A graduate student from China charged with a security breach in Newark that led to worldwide flight delays pleads guilty and apologizes.
Security - Business - Aviation - Transportation and Logistics - Airports
Originally posted from Suspect in Newark airport breach pleads guilty
A ring accused of helping people from the Mideast obtain student visas by taking proficiency exams and classes for them has exposed a vulnerability in tracking foreign students.
Visa - United States - International student - Fraud - Immigration
Originally posted from Feds: Calif. man ran student visa fraud ring
The self-described “Jihad Jane” indicted on terror charges is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the threat, authorities say.
United States - Terrorism - Indictment - Jane - Jihad
Originally posted from Boyfriend: ‘JihadJane’ suspect wasn’t religious
From the mildly malicious to the truly malevolent, here’s a look back at major breaches of cyber-security that have already put our money and welfare at risk.
Computer security - Security - Consultants - General and Freelance - Business
Originally posted from Newsweek: The biggest cyber-breaches of all time
By one estimate the United States currently has about 1,000 elite cyber-security experts. It needs 20,000. Companies and government agencies are ramping up their efforts to find and educate a new generation of cyber whiz kids, by sponsoring national competitions akin to “American Idol .”
United States - Computer security - Government [...]
It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist’s home. It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane.
No Fly List - Terrorism - United States - Security - Recreation
Originally posted from Behind the scenes, crafting the U.S. no-fly list
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers and by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to news sources.
Transportation Security Administration - No Fly List - Security - United States - Malicious Software
Originally posted from Officials: Ex-TSA [...]
Even if the “Underwear Bomber” had exploded his device on Christmas Day, the Airbus A330 would have survived, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team.
Airbus A330 - Christmas - United States - Business and Economy - Literature
Originally posted from Abdulmutallab could not have blown up plane
The Dutch anti-terror agency says security has been tightened at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington, D.C.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - London - Washington D.C. - Business - Duty-free shop
Originally posted from Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free
An African man provided money and was trained with weapons and explosives in a bid to help a terrorist organization seeking to destabilize Somalia and attack U.S. interests, prosecutors say.
Somalia - Terrorism - United States - Africa - New York City
Originally posted from Man accused in NYC of helping terror group
Subscribe to our feed to get the latest happenings delivered directly to you.
Powered by FireStats
