Alarming Growth in Data Threats During Q3 2013
The third quarter of 2013 was a turning point for malware writers specializing in mobile platforms.
In June experts discovered the new Svpeng Trojan, capable...
Secret U.S. Spy Drone Revealed
Northrop Grumman Corp., one of the U.S. Defense Department’s biggest contractors and the driving force behind the Navy’s experimental X-47B drone, has developed a...
Israel Interested in Acquiring New Fire Fighting Aircraft
Pressure is on for Israel to improve its fire fighting fleet. A new version of the Airbus C-295 is being evaluated. In the wake...
Who Will Stop the Robots?
By Liran Antebi
A new INSS article presents the challenges posed by unmanned tools and systems, which play an increasingly large role in the modern...
New MIT Camera Captures 3D Images in Darkness
Armed force ability to capture images in the dark may be getting a boost from the school of engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
An...
U.S. Navy to Adopt New Explosives Detection Tech
U.S. Navy bomb-disposal experts are asking industry members to submit candidate ground-based multispectral and hyperspectral imaging systems for comparative tests and evaluations scheduled for...
New American Aircraft Ready for HLS Missions
Textron’s new Scorpion aircraft may begin to perform homeland security missions with its maiden flight is planned for the coming days.
The Scorpion is equipped...
Wind River Supported the Development of a New European UAV
Wind River VxWorks 653 and Wind River Professional Services enable AgustaWestland to design, develop, build and test unmanned rotor craft in record time.
Wind River,...
Libya’s New Border Monitoring Satellite Program
Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders in order to stem the flow of Islamist militants...
Seventeen Teams Qualify for DARPA Robotics Challenge
Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...
Fast Draw – The Israeli UAV Wars
The dirty war between the Israeli UAV manufacturers, especially IAI and Elbit Systems, keeps damaging Israel.
The latest incident concerns a Polish Defense Ministry contract...
U.S. Navy Launches UAV from Submarine
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has demonstrated the launch of an all-electric, fuel cell-powered, unmanned aerial system (UAS) from a submerged submarine. The...
Tech Firms Would Rather Shut Down Than Cooperate With NSA
Revelations of the surveillance programs of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have sparked technical innovations, legal challenges,...
India and U.S. Law Enforcement to Cooperate Against Terror
India’s Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde sought enhanced cooperation between the U.S. and India to "secure our cities and our people". This comes as...
Russia to Test UAE-Made Drone Next Year
Russia’s armed forces will conduct test flights of a drone aircraft from the United Arab Emirates early next year, the manufacturer of the drone...
Kaspersky Lab Announces Kaspersky Small Office Security
Kaspersky Lab has announced a new version of Kaspersky Small Office Security, the company’s security solution built specifically for businesses with fewer than 25...
NIST Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge to be Held in December
On Dec. 20-21, research teams from around the world will be competing in the trials of the DARPA Robotics Challenge—a mock-up of a disaster...
Small UAV to Generate 3D Maps
MetaVR has unveiled an aircraft-mounted system for using geospatial data to generate 3-D terrain maps.
The company describes the system as a “low-cost process for...
Digital Privacy Services Enjoying a Surge in Demand
Digital privacy services such as encrypted e-mail, secure instant messaging, and services that provide hard-to-track IP addresses are enjoying a surge in demand as...
India to Seek U.S. Help on Dealing with Cyber Crime
With service providers proving to be reluctant to furnish real time information in cyber crime cases, India is seeking active cooperation with the U.S....
NSA May Expose the Bad Habits of Radical Islamic Leaders
The National Security Agency is considering exposing the pornography viewing habits of Muslim "radicalizers," according to documents that the Huffington Post has obtained from...
Software Vulnerabilities, Lack of Security Updates: A Major Cyber Threat
Vulnerabilities in software regularly used by employees at work are the leading cause of internal cyber-security incidents in business. This was one of the...
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A Smart Bandage Can Use Engineered Cells to Speed Up Healing
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