From HS Today: The United States and United Kingdom will conduct joint cyber “war games” against each country’s banks, financial institutions and other critical infrastructure in order to improve defenses against cyber attacks…The first exercise in the cyber war games, a staged attack on the financial sector, will take place later this year and will […]
From The Washington Post: The D.C. emergency management agency is reviewing whether firefighters’ radios were working properly when they responded to an emergency in a Metro tunnel on Monday, city officials said Thursday. Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference about Monday’s Metro disaster at L’Enfant Plaza, when one passenger in a smoke-filled Metro […]
From The Chicago Tribune: Moments after her teenage son pleaded not guilty to charges he plotted to join the Islamic State, Zarine Khan delivered a tearful but stern message Tuesday for her son’s alleged recruiters. Her hands trembling as her husband stood by her side, the soft-spoken Bolingbrook homemaker and mother of four blasted the […]
From UPI: Homeland Security officials boosted security screenings at federal buildings and airports in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week. Measures include adding security at several government buildings nationwide, increased airport security and more passenger and carry-on baggage checks at airports across the country, the Department of Homeland Security said.
From The Washington Post: Federal buildings are unprepared for potential cyber attacks on their security systems, elevators, heating and cooling networks and other critical operations because the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t have a handle on the risks. At stake are thousands of vulnerable facilities, including the offices of federal employees and structures that house […]
From The Washington Post: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s recent report on torture of suspected terrorists by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after 9/11 has renewed the debate about the efficacy and morality of torture. Shortly beforehand, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) highlighted allegations of torture and other abuses by the CIA […]
From HSToday: Just about the same time that President Obama addressed the nation Monday regarding national cybersecurity efforts, the pro-ISIS hacker group called CyberCaliphate hacked the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), and used the accounts to disseminate their propaganda and leak information on CENTCOM personnel and other documents.
From The Chicago Tribune: President Barack Obama’s renewed push this week to protect U.S. computer networks from hacking was welcomed by industry leaders, though it lacks the financial incentives companies have been seeking…Most of what Obama will propose isn’t new. He’ll renew calls for Congress to pass stalled proposals, such as a federal data-breach notification […]
From CNN: Republicans will still try to block President Barack Obama from implementing his immigration overhaul — but they won’t risk funding for the Department of Homeland Security to do it, Sen. John Cornyn says. The Texas Republican said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the GOP will in “a targeted way to try […]
From The Hill: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said on Sunday that Europe should tighten its travel restrictions. While on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” McCaul told host Bob Schieffer that the terror attacks that happened last week in Paris could happen in the U.S. “These individuals were actually on a no-fly list and still traveled to […]
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