Tag: dhs
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#Newspurge: Out Of The Game
#ThreeAmigos Meet to “Simplify…Drug Trafficking” // Madonna Hires Decoy Clones for MDNA Tour // Obama Warns ‘Unelected’ SCOTUS Against Striking Down Health Law // #SCOTUS on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor // At heart of Trayvon Martin death, a one-minute mystery // Remembering…
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On ‘The Bob Tuskin Show’: Episode011 – Media Muerte
On the first Wednesday of (almost) every month, Media Monarchy joins Bob Tuskin on Oracle Broadcasting for a rundown on some of the most important moves on the grand chessboard … This month we play catch up with the kingdom and talk Titanic Trayvon + muerte, music and more…
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New App Helps You Snitch on Your Friends
In less time than it takes to play a turn in Words With Friends, smartphone users can report a ‘suspicious person’ to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security.
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DHS Sets Up Unannounced Checkpoint for ‘Operation Shield’
Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals.
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12/29 #defcon: ç¥∫´®ßπåç´∑å® – 404 file or directory not found
#2012 watch: the countdown begins* how the world might end in 2012 (or maybe later)* top 10 most bizarre tech stories of 2011* ten plotlines you’ll find in science fiction – over & over again* twin probes to orbit moon, study gravity field* sen. ron wyden leaps into middle of internet piracy fight* army ‘red…
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12/15 defcon: god’s particles, takedown sprees & more
ndaa gives pentagon a green light for cyberwar* congress authorizes pentagon to wage internet war* ‘blueprint for a secure cyber future’: dhs releases cyber strategy framework* california unveils cyber crime unit* florida arrests 48 in child computer sex crimes investigation* cops target climate-sceptic bloggers in three countries* sopa tweet triggers political explosion, delays vote* carrier…
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wyden wants answers from dhs over domain name seizures
from threat level: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said Friday he would demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security about its domain seizure program known as Operation in Our Sites after it was revealed that the government kept a hip-hop music review site’s name for a year without affording the owner a chance to challenge…
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12/8 defcon: kepler, voyager, zynga & more
new planet an earth-like world, 600 light-years away?* video: new planet eerily like earth* nasa spacecraft ‘voyager 1’ exploring solar system’s edge* video: surfer blood ‘voyager reprise’* iran shows intact drone, boasts of cyberattack* house cyber panel chair says put dhs over cybersecurity* on facebook, nypd officers maligned west indian paradegoers* oregon judge rules bloggers…
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feds deny water utility hack
DHS & FBI dismiss foreign cyberattack as cause of Illinois utility water pump failure, reports TG Daily. The alphabet agencies conclude there’s no evidence to support earlier claims! SCADA security expert Joe Weiss, concerned about the lack of timely notification of threats to infrastructure, remains skeptical of latest DHS statements. In a followup WashPo article,…
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cyber attack reported on illinois water plant
video: cyber attack on water supply allegedly came from russia A Washington Post article reports, “…foreign hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water plant to fail last week…” The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are investigating the Springfield, IL incident. In an interesting note, the article adds, “news of the incident became public…
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national cyber security bulletin on anonymous
from the hacker news: DHS has analyzed the likelihood of Anonymous attacking industrial control systems (ICS) after the hacktivist group showed such intentions earlier this year. “Assessment of Anonymous Threat to Control Systems” that was drafted by the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) back in September. The document is not classified, but it…
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#OccupyWallStreet movement marks one month anniversary
video: thom hartmann on #ows anniversary* from wamc: The “Occupy Wall Street” movement marked its one month anniversary Monday, as demonstrations spread to new places. But, questions remain about whether the protests can turn into political action… The various protests under the “Occupy Wall Street” theme are not centrally organized, but are unified by the…
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homeland security testing ‘pre-crime’ detection technology
from allgov: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been secretly working on technology that can tip off law enforcement about those planning to commit a crime. Part profiling, part advanced mathematics, the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) is described as a “pre-crime” system by DHS. The program uses ethnicity, gender, breathing, eye tracking and…
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10/6 defcon: nsa, b of a, acta & siri
#phonehacking: news corp faces more than 60 claims* homeland security dept puts its websites in the cloud* hayden to congress: let nsa monitor public nets for threats* bank of america website disrupted for 4th day in a row* gps inventor urges scotus to reject warrantless tracking* video: americans offered sleep-monitoring datatouch card* video: US signs…
