CYBER WARS

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Operating in the shadows: US Cyber Command
May 25, 2021 (AFP)
Many Americans are asking what the country's army of cyber warriors are doing after repeated attacks on US computer systems by Chinese, Russian and other hacker...
Cyberattacks: Bigger, smarter, faster
May 25, 2021 (AFP)
- Cyberwars begin - The Baltic nation of Estonia was the first state hit by a massive cyberattack in 2007, paralysing key corporate and government web services ...
Florida governor signs law barring social media 'censorship'
May 24, 2021 (AFP)
The law marked the latest salvo in a political battle over social media content moderation following a bitter 2020 US election and the banning by major platform...
Australian academic to face spying trial in China
May 22, 2021 (AFP)
Yang is one of two high-profile Australians detained in China on spying allegations amid escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing. The trial for Yang, w...
Amazon to extend ban on police use of face recognition tech
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
The tech giant last June announced it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its technology, saying the pause could give Congress time to enact...
15 years in prison for former US Green Beret who spied for Russia
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, pleaded guilty in November to providing national security information to Russian intelligence operatives. Debbins was senten...
French Toshiba unit hit by ransomware attack
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
Toshiba TFIS, which specialises in printers, was "hacked on May 4 by DarkSide ransomware which had already attacked numerous companies of all sizes", the compan...
Elisabetta Belloni named as first woman to head Italy secret service
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
Belloni, who has already been the first woman to hold key foreign ministry posts, will now lead Italy's Security Intelligence Department (DIS), reporting direct...
Pentagon agrees to remove Xiaomi from blacklist
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
Xiaomi sued the Pentagon and the US Treasury over the January 14 order from the administration of President Donald Trump including it with eight other Chinese c...
FBI: DarkSide group behind ransomware hacking of US Colonial Pipeline
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
Colonial said in a statement that it was moving toward a partial opening of its 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers) of pipeline -- the largest fuel network between T...
Spy concerns dog Alibaba's Belgium hub
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
The huge distribution centre being built outside Liege airport will give the firm a base to serve all of western Europe and form part of a global network. It ha...
India authorises 5G trials without Huawei, ZTE
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
South Korean technology giant Samsung, Finland's Nokia and Ericsson of Sweden and the Indian government's own C-DOT research and development centre will help fo...
Pentagon expands program inviting hackers to report problems
May 04, 2021 (UPI)
The program grew out of the department's "Hack the Pentagon initiative," which started in 2016, according to a Pentagon press release. In 2016 then-Defense Secr...
Researchers demonstrate potential for zero-knowledge proofs in vulnerability disclosure
Apr 23, 2021 (AFNS)
Further, public disclosure could enable bad actors to exploit the discovery before a patch or fix can be applied. Sharing the vulnerability directly with the so...
Dating app boast nets US Capitol riot charges
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
The case against Robert Chapman, who lives in the city of Yonkers in New York State, came together with the help of Bumble text messages, Facebook posts, and vi...
Canada judge adjourns Huawei exec's extradition hearing to August
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
The delay requested by Meng upends the scheduled resumption on Monday of the British Columbia Supreme Court proceedings, which were to last three weeks and be t...
Chinese hackers behind VPN attack on US defense firms: security experts
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
Mandiant linked at least two hacking groups, one of them believed to be an official Chinese cyber-spying operation, to malware used to exploit vulnerabilities i...
Huawei exec seeks months-long delay in US case
Apr 19, 2021 (AFP)
Chief financial officer Meng -- whose father is the company's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei -- is fighting extradition to the United States, where she faces char...
Final ruling on Trump Facebook ban delayed
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
Critics of the social media company and even strong advocates of unfettered political discourse called on Facebook's oversight board to endorse the decision to ...
Pakistan orders temporary social media shutdown after violent protests
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
The move came after French nationals and companies in Pakistan were advised by their embassy to temporarily leave the country, in the wake of rallies led by an ...
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