ISIS Hackers Publish Police Officers’ Details, Call For Lone-Wolf Attacks
ISIS hackers have posted the personal details of U.S. officials online, encouraging the group’s supporters to carry out “lone wolf” attacks against them.
Newsweek reports...
Defending Encryption? In France, It Could Start Costing you
A new French law would impose penalties and fines on smartphone manufacturers who refuse to hand over encrypted information to law enforcement in terrorism...
Watch: The Vest That Hurts You ‘Till You Learn
Training is supposed to prepare you for the worst. The repetition of movements, reactions, and actions codifies them as responses. But many inexperienced soldiers...
Turkey Seeks Urban and National Security Systems
It seems that no country in the world is safe of terrorism nowadays with radical and extremist organizations popping up at every continent...
McAfee: US Government Technologically “Illiterate”
The infamous John McAfee has lambasted the US government as being so technologically “illiterate” and so incompetent at protecting the country’s digital assets that...
New Non-Lethal Bullet to Neutralize Targets From Hundreds of Meters
A new compact, lightweight weapon will stop a target in their tracks from a hundred meters away without harming them. Introducing the Pogojet.
Most non-lethal...
Big Data Revives Crime Prevention
In simpler times, policing was about maintaining presence in a community. A local cop could know everyone and everything in his neighbourhood. And that’s...
Video Of Top Belgian Nuclear Official Found At ISIS Home
During the course of the investigation into the 13 November attacks on Paris, Belgian and French authorities discovered video footage of a top nuclear...
EU to Greece: Tighten Borders, Or Else
Earlier this month, the European Union presented Greece with a three-month ultimatum to increase border security and remedy “deficiencies” in controlling the flow of...
Thousands Of ISIS-Trained Jihadists In Europe
Some 3,000 to 5,000 jihadi fighters trained by ISIS are already living in Europe, according to EUROPOL director Rob Wainwright. He went on to...
Big Data – Big Brother’s Appetite Grows Steadily
By Arie Egozi
“Big Brother” likes his information in large quantities, but neat so he won’t have any trouble seeing what is important. This is...
IATA Chief: Drones Pose Real Threat To Civilian Aviations
Members of the general public operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are a “a real and growing threat” to civilian aircraft, warns Tony Tyler, director-general...
Big Data Is Crucial For Smart Cities
By now, Smart Cities seem almost an inevitability. With more and more cities implementing city projects to modernise interactions between governments, citizens, and the...
So What Is Big Data Good For, Anyway?
Think Big Data is some indecipherable discipline completely divorced from your everyday concerns? Or maybe you know that it does some good, but you’re...
Big Data Will Protect Megacities
Urban living is soon to become the dominant form of human habitation. In 2014, more than half the global population resided in cities. It’s...
IoT Could Be Used To Spy On People
The Internet of Things (IoT) - the myriad of internet-connected devices such as baby monitors, smart TVs, home security systems, and even smart dolls...
Could New York Be Under Attack?
Sean Riddle from Jersey City, New Jersey, was arrested on 4 February in New York City in what appears to be a misguided, accidental,...
Israel’s First Accelerator For A Smart and Safe City
The city of Herzliya is now opening registration for batch 3 of HAC Vertical Accelerator for smart and safe cities. The accelerator, an initiative...
Hackers Made Off With Massive FBI, DHS Employee Database
A rogue hacker group managed to penetrate the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secure network and make off with a database containing the...
The Fight For Mandating UAV Training
The US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) think all unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) owners should be required to pass an online training course to...
Don’t Panic: The Web Is Not ‘Going Dark’
More widespread use of encryption in software will not make the internet “go dark,” nor will it hamper law enforcement investigations into crime and...
Record Number Of Terrorism Suspects Arrested In UK
According to the UK Home Office, a record number of terrorism suspects - 315 in total - were arrested in the past year in...
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WhatsApp Is Finally Letting You Hide Your Phone Number
For years, WhatsApp has relied on phone numbers as the primary way people connect. While simple, that approach has also created a privacy challenge....
