From August, all passport holders in Singapore can apply for new travel documents with additional security features designed for international standards. The biometric passport, called BioPass, was …
Japan raids over bio weapons fear
Police in Japan have raided two firms on suspicion of illegally selling equipment to North Korea that could be used to make biological weapons. The Tokyo companies are suspected of exporting freeze …
Scientist: Bird flu not biological weapon
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The avian influenza virus originated naturally and is not a biological weapon, a senior Russian scientist has said. Oleg Kiselyov, director of the Russian …
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Biometrics use to accelerate in 2006
Electronic passports have driven technological improvements in biometrics and will pave the way for greater commercial use of it in 2006, IT services company Unisys predicted. "Traveler security is …
Nebraska Drills for Bioterror Attack
Nebraska?s biocontainment facility in Omaha is certainly state-of-the-art and built for public use. It reflects the seriousness with which Nebraska takes the threat of infectious disease and deadly …
Face and fingerprints swiped in Dutch biometric passport crack
Dutch TV programme Nieuwslicht (Newslight) is claiming that the security of the Dutch biometric passport has already been cracked. As the programme reports here, the passport was read remotely and …
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Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS
Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding malicious code in the core system functions available in a motherboard's flash memory, researchers said on Wednesday at …
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Nebraska Drills for Bioterror Attack
At the largest biocontainment facility in the country, they are preparing for the worst — anthrax, smallpox, a bioterror attack or the avian flu. "This is for the tip of the iceberg, the most …
Terrorist suspect Samir A. is writing an autobiography
Terrorist suspect Samir A. is writing an autobiography, news programme 'Nova" has reported. Police allegedly discovered the 19-year-old Dutch-Moroccan had completed 25 pages when he was arrested …
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Bioterrorism ‘a clear and present danger’
The threat of an al-Qaeda bioterrorism attack was a "clear and present danger of the highest order", secretary general of international policing organisation Interpol Ronald Noble said on Monday. He …
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