Online Banking Users Still Hooked on Phishing – eWeek Security Watch
Despite the longstanding efforts of banks and the IT security community to warn end users, specifically people using online banking applications, to beware of phishing schemes, many people who open the e-mails and visiting the phony sites still end up handing over their credentials, researchers claim.
Column: The torture debate doesn’t belong in 9/11 courtroom – Opinion – USATODAY.com When Khalid Sheikh Mohammed goes on trial in the 9/11 murder of my mother and more than 2,000 others, I hope the jury deliberates the horrific acts of that day, not on President George W. Bush’s anti-terrorism tactics.
By Jena Baker McNeill
Homeland Security Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the topic of transportation security. What she said about cargo security was something lots of folks in the homeland security community have been saying for the past two years. There are a number of serious challenges that stand in the way of the 100 percent scanning mandate.
Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year – Wired.com
Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009, according to a company manager who disclosed the statistic at a non-public interception and wiretapping conference in October.
A New Way Forward: Right Makes Might – Homeland Security Watch
Last night President Obama outlined his administration’s strategy and plans for a troop build-up and eventual draw down of forces in Afghanistan during a 35-minute nationally-televised speech from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Two points stood out for me: One from the speech itself and one from the context.
Spammers Spread Trojan with H1N1 E-Mails – eWeek Security Watch
Several security vendors are reporting a large malware campaign taking advantage of interest in H1N1 vaccinations.
With the long-belabored deliberations of his war-council concluded and the decision to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to get the job done now revealed, I think it is worth noting the importance of the “how” and “where” of last night’s speech. While there are many on the ‘right’ and ‘left’ who will find fault with whatever the President had to say, I give him an enormous amount of credit for taking his orders directly to many of the men and women who will be charged with implementing them.
Cargo-Screening Flaws Put Fliers at Risk, U.S. Report Finds – Bloomberg.com
Air passengers may be at risk of terrorist attacks because of air-cargo screening flaws, including a lack of required background checks on freight handlers, according to a U.S. government report.
It’s been observed by many over this past year that the House Homeland Committee has lost a lot of its ‘umph.’ That will change on Thursday morning and all because of two egocentric, reality TV wannabes who showed up uninvited to places they don’t belong. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has called the entire Committee membership together to grill U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan and America’s newest pariahs, Tareq and Micheale Salahi.
By Jena Baker McNeill
Homeland Security Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation
America’s allies matter when it comes to keeping our homeland safe. But working with our allies on the security front is more than just a matter of safety for U.S. soil. It is about the security of these countries as well. Their security ensures that the bad guys don’t get the upper hand in terms of global terrorism, while forming bonds between the U.S. and other countries that sustains information sharing, military cooperation, and overall goodwill. It also helps keep the global marketplace up and running—making everyone better off.
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