Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack
Hackers launched a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack on Lockheed Martin, a major defense contractor holding highly sensitive information, but its secrets remained safe, the company said Saturday.
View ArticleLockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage
This cyber attack didn't go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing.
View ArticleA citizen's dosimeter, and it fits in your wallet
No matter how many plastic cards currently crowd your wallet, one day you may wish to make room for one more. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)...
View ArticleNYC judge asked to throw out border search lawsuit
(AP) -- A federal judge in New York City is questioning why laptops and smartphones should be excluded from random searches done by U.S. customs agents protecting the border.
View ArticleForeign hardware could be designed to launch cyber attacks against US...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A security official at the Department of Homeland Security recently released a statement that confirmed the idea that some foreign-made computer components are actually being designed...
View ArticleSenior US cybersecurity official resigns
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official responsible for defending US government networks against cyberattacks resigned on Monday.
View ArticleWire pops lock certified for US defense facilities
Hackers at a DefCon gathering were shown how a high-security lock certified for use in sensitive US government facilities can be easily opened with just a piece of wire.
View ArticleNew tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments
Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11)were able,...
View ArticleFormer US official to head cybersecurity at Sony
Japanese electronics giant Sony, which suffered a huge data breach this year, named a former top US Department of Homeland Security official on Tuesday to lead its cybersecurity efforts.
View ArticleHacker group draws increased scrutiny from feds
(AP) -- Anonymous is not so anonymous anymore. The computer hackers, chat room denizens and young people who comprise the loosely affiliated Internet collective have increasingly turned to questionable...
View ArticleNASA scientist unveils new chemical detection technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists are creating technology that can detect hazardous chemical compounds in the air with a smart phone.
View ArticleScience fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks
When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.
View ArticleCyber workshop at Sandia Labs seeks potential responses to cyberattacks
Among other dubious achievements, hackers have stolen identities, broken into bank accounts and breached computer systems of military contractors. They could conceivably interrupt water or electricity...
View ArticleForeign cyber attack hits US infrastructure: expert
A cyber strike launched from outside the United States hit a public water system in the Midwestern state of Illinois, an infrastructure control systems expert said on Friday.
View ArticleFBI, DHS dismiss report of water plant hack
US investigators have dismissed a report that computer hackers were behind the failure of a water pump at a plant in the midwestern US state of Illinois.
View ArticleU Arizona Wild Cat Research Center to study jaguar presence in the Southwest
The recent sighting of an adult male jaguar in Cochise County in southeastern Arizona came as a reminder that even though the big spotted cat usually is associated with dense rainforests in central and...
View ArticleStudy finds failure points in firefighter protective equipment
(PhysOrg.com) -- In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and...
View ArticleGrowing US violent extremism by the numbers: UMD database
Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown terrorists in the United States have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum - roughly 40 percent of it by so-called...
View Article5 US urban counties lead 'Terror Hot Spots' list, but rural areas not exempt
Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but events continue to occur in rural areas, spurred on by domestic actors, according to a...
View ArticleFrom opening thunder to closing whimper
Thanks to lightning-fast software from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), if a truck bomb was discovered in Lower Manhattan we will now be able to...
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