NEWS & ANALYSIS

Operation Backfire: Eleven Down, Two to Go

Dec 03, 2012 -The largest eco-terrorism case in U.S. history may be closing in on its final chapters.

Editor's Note: Surveillance System Technology Trends

Dec 03, 2012 -It’s getting easier to have surveillance systems that don’t overwhelm the network or storage systems.

Morning Security Brief: Unfit For Duty, Confrontation at Sea, Dead Men’s DNA, and More

Dec 03, 2012 -A Florida newspaper’s investigative project reveals a wide range of misconduct among the state’s police and corrections officers. One Coast Guard member is dead after a confrontation with smugglers off the coast of California. Illinois police look to build a database of executed inmates to help solve cold cases. And more.

Medical Billing Company Says Employee Leaked Data to Identity Theft Ring

Nov 30, 2012 -Florida-based Advanced Data Processing, Inc. says an employee illegally accessed the ambulance billing system and leaked individual account information to a group suspected of filing fraudulent tax returns.

Morning Security Brief: Syria Disconnected, Parastoo Speaks, Pan-Arab Security Conference, and More

Nov 30, 2012 -Syria’s Internet is offline. The IAEA is targeted by a hacker called Parastoo. And the Pan-Arab security conference wraps up in Riyadh.

Fusion Centers Spark Debate at DHS Anniversary Discussion

Nov 29, 2012 -The truthfulness of a controversial congressional investigative report looking into DHS support for fusion centers became a point of debate between a DHS lawyer and an ACLU representative during a homeland security panel discussion Wednesday.

Morning Security Brief: Murder-Free Monday, Deniable Drones, Hotel Room Hack, and More

Nov 29, 2012 -New York City goes 36 hours without a violent crime reported. Sources tell the LA Times that DHS uses drones over Mexico. A man used hacker tools to break into hotel rooms. And more.

FBI Teaching Industry to Protect Trade Secrets

Nov 28, 2012 -The FBI is teaming up with North Carolina's Research Triangle to help educate industry on how to prevent trade secret theft.

Drug Counterfeiters Increasingly Use Real Drug Ingredients

Nov 28, 2012 -More counterfeit drugs are turning up with traces of actual active pharmaceutical ingredients as counterfeiters try to stay a step ahead of anticounterfeiting efforts.

Morning Security Brief: DHS Seizes Domains, Courthouse Bomb Threats, Electronic Lock Vulnerability, and More

Nov 28, 2012 -DHS has seized the domain names of sites selling counterfeit goods. Tennessee courthouses have been emptied by bomb threats. A vulnerability in hotel electronic locks has led to burglaries. The South African Police Service says security will be firmly in place at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
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