Members of the embedded systems hacker collective /dev/ttys0 spend their time playing around with devices like home routers and set-top boxes. They like to see what interesting facts these devices’ proprietary hardware and firmware might reveal. Part of the hackers’ motivation is to get the devices to do things that the…
L-3 Security & Detection Systems products now available through GSA Advantage
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) announced on October 1 that its security screening solutions for people, packages and cargo are now View full post on The Cyber Wars
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Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants control systems using unprotected USB drives as…
Man who broke through airport perimeter fence in Jeep sentenced
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: Kenneth Richard Mazik The 25-year-old man who charged through a fence surrounding the Philadelphia International Airport in a black Jeep Grand Cherokee and lead police on a danger-filled chase down the facility’s runways in March will serve 16 months in prison and…
CBP looked to safety of its agents as Isaac came ashore and pushes through
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: CBP’s Isaac ICP As Hurricane Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast region with drenching rains and 80 mile-per-hour winds the week of Aug. 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection looked to ensure that its personnel manning ports of entry in the affected area…
CBP looked to safety of agents as Isaac came ashore, pushes through
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: CBP’s Isaac ICP As Hurricane Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast region with drenching rains and 80 mile-per-hour winds the week of Aug. 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection looked to insure its personnel manning ports in the affected area were accounted for….
Chicagoan pleads guilty to Al Shabaab aid charges, planned travel from U.S. through Mexico
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Al Shabaab A 28-year-old Chicago man pleaded guilty on July 30 to charges he planned to travel to Somalia to aid terror group Al Shabaab and evade U.S. detection by traveling through Mexico and South America. Shaker Masri pleaded guilty to attempting…
Cross-Browser Malware Spreading Through Facebook (May 21, 2012)
A new piece of malware called LilyJade spreads through Facebook and can infect computers across browsers and across platforms……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Wireline faces tepid revenue growth through 2016, analysts say
Business spending on wireline services will remain essentially flat for years to come, as wireless revenues make modest gains, a newly released telecom market forecast indicates. The U.S. wireline market “will increase slowly,” from revenue of … View full post on National Cyber Security