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Fake emails purportedly from the US Department of Homeland Security warning of cyberattacks were sent out on Nov. 13 from a secure FBI computer server, computer security experts said.

Drug enforcement officers from Greece's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE), in cooperation with a US Department of Homeland Security team from the US Embassy in Athens, seized just under 34 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Piraeus on Tuesday morning.

A US-funded center in Cyprus will help train officials from countries in the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East on the latest techniques in border, customs, maritime and cyber security, the acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.

The coronavirus appears to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight, heat and humidity, a US official said on Thursday in a potential sign that the pandemic could become less contagious in summer months.

Deutsche Welle asked security experts: What would be the strength of Iran in such a cyber war?
The day after the US drone attack killed Iranian General Qasim Soleimani, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning against possible cyber-attacks by Iran and its proxies.

After two meetings in Athens with a US agent who was posing as a weapons dealer, Rami Ghanem returned to the Greek capital in December 2015 to check on his order: 200 American-built automatic weapons, night vision scopes and thermal imaging cameras, among other items.

The Greek government has high hopes for the outcome of a much-vaunted US-Greece Strategic Dialogue which is to take place in Washington on Thursday between senior Greek and American officials, focusing on regional defense, security and energy. 

Washington's support for ExxonMobil's drilling operations in Cyprus's exclusive economic zone was highlighted Thursday by a visit by Kathleen Doherty, the US ambassador in Nicosia, to Block 10, where the Stena IceMAX drillship is stationed.

Concluding a four-day visit to Greece, the US Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy Elizabeth Neumann said her talks would provide an "important basis" for next month's US-Greece Strategic Dialogue. 

After years of delays, Greek authorities are edging closer to upgrading citizens' identity cards, so that they meet higher international security standards, Kathimerini understands.