Security provider ManTech buys HBGary to battle advanced threats

National security tech provider ManTech International is buying HBGary Inc., with an eye toward its software that fights advanced persistent threats and other malware. In addition to its technology, HBGary also has a customer list including financial services, energy, critical infrastructure and technology businesses. ManTech caters mainly to government agencies,…

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European Internet campaigners battle ACTA

A controversial international accord billed as a way to beat online piracy has sparked a fightback led by Internet users in ex-communist countries who say the region's past underlines the need to defend freedom. View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…

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Video: Cop car vs. motorcycle drift battle

By PoliceOne Staff A stunt video called "Motorcycle vs. Car Drift" hit YouTube in January of last year, and the newly-released sequel features a cop car. In the video found on Auto Evolution, a 550 HP Mustang Cobra cruiser chases two motorcycles. Several shots show both the bikes and the…

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Retired NY cop wins 9/11 flag battle

By PoliceOne Staff CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A retired New York cop whose homeowner’s association said to remove a commemorative 9/11 flag has won the battle to display it. According to a letter the homeowner’s association sent to Ground Zero responder Richard Wentz, the flag detracted from the aesthetic harmony…

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New tool to help SMEs battle cybercrime

With hackers increasingly setting their sights on small businesses, the US Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday it will provide an online tool to help those businesses develop a cybersecurity strategy to battle cybercrime. The Small Biz Cyber Planner will ask a series of questions such as “does your business use…

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Will: Pentagon rattled by budget battle

It must take some getting used to. Leon Panetta, the secretary of defense, knows the Pentagon is under 24-hour cyber siege. There constantly are thousands of what he calls “exploitive” cyber probes from nations “pulsing the system,” trying to devise tools to disrupt the control systems without which complex societies…

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