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…
Secret Service envisions more than 22 miles of perimeter fencing at upcoming presidential inauguration
Top Priority Sector: perimeter_protection Image Caption: Presidential inaugurationin Washington in 1989 The U.S. Secret Service has issued a solicitation for a security vendor to manage the installation of all perimeter fencing at the presidential inauguration and surrounding festivities in Washington, DC, in January 2013, and has scheduled a mandatory site…
DARPA emergency response robot runs faster than the fastest human
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: DARPA’s Cheetah A robot under development by the U.S. Defense Department that could be used in a variety of applications, including emergency response missions, can run faster than the fastest human, recently reaching almost 30 miles per hour on a laboratory treadmill….
80+ Australian websites hacked, defaced in less than 48hrs
Normally Australian based websites are not really a big target for hackers but more recently this trend has changed and many of the websites for business, personal and organizations are vulnerable to hacks. View full post on Cyber War News View full post on The Cyber Wars
ICE shares more than $166,000 with Maryland National Guard
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has shared $166,707 in funds during drug investigations with the Maryland National Guard for its assistance in the cases. ICE said the money was seized during lengthy investigations into drug smuggling and money laundering….
DHS buys more than $51,000 worth of riot gear for upcoming national conventions
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders DHS has awarded a small business set-aside contract worth more than $51,000 to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., of Virginia Beach, VA, to supply a slew of riot gear that might be used by the department’s Federal Protective Service if there are protests or riots…
U.S. restrains more than $3 million in alleged corrupt assets of former Nigerian governor
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Ibori Working in with U.K. authorities, ICE and the Department of Justice secured a restraining order against more than $3 million in proceeds in the U.S. held by a former governor in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
16 security problems bigger than Flame
Flame’s man-in-the-middle hash-collision attack is very interesting, I won’t deny. It’s an incredibly complex, chained exploit using MD5 collision, weak vendor digital certificate, WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol) vulnerabilities, and signed malware. This is one for the history books. View full post on Security – Infoworld View full post on…
InfosecIsland: OS X Flashback Botnet Analysis from Symantec – “Utilizing less than 2% of the entire botnet the attackers were able … http://t.co/ZODKe7sI
InfosecIsland: OS X Flashback Botnet Analysis from Symantec – “Utilizing less than 2% of the entire botnet the attackers were able … http://t.co/ZODKe7sI View full post on Twitter / InfosecIsland View full post on National Cyber Security
BitCoin hacked, More than 18,000 Bitcoins Stolen
BitCoin hacked, More than 18,000 Bitcoins Stolen Bitcoinica, a Bitcoin exchange started by a 17-year old teenager Zhou Tong, has been shut down for security investigations. It’s believed that at least 18,000 BTC ($90,000 or 68,000 EUR) have been stolen. <!– adsense –> News of the hack was posted this morning…