In December 2012, and again in February of this year, a couple of highly coordinated cyberattacks targeted two Middle Eastern banks—Oman’s Bank of Muscat and the United Arab Emirates’ Bank of Ras Al Khaimah—in a $45-million heist that evidently surprised the shit out of authorities and “impressed” cybercrime expertsworldwide. It…
Team Ghostshell leaks 1.6 million accounts under #ProjectWhiteFox
Team Ghostshell a Hacktivists group of hackers, who before was in news for hacking Major Universities Around The Globe and leaked 120,000 records, are once again hit major organisations and expose around 1.6 million accounts Hacker name the project as #ProjectWhiteFox , means “Freedom of Information” . These leaked 1.6 millions user…
FEMA approves more than $200 million in Sandy assistance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Sandy damage A little more than a week after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the east coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved more than $200 million in assistance money for than a quarter of a million people in the…
ManTech lands $9 million to continue supporting CBP’s non-intrusive inspection division
Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Terry Ryan DHS has awarded ManTech International Corp. contract to provide program management and technical support to CBP’s office of field operations within its non-intrusive inspection (NII) division. he firm-fixed-price contract has a one-year period of performance plus four option years, and has a value of…
Aitech lands $1 million contract extension as enhanced imaging subsystem provider for UAV program
Top Priority Sector: communications Image Caption: Moshe Tal Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a supplier of ruggedized, embedded, mission-critical computing technologies for military, defense, aerospace and satellite applications, announced on Nov. 1 a contract award to continue to provide the payload processor subsystem for a well-known unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program….
Over $1 million worth of marijuana hidden in coax cable seized
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Seized coax cable spool Larry the Cable Guy, he wasn’t, but a man transporting several big spools of coaxial cable in Texas was found to have hidden over $1 million worth of drugs in the reels of wire in the back of…
Motorola Solutions contributes $15 million to the National Law Enforcement Museum
Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Greg Brown, CEOMotorola Solutions The National Law Enforcement Museum, which currently is under construction in Washington and planned to open in 2015, has received a $15 million contribution from Motorola Solutions, Inc. and the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions. Homepage position: 10…
Cutter Resolute bags $35 million in drugs, saves smugglers
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Resolute offloadsseized drugs The Coast Guard’s 210-foot Cutter Resolute, returned to its home port in Florida on Oct. 7 after saving four drug smugglers, helping find a lost cruise ship passenger and confiscating $35 million in drugs. The ship’s 10-week deployment, said…
Senstar delivers $3.4 million perimeter detection system to Latin American oil facilities
Top Priority Sector: perimeter_protection Image Caption: Senstar’s OmniTrax Senstar Andina announced on Oct. 4 the sale of more than $3.4 million worth of perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) to protect oil facilities in Latin America. The project includes the protection of 125 oil wells and two operations centers. “Senstar Andina…
Decision Sciences wins $2.7 million DHS contract for nuclear and radiological imaging
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Decision Sciences International Corp., an advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, announced on Sept. 26 that it has been awarded a research and development contract by the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) for an Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) of its Multi-Mode Passive Detection System…