defense Daily NetworkThe U.K.’s Supacat yesterday said Australia’s Defense Material Organization (DMO) awarded it a $97.7 million contract to deliver 89 Special Operations Vehicles-Commando (SOV-Cdo) for the Australian Defense Forces under the JP2097 Ph 1B (...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comThe National Guard arrived in Ferguson but kept its distance from the streets where protesters clashed again with police, as clouds of tear gas and smoke hung over the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police off...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from militarytimes.comTwo Italian air force fighter jets carrying a total of four crew members collided during a training mission over Italy on Tuesday and crashed into a hilly, wooded area that erupted in flames, the force said.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Military & DefenseThe conflict between Israel and Hamas is at its most dangerous moment since a series of temporary ceasefires went into effect two weeks ago as the Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over Tel Av...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Asian Defence NewsAgain during RIMPAC
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Register - SecurityBoffins demo how traffic redirect can endanger code downloads Be thankful it's only a proof-of-concept of a hack: German researchers have shown that Internet software distribution mechanisms can be turned into virus vectors, without modi...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Register - SecurityCA maintainer warns 'check your infrastructure' Mozilla is about to revoke some weak X.509 PKI certs, and has warned that system admins it'll affect the Firefox browser and they'll need to assess their infrastructure.…
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Register - SecurityCat video encrypts all the things Cryptolocker is being flogged over YouTube by vxers who have bought advertising space, researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap have found.…
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: maritime_port_security As nearly 1,000 guests watched the ceremony on August 16, Huntington Ingalls Industries ' Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the company's fifth U.S. Coast Guard National Security C...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Rockville, MD-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has exercised contract options for the supply of Vaccinia Immune ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification Eid Passport, Inc of Hillsboro, OR, a market leader in high-assurance identity management solutions and the largest commercial provider of vendor credentials at military facilities...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Ronald Hosko The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF), a donor-driven non-profit that provides financial support to law enforcement professionals faci...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: communications San Diego-based LRAD Corporation, a provider of long range acoustic hailing devices, has announced the receipt of orders totaling approximately $1.7 million for LRAD 500 and 1000X systems and acc...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cbrne_detection In a winning entry in the “Best Metal Detection” category of the GSN 2014 Airport/Seaport/Border Security Awards program, PHD Dao Hinh Nguyen, vice president of Engineering and Product developme...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: border_security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Honduran National Police have signed a memorandum of cooperation to enhance their ability to share immigration and criminal history record ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register on August 18, 2014, seeking comments on a b...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsLorrie Barclay Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Ohio River late Monday night during a routine fuel oil transfer at the Duke Energy W.C. Beckjord Power Station outsi...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityPrivacy…everyone keeps talking about it and apparently everyone is concerned with it, but going forward does it even matter? I recently watched the documentary, “Terms and Conditions may Apply,” which provides a fascinating look at how o...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from ThreatpostHackers hit the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) three separate times over the past three years.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Boulder, CO-based LogRhythm , a provider of security intelligence, has announced the launch of its Threat Intelligence Ecosystem, the industry’s first collective of threat intelligence vendors fo...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismSome Kids Have Had Nightmares and Other Signs of Anxiety
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Naked Security - SophosAccording to documents obtained under an open-records request, two of the hacks, perpetrated via phishing emails, are believed to have originated in foreign countries, while the source of the third remains unknown because incident logs h...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Dark Reading:Unnamed actors try to swipe privileged credentials.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismAP Exclusive: US to change how travelers can protest placement on government's no-fly list
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismTV sales, satellite providers grow in Somali capital amid militant attacks on public places
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Breaking news on terrorism - breakingnews.comIsrael Defense Forces says 8 rockets have been fired from Gaza since cease-fire was broken, 2 of which were intercepted by Iron Dome - @IDFSpokesperson
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Hack Read
A hacker going with the handle of SaLemHaCker has hacked and defaced the official Delaware treasury’s website yesterday. Hacker left a deface page along with a message against Israeli bombing on Gaza strip. Hacker also vowed to ta... -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Breaking news on terrorism - breakingnews.comDoctor who was once a 'Canadian Idol' contestant is found not guilty on terrorism charges - @CdnPress
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from THN : The Hacker NewsA Senior cryptography expert has claimed multiple issues with PGP email encryption - an open source end-to-end encryption to secure email. Before continuing, I would like to clarify that covering this topic doesn't mean you should stop u...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsThe Internet of Things is coming; is your security program in place? If not, it's time to start the planning process.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismFormer 'Canadian Idol' contestant found not guilty in terrorism case
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Breaking news on terrorism - breakingnews.comUS State Department places Islamist Palestinian group based in Gaza on terrorist black list - @AFP
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from ThreatpostFacebook published numbers today that demonstrate the pervasiveness of encryption on the web; the social network said 95 percent of its notification emails are encrypted with Perfect Forward Secrecy, up from 29 percent in May.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Dark Reading:A few apparent pranks, practice DDoS attacks, and other mischievous activities were spotted on the Black Hat USA wireless network in Las Vegas this month.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismIraqi military clashes with militants outside city of insurgent-held city of Tikrit
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Dark Reading:Mobile apps are posing expanding risks to both enterprises and their customers. But maybe being paranoid about mobile is actually healthy for security.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from National Cybersecurity Institute
The relentless assault by hackers on the cyber systems of the nation continues to escalate as news comes of yet another cyber breach that will affect millions of Americans. According to just-released information, Community Health Systems... -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismUS puts Gaza-based extremist group on terrorism blacklist
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Security News
Pro-Vision Distribution, the UK distributor of branded CCTV and access control equipment, can now offer customers Redvision’s new 40x optical zoom domes. The post Redvision 40x RVX Series Domes Domes Now Available appeared first on Secur... -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityYou can thank Edward Snowden for one thing, he has single handedly given almost every security vendor on the planet an obvious starting point when it comes to conversations with customers and investors. The heightened awareness about the...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from ThreatpostThe Community Health Systems data breach has been tied to a Chinese APT gang that has branched out to medical espionage, stealing patient data in an effort to target intelligence on medical device development.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsThe Community Health data breach exposed the personal data of 4.5 million patients of the healthcare entity, opening up potential regulatory issues.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedThe hackers stole patients' names, addresses, birthdates, phone numbers and Social Security numbers.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Security News
Vanderbilt Industries today announced the introduction of lite blue™, a new 2-door web-based access control system with expansion capabilities to 8 devices. The post Vanderbilt Announces New lite blue™ Access Control Solution appeared fi... -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from RSS for TerrorismSaudi courts convicts 14 on terrorism charges, sentences 1 to death and others to prison
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from News BlogWhen Ning Guo was sentenced to prison earlier this year, it marked one of the final chapters in a massive international counterfeit goods smuggling case—one of the largest ever charged by the Department of Justice—in which criminals atte...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Security News
UCL has broken new ground by becoming the first University to be third party certificated to carry out Life Safety Fire Risk Assessments through NSI. The post UCL First for In-house Security Certification appeared first on Security News . -
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityAs the DevOps movement gains traction in the enterprise space, here are five pitfalls CIOs need to avoid to make it work for the business
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been hacked three times in the past three years, a report has revealed
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Infosecurity - Latest News
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityFATCA is America's Most Ambitious Law, Will Cost More Than it Brings In, Yet is Branding the World With American Transparency. It's America's Financial Manifest Destiny.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Forbes - SecurityApple has emerged as a rare voice of reason in the war of words between China and the west over cyber security, with word that the global tech giant has decided to host some of its users’ personal data on Chinese-based computers. Apple’s...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/18/14 Law enforcement Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Federal officials are considering placing restrictions on the 1990 Department of Defense Excess Property ( 1033 ) Program which authorized the Pen...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 from Homeland Security News Wire8/18/14 Terrorism Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Today, young Europeans who regularly visit Yemen and Syria are often suspected of aiding terrorism, forcing security officials in Europe to track their ...
