Category Archives: Security

Baghdad kills 58,000 stray dogs in 3-month span

By Joshuah | Published: July 11, 2010
Source: Yahoo! News Teams of veterinarians and police shooters have killed some 58,000 stray dogs in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three months as part of a campaign to curb an increasing number of strays blamed for attacks on residents. The Baghdad provincial government said in a statement released Sunday that 20 teams [...]
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Google Bolsters Gmail Security

By Joshuah | Published: March 24, 2010
  Addressing one of the ongoing concerns about cloud computing services, Google on Wednesday introduced a new security feature for its Gmail users that provides notification of unusual account activity. Since July 2008, Gmail has included a "Last account activity" link below users’ inboxes that provides information about when the account was last accessed and the [...]
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With Economy Down, Cities Are Growing

By Joshuah | Published: July 7, 2009
Reversing a decade-long trend, many of the largest U.S. cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, yet another sign of an economic crisis that is making it harder for people to move. Census data released Wednesday highlight a city resurgence in coastal regions and areas of the Midwest and Northeast, due [...]
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Gun sales going ballistic: DHS visits

By Joshuah | Published: March 23, 2009
Source: PostStar.com There are also concerns that some larger calibers, or those used by military-type weapons, could be banned, restricted or taxed more heavily. One northern Warren County resident found out recently the government is paying attention to such ammunition sales. West said a customer of his recently stocked up on .223-caliber rounds, a caliber often used in [...]
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Post-9/11 Reforms Don’t Stop Faked Passports

By Joshuah | Published: March 13, 2009
Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Despite efforts to boost passport security since the 2001 terror attacks, the investigator fooled passport and postal service employees on four separate applications, according to a new report. The ruses are [...]
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Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months

By Joshuah | Published: January 12, 2009
Think Non-Electric tools and appliances, and communications the old fashioned way, with paper and pencil and perhaps visiting friends and family…and be armed. Source: FOXNews.com A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm. Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the [...]
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Your kitchen is a veritable cache of weaponry

By Joshuah | Published: October 10, 2008
The tone of the article is funny and it is entertaining to read, and yet very serious contentwise… Via: The StarPhoenix People are always asking me, “Chef Tony, if you are attacked in your kitchen by an intruder, what is the best utensil for self-defence? I always tell them the same thing. I’m not a chef [...]
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Survey finds holes in US disaster preparedness

By Joshuah | Published: September 15, 2008
Via: The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a disaster such as an earthquake or terrorist attack, nearly two-thirds of U.S. parents would disregard orders to evacuate and would rush to pick up their kids from school, according to a new survey. The survey found that 63 percent of parents would ignore orders to [...]
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Vista’s Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit

By Joshuah | Published: August 8, 2008
It was simply a matter of time Source: Neowin.net This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its knees. Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of VMware Inc. have discovered a technique that can be used to bypass all [...]
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Biometric passport chips ‘can be cloned in an hour’

By Joshuah | Published: August 6, 2008
Source: guardian.co.uk New microchipped passports designed to protect against identity theft by terrorists and criminals can easily be faked, it was claimed today. Tests showed that personal information could be cloned and manipulated within an hour before being inserted into new chips, the Times reported. The paper said it had exposed “security flaws” in the passport system by [...]
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