Web attacks build on Shellshock bug
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
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...
High-resolution satellite images show Ebola spread
Ebola is visible from space: you can see its effects. Satellite imagery that provide high-resolution pictures from low Earth orbit give a picture of...
iHLS TV – Going global, Amazon’s drone store, new grenade launcher,...
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?
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...
FAA approves UAV use for movie making
The FAA has granted six aerial photo and video operators' permission to use small unmanned aircraft (UAVs) for filming on closed sets through a process the...
Foiling the next mega terrorist attack: technologies convergence in law enforcement...
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...
Blackout? UUV and UAS robots can help
Big disasters almost always result in big power failures. Not only do they take down home appliances, they also wreak havoc with key infrastructure...
Fighting Ebola using Big Data
Current Centers of Disease Control estimates suggest that more than 1.4 million people could be infected with Ebola by January 2015. To limit Ebola’s...
US government launches cyber guerrilla campaign against ISIS
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
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...
IRGC: no plans to mass produce downed Israeli drone
A commander in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Iran has no plan to mass produce an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) it...
Anonymous criticized for declaring ‘full scale cyber war’ against ISIS
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...
UAV Panchi warms up for maiden flight
Scientists are all set to unveil the wheeled-version of India’s homegrown unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Nishant. The UAV named Panchi, means bird, and it...
Losing the cyber war: How to get out of the box...
The United States is losing the cyber war. Despite hugely increased expenditures on cyber security, every day the situation worsens and we continue to...
Gun silencers in the U.S – a terror threat
Gun silencers could become more widespread in Florida under new legislation to allow the devices on hunters' weapons on public land. Experts say that...
Predicting crime with Big Data
Big Data can reveal amazing insights and now includes predictions on where crime is going to happen
Crime has patterns just like everything else humans...
German army mulls providing OSCE with drones to monitor ukraine cease-fire
The German army is assessing whether to provide drones for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the fragile cease-fire in...
North Korea cyber warfare capabilities exposed – Part 2 of 2
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North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) is in charge of both traditional and cyber operations, and is known for...
FirstNet Releases RFI, Budget
Announcements by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) show progress at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority...
NSA Says intelligence on the Islamic state could have been ‘stronger’
The nation’s top spies, including the head of the CIA, the NSA, the Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency took the stage...
The Razor UAV Only Costs $800 to Print
When budget are stressed and cannot support the purchase of more highly priced UAVs some are so inexpensive and quick to create that it's practically...
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This Chip Reveals Hidden Information When You Breathe on It
Security labels, optical data storage systems, and environmental sensors often face the same limitation: once information is encoded, it remains static. Creating materials that...
