Items Tagged with 'terror alerts'

The U.S. has issued a warning to American citizens visiting Europe this summer to be on the alert for terrorism risks. Targets could include major sporting events and tourist sites, restaurants, commercial centers and transportation, says the State Department.

Just after Batman shootings, two of the suspect's university campus buildings were evacuated of nonessential personnel on order of the university's police chief. Law enforcement fears potential of copycat actions.

As reported previously by the Security Magazine Blog, an exercise including USPS workers delivering medicine to 2 million households impacted by a bioterror attack will continue this summer.

The Department of Justice May 23 charged a Chinese national with illegally exporting to China sensors made in the U.S. and used to produce weapons grade uranium.

Military, DHS, healthcare security and hospital medical staff just conducted a training exercise specific to a dirty bomb attack related to the upcoming NATO meeting in Chicago.

A report by the Government Accounting Office has sent up warnings signals on the push to more easily have police, fire, emergency medical and security responders communicate together at incidents. Things are not going well and going very slowly.

While some security experts spotlight transportation, electricity, and communications infrastructure for more protection, recent attacks on water treatment plants worry them, too.

Four men intended to use an online novel as a script for a real life wave of terror and assassination using explosives and the lethal toxin ricin so they could carry out targeted attacks on government buildings and employees.

Working more closely together, cybersecurity partners from law enforcement and the private sector are increasing their efforts to combat cyber crime, as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month.