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White House offers prize money for hacker-thwarting AI
Aug 09, 2023 (AFP)
Competitors vying for some of the $18.5 million in prize money will need to design novel AI systems that quickly find and fix software vulnerabilities in electr...
China drafts rules for using facial recognition data
Aug 08, 2023 (AFP)
China is one of the most surveilled societies on Earth, with thousands of CCTV cameras scattered across cities and facial recognition technology widely used in ...
Iraq suspends Telegram over 'national security'
Aug 06, 2023 (AFP)
The service was effectively blocked by midday on Sunday, with new messages not loading for users in Baghdad. The application was still accessible to users conne...
X lets users hide once-vaunted Twitter blue check; Musk offers legal aid
Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)
A coveted status symbol at Twitter before Elon Musk bought the company, the blue checks have been mocked by some as a sign that the user is willing to pay for s...
White House board urges reauthorization of controversial surveillance law
Jul 31, 2023 (UPI)
Members of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, and the associated Intelligence Oversight Board, warned in their report that a failure by Congress to re...
Germany warns of spying 'risks' with some China students
Jul 29, 2023 (AFP)
"China is becoming more and more competitive and is a systemic rival in the domain of science and research," Bettina Stark-Watzinger said in an interview publis...
Possible Chinese malware in US systems a 'ticking time bomb'
Jul 29, 2023 (AFP)
The Times, quoting US military, intelligence and security officials, said the malware potentially gave China's People's Liberation Army the ability to disrupt U...
France charges 4 for handing China, Russia secret tech
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
The four, two French and two Chinese nationals who were charged on March 24, include two top managers at high-tech firm Ommic, the source said. Ommic is a semi-...
US commerce chief plans to visit China despite hacking
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
This month computer giant Microsoft said hackers seeking intelligence information had breached the email accounts of some US government agencies, while The Wash...
Thales announces Quantum-Ready Cybersecurity measures for Galileo
Jul 25, 2023 (SPX)
Thales's solution is set to be based on a scalable, flexible architecture, derived from its Cybels security supervision products, and equipped with big data cap...
Canada arrests retired police officer over alleged China meddling
Jul 21, 2023 (AFP)
William Majcher, 60, is accused of using "his knowledge and his extensive network of contacts in Canada to obtain intelligence or services to benefit the People...
Hack-A-Sat's Moonlighter Satellite deploys to LEO after successful launch
Jul 20, 2023 (SPX)
It took four years, but "this year, we are in space for real," said Steve Colenzo, Technology Transfer Lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information ...
WormGPT tool for criminals discovered by cybersecurity firm
Jul 15, 2023 (UPI)
These tools are the latest examples of how generative AI can be used by criminals and come amid growing concerns from law enforcement agencies about the use of ...
GMV teams with Galician Innovation Agency to fortify CIAR with advanced cybersecurity system
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
The Rozas Airport Research Center (CIAR) was created as a part of the Civil UAVs Initiative, a strategic program undertaken by the regional government of Galici...
Chinese hackers breached US govt email accounts: Microsoft
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
"The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident is an adversary based in China that Microsoft calls Storm-0558," the company said in a blog post late Tuesday...
Commerce secretary, State Department targeted in Microsoft email hack
Jul 13, 2023 (UPI)
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's emails were hacked in the breach, making her the only Cabinet-level official to be compromised so far, The Washington Post, A...
China intelligence targets UK 'prolifically': report
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
"The UK is of significant interest to China when it comes to espionage and interference, given our close relationship with the United States, membership of inte...
Blinken warns Beijing on hacking as US, China keep dialogue going
Jul 13, 2023 (AFP)
Less than a month after Blinken paid a rare visit to Beijing, he met for more than an hour and a half with Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy...
White House releases plan to increase investment in cybersecurity
Jul 13, 2023 (UPI)
The National Cybersecurity Strategy seeks to make two fundamental changes in the government's digital security protocols, including a plan to enlist more help f...
Serbian intelligence chief sanctioned over corruption, ties to Russia
Jul 11, 2023 (UPI)
The sanctions against Aleksandar Vulin are being conducted through the department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and are in response to corruption allegatio...
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