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US accuses China of Microsoft hack, rallies allies in condemnation
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
In comments likely to further strain worsening relations between Washington and Beijing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the March hack of Micros...
UN urges better regulation of surveillance technology
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
The reports about the Pegasus spyware "confirm the urgent need to better regulate the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology and ensure strict oversi...
Spyware campaign targeted journalists, activists: researchers
Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)
Statements from Microsoft security researchers and the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab said powerful "cyberweapons" were being used in precision attacks tar...
Ransomware gang goes offline, prompting questions
Jul 13, 2021 (AFP)
The "dark web" page of the group known as REvil disappeared some two weeks after an attack which crippled networks of hundreds of companies worldwide and prompt...
Ransomware-hit software firm says servers restored
Jul 12, 2021 (AFP)
The Miami-based IT firm Kaseya said it had fully restored its signature VSA software operations, which are used to manage networks of computers and printers. "T...
Restart after hacks delayed again by software firm
Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)
Kaseya chief executive Fred Voccola apologized to its customers in a video update posted online late Wednesday, calling the decision not to turn systems back on...
Microsoft patches 'PrintNightmare' flaw in Windows
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
The US software colossus said in a post that hackers could take advantage of the "PrintNightmare" flaw to gain control of computers through the print spooler fe...
German academic charged with spying for China
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
The accused, identified only as Klaus L., is suspected of "regularly passing on information to Chinese intelligence ahead of or after state visits or multinatio...
FBI warns of large 'scale' in US ransomware attack
Jul 04, 2021 (AFP)
Hackers hit Kaseya, a firm that provides IT services to other companies, with a ransomware attack that could have targeted as many as 1,000 other businesses on ...
Massive ransomware attack potentially hit 1,000 businesses
Jul 03, 2021 (AFP)
Russian-based hackers have been blamed for a string of ransomware attacks, and US President Joe Biden recently raised the threat in talks with Russian counterpa...
Facebook tests alerting users to extremist posts
Jul 03, 2021 (AFP)
Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said in a Twitter exchange that the alerts sprang from an initiative at the social network to combat violent extremism and dangero...
Huawei exec seeks to introduce docs at extradition trial
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
The daughter of the company's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei is accused by US prosecutors of misrepresenting to HSBC bank close links between Huawei and a company...
Putin's phone-in hit by 'cyberattacks'
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
Shown on Kremlin-friendly media, the annual session with Putin sees the president field in real time queries submitted by Russians throughout the country. This ...
Authorities lag against fast-evolving cyberspace threats: report
Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)
And while the US remains the dominant cyberspace power, China is rapidly gaining ground and could soon be a major rival in both the civil and military spheres, ...
House committee hearing examines biometrics privacy standards
Jun 29, 2021 (UPI)
"The America Competes Act, which I'm helping to conference with the Senate, contains a number of provisions that will future proof the government's definitions ...
Secret UK defence documents found at bus stop
Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)
The Ministry of Defence said that an employee told it last week that the documents had been lost, and that an investigation had been launched. "It shouldn't be ...
Belarus IT sector hit by exodus after post-vote crackdown
Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)
Arrested, struck by police and held in detention for four days, Charnavoki eventually fled to neighbouring Ukraine -- joining an exodus of fellow tech workers t...
National Guard units prepare for cyberwarfare
Jun 23, 2021 (UPI)
The two-week training was conducted by National Guard troops stationed across New England, offering a situation in which cyberattacks took down West Coast utili...
DoD teams to streamline data at combatant commands in AI initiative
Jun 23, 2021 (UPI)
The Artificial Intelligence & Data Acceleration, or AIDA, initiative will dispatch two teams of AI experts to the headquarters of the 11 interservice combatant ...
Swedish court confirms Huawei 5G ban
Jun 22, 2021 (AFP)
The administrative court in Stockholm ruled that the decision of the Swedish telecoms authority, PTS, to ban the use of equipment from Chinese companies Huawei ...
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