Hacking The Grid Through Air Conditioners
With the months long power outage in Crimea, the world saw how easy it is to leave an entire region with no electricity. Attacks...
EMP Could Toast Electrical Grid (And How To Protect Against It)
Canada and the United States are vulnerable to cataclysmic threat that could “topple the pillar of civilization,” according to Dr Peter Pry, head of...
WATCH: Underwater Robot That Will Clean Fukushima
After an earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated Japan’s coastal areas and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, plans were...
Blockchains To Protect UK’s Nuclear Power Plants
Power plants are some of the most critical bits on infrastructure. An attack against a power plant could incapacitate an entire region of any...
Are War Games The Way To Protect The Grid?
The 13 November attacks on Paris have demonstrated that Western countries are not secure against the terrorist threat. One possibility keeping many awake at...
Electric Vehicle Charger That Can Change The Grid
Electric vehicles (EV) are still far from the norm, but their increasing popularity is driving money into research for chargers and ancillary devices. Soon,...
Cyber Attacks Can Now Kill
80s films where computers could kill will soon become a reality, judging by a new Pentagon project.
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are but...
Analytic Laser Radar For Perimetric Security
Olga Grosman-Ezrahi
The world is always busy finding solutions for perimeter security, whether it is protecting critical infrastructures, airports etc. During the Video Analytics conference,...
Can ISIS Attack Our Infrastructure?
ISIS hackers have proven in the past their ability to break into different websites or the accounts of military and government personel. The US...
US Joins S. Korea In Thwarting North’s Cyber Attacks
The Obama administration and lawmakers are looking to South Korea to help thwart Pyongyang’s attempts to upgrade and strengthen its cyber capabilities. The country’s...
FAA May Hijack Careless Drones
The problem once again arises - how can the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manage the danger of drones flying too close to commercial flights...
Lack Of Nuclear Power Plant Security Measures Pose Risks
A study of the information security measures at civilian nuclear energy facilities around the world found a wide range of problems at many facilities...
Airbus Developing Anti-UAV To Locate Infiltration
Remember the signs surrounding military bases stating "military area, no pictures"? You probably already guessed that not everyone follows the rules and UAVs are...
Soundwave Technology To Locate Faults In Critical Infrastructure
Scottish researchers have developed an ultrasound sensor that is able to detect cracks and faults in buildings and facilities, such as oil pipelines and...
Cyber Security: Why Aren’t Public Companies Using Military Security?
Have you ever stopped to think why defense companies have a classified network to prevent cyber attack, whereas companies handling our critical systems -...
Can Hackers Leave Us Cold This Winter?
If a hacker is capable of breaking in to our computer systems, with a little more effort surely they could disrupt larger targets as...
Do We Trust China-Russia’s Cyber Nonaggression Pact?
Nonaggression pacts signed between countries in the past, such as the Ribbentrop-Molotov agreement between the USSR and Nazi Germany, were meant to prevent a...
Iran Warns Israel Of “Crushing Response” To Cyber Attack
An Iranian official has threatened Israel with a “crushing response” to any attemp to tamper with its technological infrastructures. According to the Irani Communications...
Electromagnetic Pulses Could Leave A Country Without Power For Months
Electromagnetic threats such as strong solar flares or intentional nuclear blasts by terrorists could paralyze the entire power grid of a country for several...
The Robot at your side may kill you
The rush to automate more factory processes may look like it’s saving money, but to Ken Westin, a senior security analyst at Tripwire, it’s...
A growth in Demand for HomeLand Security Products
The HomeLand security market, which includes maritime, aerial and land borders security, as well as national infrastructure defense, transportation security and defense from cyber...
Energy under Hacktivism threat
In a conference recently held in the state of Wyoming, U.S., an FBI official of the criminal and national cyber security squad said that...
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This Helmet Doesn’t Just Protect Soldiers — It Connects Them
Modern soldiers increasingly operate with multiple connected devices at once, such as radios, sensors, cameras, navigation systems, hearing protection, and digital battlefield applications. While...
