Law enforcement agencies use technology to compensate for shrinking budgets

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With funding shrinking in many sectors of law enforcement, agencies are searching for new ways to operate affordably while maintaining quality standards. Police departments’...

Hackers breached US Army network

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Gamers targeting Apache helicopter simulators belonging to the US Army hacked into an Army network. Federal officials have indicted "Xbox Underground", a group of twenty-something-year-old...

Does the intelligence community really get Hadoop?

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The intelligence community is collecting more data than ever. But does that mean the intelligence gleaned from these massive new stores of data is...

iHLS TV – Ebola, domestic extremism, Shellshock bug, new octocopter and...

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In this weekly report (7 October 2014): Ebola as seen from space Domestic extremism Summit at the Whitehouse, Hackers unleash Shellshock bug New octocopter UAS Darpa looking into the...

Cops are handing out spyware to parents – with zero oversight

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Barely a few days after a government crackdown on a spyware manufacturer, comes the startling revelation that law enforcement agencies have been purchasing commercial...

Israel to India: “Join new cyber security body”

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Israel has invited India to be part of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s latest pet project of national cyber defense authority. The PM extended the...

MS-ISAC: Cybersecurity Collaboration is Needed Now More than Ever

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As cyber leaders from across federal, state, local and tribal governments prepare to gather for another annual meeting, the future of government cybersecurity in...

Web attacks build on Shellshock bug

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A series of attacks on websites and servers using the serious Shellshock bug has been spotted. Millions of servers use software vulnerable to the bug,...

Next Up for cyberattacks: Human Resources

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It's not just IT departments who need to be on high alert, human resource departments need to get their guards up, the Law Technology News...

iHLS TV – Going global, Amazon’s drone store, new grenade launcher,...

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In this weekly report (30 September 2014): iHLS TV is going global to over 40 million viewers through the Shalom Show Amazon to launch drone store New...

Civic Apps: Can They Help Fight Crime?

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In 2013, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled the police department’s latest application programming interface called ClearMap, used to handle anything from wanted lists and...

Foiling the next mega terrorist attack: technologies convergence in law enforcement...

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Can you stop someone from planting a powerful charge at a crowded baseball stadium? Yes, but how? Application is more complex organization-wise, and sometimes...

US government launches cyber guerrilla campaign against ISIS

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The US government is beginning a campaign to "win the war of ideas by ridiculing the militants with a mixture of blunt language and...

Hackers ‘Swooped’ on biological and nuclear warfare studies

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Security researchers have uncovered a group of hackers who broke into 300 banks, corporations and governments for 12 years without being caught. The hacker collective...

Anonymous criticized for declaring ‘full scale cyber war’ against ISIS

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An Anonymous-affiliated Twitter account has declared a "full-scale cyber war" against the Islamic State (formerly known as Isis) with the aim of tracking down...

Losing the cyber war: How to get out of the box...

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The United States is losing the cyber war. Despite hugely increased expenditures on cyber security, every day the situation worsens and we continue to...

North Korea cyber warfare capabilities exposed – Part 2 of 2

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Click here for Part 1 of 2 North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) is in charge of both traditional and cyber operations, and is known for...

North Korea cyber warfare capabilities exposed – Part 1 of 2

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A new HP report suggests the reclusive country's cyber warfare capabilities are rapidly making North Korea a credible threat to Western systems. Warfare capabilities are...

Digital jihad: ISIS, Al Qaeda seek a cyber caliphate to launch...

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Jihadists in the Middle East are ramping up efforts to mount a massive cyber attack on the U.S., with leaders from both Islamic State...

US Army activates its first cyber protection brigade

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On September 5, the US Army activated a new Cyber Protection Brigade— the first of its kind in the Army — at Fort Gordon,...

Microsoft defies judge, refuses to hand over customer Emails

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Microsoft looks set to be found in contempt of court after defying an order from a US judge that it should hand over data...

iHLS TV – Firefighting in Greece, Italian convoy protection, ISIS, Home...

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In this Weekly Report (16 September 2014): Firefighting in Greece The Italian Army is evaluating an unlimited aerial surveillance system for real-time convoy protection ISIS plans to launch...

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A Hacker Put AI Agents to Work—and 600,000 Credit Cards Were...

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Cyberattacks against online retailers traditionally require significant manual work: finding vulnerable websites, breaking into each system, installing malicious code and returning later to collect...