- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Defense Industry DailyAmericas Brazilian prosecutors will investigate the country’s $5.4 billion Gripen deal, signed with Saab in October last year. The probe is reportedly focused on a $900 million disparity between Saab’s 2009 bid price and the ...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsDefence bases in Sydney, near Adelaide and Toowoomba are on a $1.4 billion sale hit-list following a sweeping review of defence department assets. The Royal Australian Airforce Base at Richmond in Sydney's West, the Woodside Army Barrack...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Security - News and Defence HeadlinesThe Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are co-hosting the inaugural meeting of a global forum aimed at developing recommendations to improve civil...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Asian Defence NewsISIS Executed A Person in Hamah Charges of Cursing God Jury judge and executioner.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowRockwell Collins' ARINC Border Management solution, recently implemented at all international airports in North and South Vietnam, is delivering notable results for the country. Pre-clearance of passenger information has resulted in a 90...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowNow you can learn at your own pace, when you have time from your desktop...at your home office or at work. Our e-Seminars are completely updated to reflect the new ECR changes that began on October 15, 2013 as well as those that will go ...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsNot until April 9, when hackers attacked the French channel TV5 Monde, did the looming threats in cyberspace become evident. The growing pervasion of the real world by the digital does not only create opportunities for prosperity, knowle...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Defence News and Defence HeadlinesThe Libya Dawn coalition has moved three MiG-25 interceptors to the air base in the coastal city of Misratah, satellite imagery shows. Google Earth imagery from 31 January shows one MiG-25 at the southern apron at the base and three on 2...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from DefenseChina may be able to take out an American aircraft carrier with its feared DF-21 antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) without even taking a shot. Ares read more
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from IHS Jane's 360: Global Defence News and Defence HeadlinesUS Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) expects to move away from system replacements and focus more on becoming a lead integrator for system upgrades. Demands for mission capability are increasing and costs for using aircraft over the las...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Ottawa Citizen » Defence Watch
Rejecting pleas for mercy, a federal judge on Monday sentenced former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison and three others to 30-year terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wo... - Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Defense-UpdateIsrael at Aero India 2015
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My Defense News colleague Andrew Chuter has some more details on the offset agreement that Lockheed Martin is putting in place with South Korea for its purchase of the F-35. Lockheed Martin has agreed to the deal with South Korea for the... - Monday, April 13, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowBoeing [NYSE:BA] Business Jets (BBJ) announced today that the company is studying offerability of a BBJ Combi, allowing customers to have a split configuration of both passengers and cargo at the same time. The study was announced at the...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Military & DefenseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison for murder in connection with the 2007 massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqis, closing a chapter of the US...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Asian Defence News
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowBoeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first of 10 upgraded aircraft diagnostic and maintenance systems to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The devices, used for servicing military aircraft, consolidate depot level testing into a single stat...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Defense Daily NetworkThe Navy plans to conduct a three-day demonstration later this month of new F/A-18 flight control software designed to simplify aircraft carrier landings, a service official said April 13. The test will occur aboard an undisclosed carrie...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from American Forces Press Service News FeedThe Defense Department announced that Canada will be joining the DoD-State Department initiative to help train members of the Ukrainian National Guard, which was announced last month.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Defence News and UK Military NewsA Buckingham Palace guard is left red-faced after slipping in front of hundreds of tourists as he took up position in his sentry box
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Defence News and UK Military NewsRussian military experts are attending Exercise Joint Warrior, which is designed to show Nato strength in the face of increased aggression from Vladimir Putin
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) unveiled its Next Generation Launch System (NGLS) today at the 31 st Space Symposium. The new rocket, Vulcan, will transform the future of space by making launch services more affordable and accessible. The N...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from DefenseIndia is rethinking its long-delayed 126-aircraft Medium-Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal, and may opt to scrap the fighter purchase in favor of government-to-government sales. read more
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsDUBBO residents were treated to an up close and up high experience when the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) balloon visited the city at the weekend. The skilled team offered tethered flights at Ollie Robbins Oval on Saturday and Sunday...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Military NewsThe post Top Ten Military Shooter Games appeared first on Military News .
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from National Defense BlogAuthor: Brian Taylor As military budgets stay flat and threats around the world increase, the Marine Corps must better balance its deployed and non-deployed forces, said the service’s commandant April 13.
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- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World Defence NewsGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) at the Navy League’s 2015 Sea-Air-Space Exposition is showcasing for the first time a detailed Ohio Replacement scale model. The Ohio Replacement design maximizes commonality with the existing Ohio a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from World Defence NewsDuring SAS ’15, held until April 15 in National Harbor, Daisy Data Displays, a hazardous location and ruggedized computer manufacturer based in York, PA, unveiled a brand-new highly adaptable range of PC specific to military applications...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsAt a meeting that took place in Beijing in January 2015, Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping called upon People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers to start "a new phase of military diplomacy." Durin...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from World Defence NewsFor the first time ever, the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle-Innovative Naval Prototype (LDUUV-INP) is on display to the public during the Sea-Air-Space Exposition, at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) booth. Read More
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from American Forces Press Service News FeedU.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from DefenceTalk News and Videos
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from American Forces Press Service News FeedThe remains of up to 388 unaccounted-for sailors and Marines associated with the USS Oklahoma will be exhumed later this year for analysis that could lead to identifying most of them.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from National Defense BlogAuthor: Brian Taylor Budgetary pressures are forcing the military to get more creative and employ innovative solutions to current problems, said maritime service chiefs April 13.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsNew York: Chinese, Russian and Saudi Arabian defence spending increased the most last year while United States defence spending fell, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. China's defence spending...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKMinistry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 13 April 2015.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Defense Daily NetworkTactical data communications solutions and product provider IXI Technology on Monday said it has acquired RioTech Corp., expanding its current testing capabilities and contract manufacturing support with turnkey product, engineering serv...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from African Defence Review
ADR's JOSEPH HAMMOND speaks with Antonio Muchanga, spokesperson and parliamentary representative for Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, or RENAMO. - Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsFireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) has accused a hacking group for carrying out cyber-terrorism across Southeast Asia and India for over 10 years, most likely at the behest of the Chinese government. The group has been dubbed "APT30" by FireEye, ...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Latest Defence and Industry NewsBRENDAN TREMBATH: The US is putting more boots on the ground in Northern Australia with another deployment of US marines to the Top End. This year's rotation comprises about 1,150 marines who'll be stationed in Darwin. Sara Everingham re...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from World Defence NewsLockheed Martin announced today at Sea-Air-Space 2015, which is held from 13-15 April at National Harbor, the successful first flight of a US Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft fitted with Lockheed's Sniper Advanced Tar...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Breaking DefenseNATIONAL HARBOR, MD: Amidst unabated budget gloom, Navy and Marine leaders aren’t looking for salvation in big new programs. They’re “repurposing and reusing existing capabilities” to get the maximum out of existi...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Military & DefenseLast October, a 28-year-old Lebanese man named Muhamed Amadar was arrested in Lima, Peru. He was alone and hadn't left his apartment for weeks. A search of his apartment found TNT and other chemicals used for making explosives. The...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Asian Defence NewsBeggars and Loan takers cannot be choosers of whether they will take part in the Yemen war. Arabs want the lives of cheap Pakistani Army soldiers for victory in Yemen. UAE threatens #Pakistan of 'heavy price'. More funding to the extremi...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsMicrosoft's April 2015 Patch Tuesday release is lighter than usual with 11 total bulletins, but experts say that system admins should immediately install a critical HTTP.sys patch for Windows Server.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostApple recently fixed a cookie vulnerability that existed in all versions of Safari - iOS, OS X, and Windows - that may have affected 1 billion devices.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostMicrosoft and Adobe released security bulletins addressing critical vulnerabilities in their respective products.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostDell released its annual threat report yesterday, ringing the alarm bells on point-of-sale and industrial control system attack in 2014 and beyond.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostGoogle has released Chrome 42, a major security upgrade to the browser that includes patches for 45 vulnerabilities. The latest version of Chrome carries with it fixes for a number of high-severity bugs, including a cross-origin bypass i...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostData breaches are expensive to victim organizations, but that cost is going down, according to Verizon, which today released its annual Data Breach Investigations Report.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedBoth operations required coordination between government agencies and private sector partners.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostIt’s an interesting time for certificate authorities. On the one hand, interest has never been higher in Web encryption, privacy and transport security, thanks to Edward Snowden. But on the other hand, the last few years has seen a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsThe new 'Redirect to SMB' vulnerability is an update to an 18-year-old flaw that can lead to man-in-the-middle attacks on all versions of Windows.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsA '60 Minutes' interview Sunday revealed that not only did Sony Pictures fall victim to well-known, off-the-shelf malware, but that the attackers also destroyed thousands of computers and servers after stealing the data.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostThe US-CERT is warning administrators and network operators that a misconfiguration issue with some DNS servers that has been known about for more than 15 years and can give attackers detailed information about DNS zones is coming back a...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedSurfWatch Labs' SaaS platform makes security information intelligible to business execs.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostResearch on the economics of the zero-day market conducted by HackerOne, MIT, Harvard and Facebook will be presented at RSA Conference.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosJust under three weeks ago, we wrote about a TLS certificate blunder by a Root Certificate Authority called CNNIC. We thought we'd revisit that story today to see how the Big Four browser makers responded to the lapse...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityA study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Resilience Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In 2011 St. John’s Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri was devastated by one of the most ferocious tornadoes in U.S history. Today, Mercy Hospital...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Earthquake early warning Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems f...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Epidemics Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In an effort to prevent an Ebola-like disease outbreak in North Africa and the Middle East, Dr. Peter Hotez, a U.S. science envoy, is leading a governme...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Bunker busting Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments When a missile or meteor strikes the earth, the havoc above ground is obvious, but the details of what happens below ground are harder to see....
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Energy Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In the four years following the 2008 recession, the coal industry lost more than 49,000 jobs, while the natural gas, solar, and wind industries together cr...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/13/15 Water Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Following Californian governor Jerry Brown’s decision to enforce mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history, Californians are planning for c...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosHe's been charged with trespassing on his school's computer system after snooping away an administrative password and swapping a teacher's desktop wallpaper with an image of two men kissing.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosThe web is getting deeper and darker, and starting this Friday, Memex will begin to give everyone a chance to lift the veil a little.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosHBO says that preview copies of Game of Thrones have somehow been breached. They'd already been copied at least 1 million times before Sunday's airing of the new season's first episode.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ThreatpostIn early December, as most people were dealing with the stress of looking for the perfect holiday gifts and planning out their upcoming celebrations, police officers in a small New England town were under a different sort of pressure. Th...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityThere was a 40% increase in the number of large companies targeted by cyber attacks in 2014, according to Symantec
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityWhat is the role of information security professionals in handling uncomfortable truths about data security from internal auditors?
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityRising cyber crime suggests criminal law does not deter criminals and that a better legal solution is required to prevent further rises
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification Atlanta & Chicago, April 13 – LexisNexis ® Risk Solutions has announced that the company will exhibit at HIMSS 2015, showcasing the importance of successfully aggregating...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Washington, April 13 – In response to the findings of investigations into the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, and following a thorough evaluation of recommendations from industry ...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsIn its 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon debuts data breach cost estimates based on newly available data, and also advocates for better threat intelligence sharing among different industries facing common threats.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Washington, April 13 – The annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge will take place April 17-18 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. This year’s comp...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Las Vegas, NV, April 13 – Panasonic, an industry provider of reliable and innovative mobile computers since 1996, has announced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show upd...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification Cranbury, NJ and Seoul, Korea, April 14 – IRIS ID Systems Inc. has received Lenel factory certification and joined the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP). IRIS ID’s IrisAcces...
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Las Vegas – At ISC West 2015, Bosch Security Systems, Inc. will introduce the new G Series, a powerful multifunctional security control panel that provides combined UL intrusion and fire...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedThe episodes were downloaded over a million times in less than a day.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ThreatpostTo bolster security, banks in New York are planning to enact new regulations for any third party vendors they do business with.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from THN : The Hacker NewsA State-sponsored Cyber Espionage Group -- most likely linked to the Chinese government becomes the first group to target the so-called "Air-Gapped Networks" that aren't directly connected to the Internet. What are Air-Gapped systems? Ai...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsExperts have split opinions regarding the correct methodology for counting vulnerabilities, but all agree that focusing on numbers can mask real cybersecurity risks.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityLiberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and the Green Party support tighter controls on government surveillance after Snowden's revelations
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityIT security firm FireEye claims to have uncovered a decade-long cyber espionage campaign against firms in south-east Asia and India
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosBelkin is the latest router vendor to be found relying on "non-secret secrets." Paul Ducklin looks at the router equivalent of locking the key to the company safe in the top drawer of your desk...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosAs tech firms, privacy groups and citizens continue to balk at government surveillance, the NSA has come up with an interesting proposal for a multi-part encryption key.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Cybersecurity on Huffington Post
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from THN : The Hacker NewsAfter the last year's scary celebrities nude photo leaks incident 'The Fappening' and 'The Spanning', we thought that the celebs private pictures and contents are finally safe due to tight security provided by various cloud service provi...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from ComputerWeekly: IT securityThe Liberal Democrats want to introduce a digital bill of rights to give people control over their own data and to criminalise corporate data theft
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from THN : The Hacker NewsWhat if you get into the bank account of the World’s most richest person? Maybe it could be difficult for you as well as I. But not for this guy… ...Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov, a Bulgarian hacker, who hacked into the ATM and stole thou...
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from THN : The Hacker NewsPerhaps you have heard about "Net Neutrality," and the recent controversies over it in India. But first let’s understand What does Net Neutrality mean? Net Neutrality is simply the Internet Freedom — Free, Fast and Open Internet for all....
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosAmazon is suing four websites that sell fake 4 and 5 star reviews for trademark infringement, false advertising and cybersquatting.
- Monday, April 13, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosTwitter confirmed that its violations department had suspended some 10,000 accounts on 2 April “for tweeting violent threats".
