Department of Homeland Security

Microsoft has taken over 50 domains it claims North Korean hackers are using to compromise individual accounts in the US, Japan and Korea

Computing

Microsoft disrupts North Korean hacker group called Thallium

Microsoft has detected a network of cyberattacks originating from a North Korean hacking group dubbed Thallium. It is the fourth nation-state group Microsoft has identified deploying malicious cyberactivity, following Russia, China and Iran.

This new electromagnetic tracking device might just make firefighters' lives safer by letting them track teammates' whereabouts inside buildings that block radio signals

Good Thinking

NASA's electromagnetic backpack tracks firefighters indoors

The question of how to track and locate first responders in an involved structure that blocks radio signals has long frustrated firefighters. Could a NASA electromagnetic tracker help them rescue lives without risking theirs?

JPL and Homeland Security are developing an AI system that can gather data on an emergency situation and guide a team of first responders

Computing

Help from above: An AI that watches over first responders

NASA's JPL and Homeland Security are working together to take some of the load off firefighters' shoulders, by developing a new machine learning system that collects data on the emergency environment, and feeds relevant information and recommendations to the responders.

Scientists believe the tuna fish has a natural body framework that's tailor-made for UUV-like machines (Image: Jane Baker, DHS, S and T)

Robotics

BIOSwimmer robot mimics the humble tuna fish

BIOSwimmer is a battery-powered and tuna-shaped robot designed to offer surveillance in hard-to-reach places.

PLUTO off the coast of San Diego (Image: Paul Wedig, DHS S&T)

Marine

Homeland Security's PLUTO sub designed to imitate narco subs

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S and T) is operating their own drug-running submarine called PUTO to develop and test a new generation of detection equipment.

The SAPBER device (right), paired with an existing bomb disposal robot

Robotics

Device takes pipe bombs apart, and preserves the evidence

The Semi Autonomous Pipe Bomb End-cap Remover (SAPBER) is a device that disables pipe bombs, while leaving their components intact for forensic analysis.