Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The US security agency will request tourists provide social media handles when filling in immigration forms Digital privacy advocates in the US are taking a stand against a new proposal by the Department of Homeland Security that would ask foreign The…
Privacy advocates rail against US Homeland Security’s Twitter, Facebook snooping
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A proposal to ask people to provide details of their social media accounts before entering the United States has been criticized as “highly invasive” by privacy advocates. A coalition of 28 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Center The…
Homeland Security Wants You to Uninstall QuickTime for Windows
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a strange warning to Windows users: please uninstall QuickTime. Apple announced that they wouldn’t be upgrading the old QuickTime media player software for Windows users (like iTunes, QuickTime has a non-Mac version for Windows users) anymore. Without regular updates, the program…
Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate Announces New Cybersecurity Risk Analysis Tool
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that a fifth cybersecurity technology has been licensed for commercialization as a part of the Cyber Security Division’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program. The TTP program…
Homeland Security Dept. Can Not Combat Cyberattacks As They Struggles to Hire Staff
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON — At a time of increasing threats of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, the Department of Homeland Security is having trouble recruiting much-needed computer experts because it cannot match the pay of the private sector and does not have the same…
‘Stoner hacked CIA Director AND Homeland Security Secretary’: Student leaks private information and claims to have accessed top-secret emails and voicemails
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The FBI is investigating claims two of the highest-ranking national security officials in the US have had their personal emails hacked by a ‘dope smoking’ student hacker. Federal agents are probing reports that the personal accounts of CIA Director John Brennan…
Homeland Security Gives Cyber Crimes Center a Major Upgrade
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s not quite “CSI: Cyber,” but the the United States has its own cyber crimes task force, and its headquarters is getting a major upgrade. The ICE Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Virginia, is getting a 5,000 square-foot forensic laboratory, more…
Dems, GOP senators push cyber bill for Homeland after breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to strengthen the authority of the Homeland Security Department to thwartcyberattackson government networks and websites after a massive government data breach. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has spearheaded cyber legislation in the…
HSI Forensic Laboratory assists in exhibit preparation for “Securing the Homeland — ICE” at the Crime Museum
Top Priority Sector: border_security Recently ICE unveiled a temporary exhibit at the Crime Museum in Washington, D.C. entitled “Securing the Homeland — ICE. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Government Technology & Services Coalition recognizes leaders in homeland and national security community
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative The Government Technology & Services Coalition, of Oakton, VA, an organization for small and mid-sized companies in homeland and national security, has recognized numerous public and private sector leaders and innovators at its Annual Awards. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
