Shmoocon hackers showed over the weekend that with the conveniences that come from moving toward a more digital world, also come new vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited.
Saturday, Kristin Paget, chief Hacker for Recursion Ventures, a consulting and development company, showed in a live demonstration that security features for contactless payment cards can be exploited relatively cheaply and easily.
Eduard J. Emde, CPP, took the helm as ASIS International’s president on January 1. For the first time in the Society’s 57-year history, a European is in charge, and one with a truly international perspective. With experience in corporate security management and risk analysis at international companies and agencies, this native of the Netherlands is ready to steer ASIS deeper into global waters.
►A Columbine-style massacre was in it’s final planning stages when police in Roy, Utah arrested two high school students on Thursday. The two students, Dallin Todd Morgan, 18, and Joshua Kyler Hoggan, 16, planned to attack a school assembly with bombs and make their getaway in an airplane. “Maps of the school and information about security systems had been prepared with plans to escape using a plane," Roy Police said in a statement.
►In response to a new state law that lets gun owners carry weapons into bars and restaurants as long as they don’t consume alcohol, Ohio businesses are increasingly adding their own rules to turn away gun toters. In Columbus, around 300 businesses put “Do Not Patronize” signs on their doors prohibiting gun owners from coming inside.
Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano revealed a plan to protect U.S. goods from terrorists, criminals, and natural disasters and to strengthen the U.S. supply chain globally Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano revealed a plan to protect U.S. goods from terrorists, criminals, and natural disasters and to strengthen the U.S. supply chain globally Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
►Lack of information sharing was billed as a mistake that led to the 9-11 attacks. Subsequent investigations found that critical information about what the attackers were planning had not been pieced together because local, state, and federal agencies frequently failed to communicate with one another.
