- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsRussian Government official news agency TASS is reporting that deck-based fighter jets of Russia’s Northern Fleet held tactical exercises with air-to-air missile launches over the Barents Sea. Read More
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKLatest updates and summary of the UK's humanitarian repsonse to the Nepal earthquake.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2015 DARPA's Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in February its most successful round ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsAfter issuing an international request for proposals (RFP), the US Coast Guard has chosen Sagem (Safran)'s new attitude and heading reference system, BlueNaute®, to modernize a dozen of its ocean-going ships. About a dozen Juniper WLB cl...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2015 Orbit Logic has signed a contract for a Phase II SBIR extension sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for continued development of a flexible and scalable Autonomous Planning System (APS) a...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsAfter the conversions of SA-3 (S-125) to surface-to-surface missiles, Libya Dawn coalition surprises the world again with the installation of Russian SA-6 Gainful (2K12 Kub) SAM on a Italian made Puma 6x6 Armored Personnel Carrier...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RealClearDefense - HomepageEverstine, Defense News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowConstruction of the new Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) in Singapore is now underway, following the completion of initial ground-breaking works. Due to open in the first quarter of 2016, the new facility will offer type rating and rec...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Defence News and UK Military NewsGovernment listening post gathered legally-privileged communications between Sami al Saadi and his lawyers, says watchdog the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Asian Defence NewsThe Air Force’s secret robot space plane is going to try out a new engine. The X-37B has so far spent a total of 1367 days tooling around in Earth’s orbit, doing classified things. Yesterday, the Air Force Research Lab announced that on ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily NewsPresident Barack Obama nominated the U.S. Coast Guard's second-in-command on Tuesday to run the Transportation Security Administration.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Military & DefenseBad news for journalists: Freedom House published its 35th annual Freedom of the Press Report today and among its chief findings was that press freedom has declined over the past year to a 10 year low. Even worse, the rate of decline acc...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressNew Delhi (XNA) Apr 29, 2015 India will launch a new naval stealth destroyer in Mumbai Sunday, sources said Friday. The new warship, Visakhapatnam, is named after a port city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and it will be ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressLondon (UPI) Apr 28, 2015 BAE Systems has adapted Formula One race car technology for tracked CV90 armored vehicles, increasing their speed and stability. The technology, called Active Damping, is an upgrade for CV90s and the results are...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RealClearDefense - HomepageNakashima, Washington Post
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKThe Military Aviation Authority (MAA) NPA table provides information of proposed changes in regulations and release date.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKMAA issuing of an NPA allows a consultation period to be undertaken on a proposed amendment or the implementation of new regulation.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RealClearDefense - HomepageNBC News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsOn April 28, a new batch of non-lethal equipment, including night-vision goggles, was transferred to the Ukrainian National Guard during a media event in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration attended the ev...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily NewsThe continent's largest grouse species is causing a headache for the world's mightiest military.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2015 Russian defense officials' plans to build a supercarrier have been scrutinized at home and abroad. However, the idea could have a surprisingly practical side. A new article in Newsweek rekindled rumors from ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowVega Flight VV05 The Sentinel-2A satellite on Arianespace's next Vega mission is being readied for pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport, which will enable this European Earth observation platform to be orbited in June from French Guiana....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from RealClearDefense - HomepageKris Osborn, Defense Tech
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressDusseldorf, Germany (UPI) Apr 28, 2015 Cockpit simulation trainers for NH90 helicopters of the German Army are being upgraded by the Simulation and Training business of Rheinmetall Defense. The upgrade ordered by Germany's defense procur...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsThe T-90A also called T-90M or T-90S is a Russian-made main battle tank and the successor of the standard T-90. T-90As entered service in 2005, replacing the aging T-72s and T-80s and forming the backbone of Russian ground forces. Russia...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2015 Expect China to respond with counter measures if the US goes ahead with placing their THAAD battery in South Korea, warned a senior researcher at the state-run China Institute of International Studies. Teng ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Defence News and UK Military NewsThe Foreign Secretary says RAF Chinook helicopters will be sent to Nepal to join international relief efforts
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsTuesday, April 28, 2015, the Pacific Fleet (PF) Coastal Troops’ formation of Russian Armed Forces held the first launch from the new missile system ‘Bal’, which came into the brigade’service at the end of last year. The Bal-E is a ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ottawa Citizen » Defence Watch
Approximately 6,750 military personnel from the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the United States and the United Kingdom are taking part in the largest Canadian Army exercise of the year at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Ce... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily NewsIn a map released by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to show the fictitious battlefield of the Jade Helm 15 training exercise, Texas was labeled as "hostile" territory.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DefenceReport
29 April 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen It is not big news to say that the situation in and around Baltic Sea has tensions. Last October, the Swedish Navy was on the hunt for a phantom submarine. There has been plenty of ... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Asian Defence News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowJena/Wedel - The Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems division will provide mobile power generators to US company Raytheon for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system. The overall order should be completed probably within t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily NewsA patio chair smashed the sandwich shop window. Glass fell around Midshipman Brad Kadlubowski, seated before a window Saturday at a Subway in Baltimore.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Asian Defence NewsPakistani ISI arm now morphing into Islamic State in Afghanistan Pakistanis again creating problems in Jalalabad (biggest Afghan city nearest to Pakistan border before Kabul) Pres #Ghani is still in #Jalalabad the city is locked and...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsFrench President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday he would increase the country's defence budget by 3.8 billion euros over four years from 2016 to ensure the army had the capacity to deal with threats at home and handle overseas opera...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Military NewsThe University of Florida chapter of Zeta Beta Tau has been shut down due to allegations that its members drunkenly insulted and spat at a group of disabled veterans at a Panama City Beach resort. Read the original story: College student...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ASDNews.com: Be the first to knowArianespace, Arabsat and King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced today the signature of a launch service contract for the Hellasat-4/Saudi Geo Satellite-1 satellite. The satellite will be built by Lockheed Marti...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressElishku, China (AFP) Apr 28, 2015 In the months since the carnage in Elishku, the village has acquired an Orwellian atmosphere, with loudspeakers perched atop 10-metre poles throughout the village blaring Chinese government propaganda on...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ministry of Defence - Activity on GOV.UKRoyal Air Force (RAF) operational low flying training timetables in 3 areas of the UK.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Defence NewsThe BTR-MDM Rakushka is a further development of the BTR-MD airborne tracked multi-role armoured vehicle. The BTR-MDM was unveiled for the first time during the at the 9th International Exhibition of Arms, Military Equipment and Ammuniti...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
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- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Military & DefenseIran's boarding of a Marshall Islands flagged-vessel on Tuesday was the second incident in the Strait of Hormuz in less than a week. On April 24, a US-flagged ship was intercepted by four vessels belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard N...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from StrategyPage.com
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from SpaceWar ExpressWashington (AFP) Apr 28, 2015 The United States and Japan sought to reinvigorate their 70-year alliance in the face of China's growing clout Tuesday, with President Barack Obama welcoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. Voi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Daily NewsThe University of Florida closed a fraternity after allegations members hurled drunken insults and spat at disabled veterans.,The University of Florida closed a fraternity Tuesday after allegations that its members hurled drunken insults...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Asian Defence NewsThe Russian space agency Roscosmos is scrambling to regain control of a robotic Progress 59 cargo ship that appears to have suffered a serious malfunction shortly after launching into orbit early today (April 28). Video from the Progress...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ThreatpostGoogle is rolling out a new extension for Chrome that will monitor users’ logins and warn them if they enter a Google password on a non-Google page, a move designed to help protect users against phishing attacks. The new extension,...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ThreatpostMalware that uses macros as part of its infection method has been around for more than a decade, and was one of the first major techniques to drive changes at software vendors such as Microsoft. The tactic has been making a comeback of l...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosHere it is: the latest "Dirty Dozen". Our SPAMPIONSHIP tables detail the globe's most dastardly distributors of delinquent data during the first quarter of 2015.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ThreatpostDennis Fisher talks with Jennifer Leggio, a longtime player in security PR and marketing, about her start as an obituary writer in Southern California, her move into tech in the Bay Area, what she loves about working in security and what...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosChina's Great Firewall has been intercepting the Javascript module from Facebook Login, redirecting users to an unexpected pair of websites.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Naked Security - Sophos"Jerky" movement can be caused by tampering with packets. Not a good adjective when you're talking about surgery!
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosA Texas judge has been chewed out for making Facebook posts about a case that resulted in a mistrial, and has been ordered to get trained on "proper and ethical use of social media" by judges.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Round Rock, TX, April 28 – Dell has announced the release of the new SonicWALL TZ Series firewalls. Featuring a dramatic increase in network performance to support faster Internet speeds, t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security New York, April 28 – With cyber risk rapidly becoming a top-of-mind concern for senior executives and boards across industry segments, American International Group (NYSE: AIG) has announced key n...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: perimeter_protection The new B9512G G Series Control Panel from Bosch Security Systems, Inc. has won the Best in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions award in the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) 2...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Register - SecuritySOAP scum dirties D-Link, TRENDnet and maybe more Twenty months of optimism has come to nought, so the Zero Day Initiative has gone public with a vulnerability in the Realtek SDK that's inherited by at least two broadband router vendors.…
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: maritime_port_security San Diego, CA – U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administrator Paul N. Jaenichen joined Federal, Congressional, state and local officials to launch the Isla Bella, the world’s...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: access_control_identification San Diego, CA, April 28 – a major provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) and advanced mass notification systems, has announced orders from the United States Navy to...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Peter Neffenger Washington, DC, April 28 – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger as Assistant Secretary for the Tran...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security San Francisco, April 23 – Tripwire, Inc. , a global provider of advanced threat, security and compliance solutions, has announced that Homepage position: 1 read more
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection By Lorrie Barclay In January, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought State of Emergency and directed state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for water shor...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Washington, D.C., April 28 – A recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) survey found that nearly 60 percent of American adults have not practiced what to d...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Government Security NewsTop Priority Sector: cyber_security Toronto, Canada, April 28 – SecureKey Technologies has announced that it renewed its contract for 2015 with the U.S. Postal Service to enable its U.S. FedRAMP-certified briidge.net Exc...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedDespite the growing importance of applications, the application layer is a "black hole" of enterprise security, says company's co-founder.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from ThreatpostCriminal group is utilizing a changing series of Internet protocol addresses, domains and gates in order to infect its victims with the Fiesta exploit kit.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - SecurityNe'er-do-wells: 'Hey.' Dumb servers: 'WHAT?' Targets: 'AAARGH' DDoS attacks have grown in volume yet again with 25 attacks larger than 100Gbps globally in Q1 2015, according to the latest stats from DDoS mitigation firm Arbor Networks.…
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from ThreatpostEmail delivery service provider SendGrid admitted that hackers had accessed several internal systems, refuting reports earlier this month that the attack was an isolated incident.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from ThreatpostWordPress quickly turned around a patch for a stored cross-site scripting zero-day vulnerability in the CMS' core engine.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from eSecurityPlanet RSS FeedNetskope also recently found that almost a quarter of all logins to CRM apps come from compromised credentials.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - SecurityReality doesn't work like that, say crypto-bods Analysis At last week's RSA security conference, the halls were full of government speakers telling the tech community that it must do the impossible: invent a form of encryption that's s...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsAn open source threat model is aiming to be a repository for risk assessment with the aim of allowing enterprise to focus on creating the right security controls for each business.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosRomanian authorities have announced the arrests of 25 people in connection with a well-organised operation using cloned bank cards to withdraw cash from ATMs.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from ThreatpostThe manufacturer of a popular projector found primarily in classrooms is neglecting to address several authentication bugs that exist in the device that could open it up to hacks.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsSome people think bug bounty programs are the answers to vulnerability woes, yet others remain skeptical of the negative impacts they present. RSA Conference panelists discussed both sides of one of today's hottest and most controversial...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily NewsA panel discussion at RSA Conference 2015 outlined strategic methods enterprises can use to build and advocate for an insider threat program.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from ThreatpostMozilla is removing a Turkish root CA from the Firefox trust store, not because of a compromise or a mistakenly issued certificate, but because the certificate authority hasn’t lived up to the audit requirements Mozilla has for tru...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosAs Baltimore exploded in violent anti-police riots on Monday, the FBI was warning police officers and public officials across the US to be aware of targeted cyberattacks from hacktivists.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosGoogle's getting a lot of publicity for "Project Fi," which will let you roam between 3G/LTE and Wi-Fi. Back through Google, of course...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/26/15 Cybersecurity Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Reports that Russian hackers gained access to unclassified e-mails to and from President Barack Obama during last October’s White House e-mail...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Border security Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Senior officials from ten federal agencies and organizations joined private sector firms to address border security challenges and opportunities a...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 CBP Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Customs and Border Protection Internal Affairs ( CBP IA ) created a new division named the Threat Mitigation Division ( TMD ). According to an internal docume...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Face recognition Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Face recognition security on smartphones can be significantly improved if users store an “average” photo of themselves, according to new research...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Basic research Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Last year was a notable one for scientific achievements: In 2014, European researchers discovered a fundamental new particle that sheds light on th...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 STEM education Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments The United States will make little progress toward changing the predominately white-male face of its science and technology workforce until higher ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Quick takes // By Ben Frankel Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) is a leading critic of immigration reform which would legalize the status of undocumented immigran...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Coastal infrastructure Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments By 2100, sea levels could rise by as much as six feet. Miami Beach, with its dense population and low altitude, is on the list of U.S. citi...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Homeland Security News Wire4/27/15 Climate Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carb...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - Security'Account takeover was an isolated incident', insists firm Marketing email distribution service SendGrid is asking customers to switch passwords after admitting it got hacked .…
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Naked Security - SophosThese pranks are pretty easy to pull, and Google's got its work cut out when it comes to blocking vandalism.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - Security25 people arrested over international cash-slurp operation Romanian police have arrested 25 people who are suspected of being part of a cyber-crime gang that organised $15m in fraudulent bank withdrawals.…
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - Security88,000 online outlets vulnerable, say CheckPoint peeps Hacker Netanel Rubin has found a critical remote vulnerability in Ebay's web commerce platform Magento that affects 88,000 shops and allows buyers to purchase anything for free, and ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Terrorism in the UKAnis Abid Sardar, 38, from north-west London, denies murdering Sergeant First Class Randy Johnson in a roadside bombing
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from RSS for TerrorismBoston Marathon bomber's lawyer urges jury to spare his life, says he was once 'a good kid'
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Register - SecurityBig banks' apps borked by silly certificate SNAFU Some 25,000 iOS apps are exposed to man-in-the-middle attacks thanks to vulnerabilities in the popular AFNetworking library.…
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Top Military, Defense & Security TweetsPolish border guards refuse entry for 10 Russian bikers: http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/polish-border-guards-refuse-entry-for-10-russian-bikers-1.342554 …
