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Chinese national charged with US hacking
Aug 25, 2017 (AFP)
Yu Pingan, a 36-year-old from Shanghai who uses the alias "GoldSun," was arrested earlier this week after he flew into Los Angeles airport for a conference, acc...
China opens its first 'cyber court'
Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)
Residents of the eastern city of Hangzhou -- home to e-commerce giant Alibaba -- can now register their internet-related civil complaints online and wait to log...
US creates separate unified cyber warfare command; National Guard activates cyber-security task force
Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)
The move means the US Cyber Command, or Cybercom, will eventually become its own entity. It had been a subordinate part of the US Strategic Command since it was...
Web firm fights US government over protester data in fresh clash on data
Aug 15, 2017 (AFP)
The firm DreamHost said it was challenging a warrant seeking to identify the visitors of the protest site DisruptJ20, which organized a demonstration against Tr...
Chinese scientists aim to launch more quantum satellites
Aug 14, 2017 (XNA)
China launched the satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), nicknamed "Micius" after a 5th Century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist, on Aug....
Lawyer: British hacking suspect will be vindicated
Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)
The lawyer's remarks came after Marcus Hutchins -- who three months ago found a "kill switch" to stem the spread of the devastating WannaCry ransomware outbreak...
Silicon Valley's accidental war with the far right
Aug 13, 2017 (AFP)
The recent firing of a Google engineer for questioning the internet giant's diversity efforts, which ignited a backlash from the "alt-right" and fueled charges ...
Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app
Aug 12, 2017 (AFP)
"We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country in different ways," a Facebook repre...
China probes social media platforms for 'obscenity'
Aug 11, 2017 (AFP)
The world's most popular messaging service WeChat, the Twitter-like Weibo as well as the Tieba discussion forum are being investigated, according to an announce...
White-hat hackers probe U.S. Air Force systems
Aug 11, 2017 (UPI)
The 207 vulnerabilities were found from May 30 through June 23 by vetted U.S. and international hackers in a federal bug bounty program involving the Air Force ...
China's web users fear losing tools to bypass 'Great Firewall'
Aug 06, 2017 (AFP)
Tens of millions of people are estimated to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass Chinese internet restrictions -- getting access to blocked websites su...
Arrest shines light on shadowy community of good, bad hackers
Aug 04, 2017 (AFP)
Today, the 23-year-old is in a US federal prison, charged with creating and distributing malicious software designed to attack the banking system. His arrest th...
UK security researcher 'hero' accused of creating bank malware
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
Marcus Hutchins, known by the alias "Malwaretech," was charged in an indictment dated July 12 and unsealed this week by federal authorities in Wisconsin. The US...
ICF to support Army cyber-security operations, research
Aug 02, 2017 (UPI)
The award was given by the Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, for its programs and includes a base period of performance and option periods. "ARL is the tip of t...
Apple removes some VPN services from Chinese app store
Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese internet users have for years sought to get around heavy internet restrictions, including blocks on Facebook and Twitter, by using foreign virtual priva...
Global ransomware attacks on the rise: Europol
Jul 25, 2017 (AFP)
"Ransomware has soared since 2012, with criminals lured by the promise of profit and ease of implementation," the European police agency said in a statement. Ac...
Simplifying surveillance with social media
Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)
The image messaging service Snapchat is particularly popular among young adolescents, and the recent release of its latest feature - Snap Map - provoked widespr...
Army opens cybersecurity research laboratory
Jul 21, 2017 (UPI)
Access to the Army Cyber-research Analytics Laboratory, or ACAL , and it's data will be the Department of Defense's industrial and federally funded partners, in...
China orders tech firms to ramp up censorship
Jul 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Cyberspace Administration of China said it held a meeting this week with representatives from domestic tech giants Baidu, Sohu, Tencent, Netease and Phoenix...
Cyber and Space Defense Units to Enter Operation in India
Jul 18, 2017 (Sputnik)
"The Defense Secretary apprised the audience (members of unified commanders' conference) that the defense cyber and space agencies and special operations divisi...
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