Security Studies and Military News

Some insidious programs prove immune to anti-virus software, residing inside your computer for months or even years, collecting personal information and business secrets.

They have worked for almost seven years in secret.

Data breaches are a recurring nightmare for IT managers responsible for securing not only their company's confidential data, but possibly also sensitive information belonging to their clients, such as social security numbers or health or financial records

More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.

Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new generation of explosives that is more powerful than TNT and other existing explosives, less apt to detonate accidentally, and produce fewer toxic byproducts.

When first responders and security guards came to the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate’s Tell-Us-What-You-Need table, heading their list was an emergency escape hood worthy of James Bond. It was a very tall order.

The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat, two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your computer screen.

CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner.

In any one day, homeland security and law enforcement agencies might sift through thousands of complex and often contradictory clues about potential terrorist threats. To thwart another September 11, analysts must meld the encyclopedic eye of Google-age t

Terahertz radiation can see through clothes and tell if that's Play-Doh in your pocket or a pound of plastique.