CYBER WARS

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Blocked Internet firms on Chinese charm offensive
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Google, Facebook and Twitter are all banned in China, but the Internet giants' top executives are increasingly frequent visitors to Beijing as they seek opportu...
Microsoft agrees to store customer data in privacy-minded Germany
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
US tech giant Microsoft said Wednesday it is setting up centres to keep customer data in Germany, following a series of US surveillance scandals that have alarm...
Chinese still 'jumping' firewall to use Twitter: study
Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)
China's blocking of Twitter has failed to keep activists, journalists and others from using the messaging platform to connect with the rest of the world, said a...
Police stage European raids against spy malware users
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Authorities in five European countries said Thursday they had staged a coordinated swoop on suspected users of spy malware that gives remote access to other peo...
Senate passes cybersecurity bill over tech objections
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
The US Senate Tuesday passed cybersecurity legislation aimed at facilitating sharing of attack threats, a measure backed by the US administration but opposed by...
Raytheon study finds more men then women attracted to cybersecurity career
Oct 26, 2015 (UPI)
A Raytheon NCSA global survey found a growing gap between U.S. men and women who say they would consider a career in cybersecurity. The survey further revealed ...
German and Israel researchers team up for Global Cybersecurity Center
Oct 22, 2015 (SPX)
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's premier university and leading research institution, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology...
Thales to acquire Vormetric, expand cybersecurity business
Oct 20, 2015 (UPI)
Thales Group has announced plans to acquire California-based data protection company Vormetric for $400 million to expand its cybersecurity operations. The tran...
NSA chief looks to win allies at elite tech conference
Oct 20, 2015 (AFP)
The director of the US National Security Agency on Monday sought allies at an elite technology conference amid lingering distrust about widespread online snoopi...
Chinese kept hacking after pact with US: researchers
Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)
Hackers linked to the Chinese government kept up efforts to break into US computer networks even after a cybersecurity agreement between the two countries annou...
NATO and Czech Republic to bolster cyberdefense
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
Officials from NATO and the Czech Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to improve cooperation and assistance on cyberdefense. The document was s...
Lockheed Martin and Guardtime Technology target cyber threats
Oct 07, 2015 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin and Guardtime Technology demonstrated technology they produced together to combat cyber attacks. The demonstration was conducted at Lockheed mar...
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei posts photos of suspected bugging devices
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has posted photos on his Instagram account that suggest listening devices were planted in his Beijing studio. The photos, whi...
CIA pulled officers from China after govt hack: report
Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)
The United States withdrew several CIA officers from its embassy in Beijing to protect them from being uncovered through a hack of US federal employee records, ...
DHS taps Raytheon for network contract
Sep 29, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has selected Raytheon to be the prime contractor and integrator of the agency's Network Security Development Division, ...
Airbus Defence and Space in IT security venture with Atos
Sep 28, 2015 (AFP)
The defence unit of European aircraft giant Airbus announced Monday it had struck a strategic partnership with French IT service company Atos to develop securit...
US says 5.6 mn fingerprints stolen in breach
Sep 23, 2015 (AFP)
The massive breaches of US government records resulted in the theft of some 5.6 million sets of fingerprints, officials said Wednesday, raising their estimate f...
U.S. and China compete for hacking personnel
Sep 21, 2015 (UPI)
A new kind of arms race is underway between the United States and China, potentially involving 9th grade soldiers. As American and Chinese officials are set to ...
Kremlin-backed hackers spying on Europe, Asia, US: cybersecurity firm
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
Russia has been sponsoring systematic cyberespionage in Europe, the US and Asia for seven years, Finnish data security firm F-Secure claimed in a report publish...
Russian pleads guilty in major hacking case
Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)
A Russian national accused of hacking payment systems of major retailers and the Nasdaq stock market, resulting in $300 million in losses, pleaded guilty Tuesda...
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