A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security tells Reuters that government experts are now investigating upwards of two dozen instances in which high-tech medical products may be prone to hackers. “It isn’t out of the realm of the […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
CBP buys a dozen mountain bikes for Border Patrol units in Texas
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: border_security CBP has awarded a contract worth just over $27,000 to View full post on The Cyber Wars
CDC providing support as Ebola outbreak in Congo claims three dozen
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Haut-Uélé district The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention continues to provide laboratory resources and personnel to help battle a growing outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak of the…
IRS unearths Dirty Dozen tax scams of 2012
The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams the agency say tend t osurface around tax season each year. "Taxpayers should be careful and avoid falling into a trap with the Dirty Dozen," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman in a statement. "Scam artists will…
F-Secure: ‘Several dozen’ malware threats to Mac in 2011
More than before, but not consummate with growth The Mac platform saw a modest increase in malware outbreaks in 2011 over years past, but still “a small fraction” when compared to Windows, said security firm F-Secure. It added that while malware attacks were increasing, the rate of increase was not…