Security issues are an important sphere in the activity of BRICS member states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and they are related to the challenges the world community is currently facing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday … Read the rest
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SA, Zim cement defence and security
Ministers from South Africa and Zimbabwe have discussed mutual issues of defence and security.
They’ve pledged to strengthen the fight against cross-border crime, using intelligence agencies from both countries.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been quick to dismiss claims that … Read the rest
French intel chief questions NATO claims
France’s intelligence chief has questioned NATO’s claims of Russia preparing to attack Ukraine as their agents failed to spot any activities signaling this – either before or after the crisis began.
A statement by the chief of France’s military intelligence, … Read the rest
Germany sells fifth nuclear submarine to Israel
Germany’s Federal Security Council has approved the export of a fifth submarine to Israel.
It’s the penultimate submarine promised to Israel by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will be handed over by the company Thyssen Krupp.
Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper revealed … Read the rest
‘Terrorists raise money in SA’
Millions of rand stolen from local businesses could end up in hands of terrorists, warns Werksmans attorney Berhard Hotz.
He was speaking in Sandton on Wednesday. Hotz investigates white collar crime and commercial fraud.
He said money that had been … Read the rest
Russian planes everywhere: UK media hypes intercept
Two Royal Air Force jets reportedly threatened to shoot down a Latvian cargo plane, rushing at supersonic speeds to intercept it, after the plane failed to respond to air traffic control over Kent in Southern England and sent authorities into … Read the rest
Two Royal Air Force jets reportedly threatened to shoot down a Latvian cargo plane, rushing at supersonic speeds to intercept it, after the plane failed to respond to air traffic control over Kent in Southern England and sent authorities into … Read the rest
Armed robbers on the loose
Footage clearly shows two black men walking up to the shop, where there are three staff and no customers, with criminal intent.
The armed robbery has gone viral on YouTube with more than 22 000 views, but no arrests have … Read the rest
Jews increasing security in SA
Synagogues around the country have increased security in recent weeks, putting up concrete barriers and closing roads during worship.
The synagogues are also protected by 24-hour security thanks to terrorism and anti-Semitic threats against the Jewish community.
On their website, … Read the rest
Armoured vehicles to be deployed at malls in Gauteng
The police will deploy Nyala armoured vehicles at malls across Gauteng in a fight-back against the upsurge in shopping centre robberies by seemingly highly organised gangs.
But detectives made a breakthrough early yesterday when they arrested five men, in raids … Read the rest
No law or policy for ‘mastering the Internet’
Britain’s GCHQ is scanning servers in multiple foreign countries for vulnerable ports, according to German newspaper Heise. Using a tool called Hacienda, the intelligence agency seeks to ‘master the internet’ for sources of espionage.
Spanish for estate, Hacienda can port … Read the rest
Have hackers made passwords obsolete?
New startups looking for ways to keep their users secure should know one thing, a top Google security executive said Tuesday: “Passwords are dead.”
Speaking on a TechCrunch Disrupt panel called “Spies Like Us,” Heather Adkins, Google’s manager of … Read the rest
Journalism under threat
By Alan Rusbridger
Guardian Editor
On Sunday morning David Miranda, the partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald, was detained as he was passing through Heathrow airport on his way back to Rio de Janeiro, where the couple live. Greenwald is … Read the rest
Tight security at Mandela hospital
Nine police officers were manning the entrance of the Pretoria hospital where critically-ill former president was being treated on Thursday.
The officers were screening all vehicles entering the hospital through the Park Street entrance at 6am.
Another police contingent was … Read the rest
Streets in Pretoria being cordoned off for Obama visit
Tshwane Metro have confirmed on Tuesday that several streets in the CBD were currently being cordoned off in preparation for the visit of US president Barack Obama.Several streets in the Pretoria were closed off on Tuesday in preparation for … Read the rest