The world is quickly urbanizing, and people are flocking from suburbs and rural areas to cities more than ever before.
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to launch an education program on the potential of ransomware attacks targeting voter databases, some of which were compromised by Russian hackers in 2016.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 30, 2019
Law enforcement agencies who have partnered with Amazon-owned Ring can request videos from residents and interact with users on its app, Neighbors.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 30, 2019
Ismail Ajjawi, a Palestinian 17-year-old from Lebanon, said he was denied entry to the United States because a border agent found ‘people posting political points of view that oppose the U.S.’ on his social media feeds.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 29, 2019
With local alerts, Facebook pages can send notifications to residents about threats, including weather warnings and active shooter situations, and boost the posts in users’ news feeds.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 29, 2019
A ProPublica investigation found that the decision by insurers to pay hackers instead of encouraging victims to recover files by themselves is helping fuel a surge in ransomware.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 28, 2019
The leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, which works within DHS, is concerned primarily with risk management, Chinese threats to supply chains and election security.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 27, 2019
The announcement came as Toronto experiences a wave of gun violence, some of which has been blamed on gang turf wars.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 27, 2019
Two Nigerian citizens are accused of leading a massive fraud scheme that transferred at least $6 million in fraudulently-obtained funds, much of whom was taken from elderly people.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 26, 2019
In Jackson, Mississippi, the acting DHS secretary met with religious leaders and lawmakers to discuss ways that the department is acting to protect faith institutions targeted for violence.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 23, 2019
Authorities in Ohio, Connecticut and Florida arrested three men who expressed interest in mass shootings, including one who targeted a Jewish community center.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 21, 2019
The Trump administration has granted a 90-day extension for American firms to find alternatives to the Chinese telecommunications corporation.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 21, 2019
The state suspects that the attack, which took place Friday morning and targeted small local governments, was coordinated by “one single threat actor.”
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 20, 2019
After six officers suffered non-life threatening injuries, the city’s mayor is calling for tougher gun control policies to help law enforcement keep firearms out of the wrong hands.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 16, 2019
The department has used video footage from the 3,200-camera system in over 140 cases in the past year, calling the program “game changing.”
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 14, 2019
The proposed measure would require hospitals and other employers to implement workplace violence prevention programs.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 13, 2019
By April, the county police department will outfit nearly 700 officers with cameras. But the city’s department of 1,300 does not have a parallel program in the works.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 12, 2019
A Homeland Security agency and the FBI’s El Paso office are cautioning Americans to watch out for malicious "charity" emails and phone call scams.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 07, 2019
Experts believe Cisco’s payout to a whistleblower could set a precedent for future lawsuits against vendors who sell products with security vulnerabilities.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 06, 2019
Communities are calling for legislative action, particularly after it was revealed that one shooting was motivated by white supremacist ideology.
- By Haley Samsel
- Aug 06, 2019