Spying Together: U.S. Intelligence Out of Control
The FBI and CIA can also query the content of U.S. residents’ electronic communications that the National Security Agency inadvertently collects when targeting foreign...
Predator Drone Accident Report Released
Loss of telemetry downlink signal was the main cause for the crash of an MQ-1B Predator 7.5 nautical miles north of Holloman Air Force...
New, Advanced U.S. Surveillance Balloons
The U.S. Army is developing 80-yard long surveillance balloons that can pinpoint targets from beyond-the-horizon by floating up to 10,000-feet in the sky and...
New U.S. Cybersecurity Legislation
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Wednesday approved legislation introduced earlier this week reported by Homeland Security Today that would take...
New U.S. Explosives Detector
Though IED detonations have declined in Afghanistan since a peak of more than 2,000 in the month of June 2012, Department of Defense reports...
U.S. Drone Gets Heavier Version
Insitu is developing a heavier version of its Integrator unmanned air system. "Right now, we’re working on taking an Integrator-like platform and taking it...
Now with GPS: System Upgrade for Boston Police
Boston can expect more efficient efforts by police, fire and EMS first responders, now that the city's three public safety agencies have access to...
U.S. Court: Mass Surveillance – Legal
Lawyers for Mohamed Mohamud, a U.S. citizen who lived in Oregon, have been denied a motion to dismiss his terrorism conviction, with the court...
Anti-Drone Tech Firm Receives Death Threats
Domestic Drone Countermeasures, an Oregon-based company that designs drone countermeasure systems, said it “has received death threats; witnessed comments systematically killed in articles, blogs...
U.S: First Responders Learn from Terror Attacks
As attacks by Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations continue to plague the world, the United States faces the critical challenge of learning from...
New Survey: Americans Want Biometric Security
A large majority of US citizens (87 percent) surveyed by Accenture said they are willing to share biometric details with border agencies to facilitate...
U.S. Lawmakers Concerned over Drone Surveillance
Privacy concerns over unmanned aircraft known have united political groups that don’t often see eye-to-eye.
According to sUAS Northern Kentucky Republican state Rep. Diane St....
U.S. Intelligence Wants Computer “Powerful as Human Brain”
As if what they already have isn't enough – the U.S. intelligence community now wants a computer with the power of a human brain.
The...
Experts: U.S. Vulnerable to Terror
The crises in Syria and Iraq have increased worries about terror cells taking aim at American targets, specifically New York, Boston, and Los Angeles....
U.S. Parks Ban Drones
Bad news for drone lovers in the United States: The National Park Service banned the use of drones (or any other flying device) within...
US: Carelessness Led to Anthrax Exposure
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that approximately 75 Atlanta-based staff are being monitored or provided antibiotics because they may...
Gecko-Men: New Climbing Technologies
DARPA’s Z-Man program has demonstrated the first known human climbing of a glass wall using climbing devices inspired by geckos. The historic ascent involved...
U.S. Court Against Warrantless Tracking of Cellphones
The war on keeping the privacy of cell phone users won another battle. A U.S federal appeals court has ruled that tracking Americans’ movements...
U.S. Jewish Groups hold International Security Summit
The security arm of U.S. Jewish groups held its first International Security Summit in response to recent attacks on Jewish communities.
According to JTA the...
Technology Transfer – Combat to Fire Fighting
This is a classic transfer of technology from the battle grounds to fires that call for the intervention of fire fighters.
In the heat of...
CIA to Adapt for Future, Digital Threats
The CIA must adjust itself for a future that includes pursuing evolving terrorist networks across multiple continents amid sweeping technological changes, the agency’s director...
Interpol vs. U.S. on Aviation Security
The United States will not take part in an aviation security program put on by Interpol called I-Checkit, which is “designed to stop people...
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Can AI Spot a Threat Before It Happens?
Modern cybersecurity systems face a scale problem. Networks generate enormous amounts of traffic, and malicious activity may be hidden among millions of ordinary interactions....
