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Russian hackers breach US Democratic committee database: report
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
Hackers aligned with Russia's government breached US Democratic National Committee computers and stole data including a trove of opposition research on Republic...
Google chief says Israeli tech second only to Silicon Valley
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
A top Google official on Tuesday hailed Israel's tech sector, saying it trailed only Silicon Valley in the United States when it comes to "initiatives". Eric Sc...
Hackers selling stolen Twitter log-in data
Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)
Tens of millions of stolen Twitter credentials evidently lifted from web browser programs were put up for sale online, according to a search engine devoted to l...
Northrop collaborates with NEC for Japanese cyber range system
Jun 08, 2016 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman says its cyber range has been provided to NEC for the Japan-Cyber Operations Research, Training and Experimentation system. The system, known a...
Russian hi-tech spy devices under attack over privacy fears
Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)
New Russian technologies, including phonecall interception and a facial recognition app, have stirred a fierce debate about privacy and data monitoring. Infowat...
Chinese cyber spies hack Taiwan ruling party: security firm
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
Mainland hackers were likely to be behind an attack on the website of Taiwan's ruling party, a US-based security firm said Thursday, as the island warns of grow...
No warrant needed to get cell phone location: US court
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
Police don't need a warrant to obtain mobile phone location data for a criminal investigation, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched for di...
Computing a secret, unbreakable key
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
What once took months by some of the world's leading scientists can now be done in seconds by undergraduate students thanks to software developed at the Univers...
China mulls new ways to control video websites
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities are exploring new ways of imposing controls on the Internet, state-run media cited experts as saying Monday, after reports said state-owned ...
Microsoft tells UN more can be done to combat digital terror
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft told the United Nations on Wednesday that technology companies can do more to combat digital terror, but warned there was no single solution to preven...
Altamira Technologies acquires Prime Solutions
May 09, 2016 (UPI)
Altamira Technologies Corporation has acquired Prime Solutions LLC, a cyber operations company supporting the U.S. intelligence community. Altamira, itself a pr...
Microsoft to address UN on 'digital terror'
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft has accepted an invitation from the UN Security Council to address a special debate next week on counter-terrorism and confronting "digital terror", U...
Chinese officials under investigation for selling data: govt
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of employees at China's top statistics bureau are being investigated after selling data, the government said Wednesday, despite longstanding doubts ove...
Facebook says government data queries up 13 percent
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Facebook said Thursday it had received 13 percent more government requests for user data in the second half of 2015, with more than 46,000 requests worldwide. T...
Encryption row spotlights fears on security, privacy
Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)
Has encryption technology given the bad guys a way to operate in the dark? Or has the new tech age gifted law enforcement with unprecedented surveillance powers...
FBI won't disclose iPhone hack details to Apple
Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)
The FBI said Wednesday it would not disclose details of its hack of an iPhone used by one of the shooters in last year's San Bernardino killing spree. The feder...
FBI chief sees better cyber cooperation from China
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday he has seen some improvement in cooperation from China in fighting cybercrime following last year's bilateral agreement on...
US military conducts cyber attacks on IS
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
The US military is now conducting cyber attacks on the Islamic State group, a general said Tuesday as the Pentagon looks to accelerate the fight against the jih...
Two Apple services blocked in China
Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)
Apple confirmed Friday its iTunes Movies and iBooks service have become unavailable in China, after reports authorities ordered them to be taken offline. "We ho...
FBI paid over $1 mn for iPhone hack
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid hackers more than $1 million to break into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, director James Comey...
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