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Facebook pulls pages linked to ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
According to the human rights group Avaaz, the social media giant took down seven pages directly linked to Bannon that had 2.45 million followers and that the g...
Swiss spies benefitted from secret CIA encryption firm: probe
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
A large media investigation revealed back in February an elaborate, decades-long set-up, in which US and German intelligence services creamed off the top-secret...
Czech intel report targets Russian, Chinese spies
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
In its annual report, the Security Information Service (BIS) said the intelligence services of Russia and China played an important role in promoting their inte...
Huawei wins stay against exclusion from Sweden 5G
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
The ruling by the Stockholm administrative court forced the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) to announce late Monday that it would postpone an auction o...
L3Harris to support development of AI systems for DOD Program
Nov 02, 2020 (SPX)
L3Harris will research, develop and demonstrate an AI/ML interface using data science techniques under a new multimillion-dollar contract to support DOD applica...
Glitches, loopholes dent Facebook election misinformation efforts
Nov 02, 2020 (AFP)
The problems were highlighted in recent days by revelations that misleading ads, debunked by independent fact-checkers, were being reposted, shared and targeted...
Ransomware surge imperils hospitals as pandemic intensifies
Nov 01, 2020 (AFP)
Alerts from US authorities and security researchers highlight a wave of cyberattacks on hospitals coping with rising virus infections. An unusual warning this w...
Saudi Twitter users grapple with 'digital authoritarianism'
Nov 01, 2020 (AFP)
Abdulaziz al-Dukhail, who had served as deputy finance minister, went missing in April along with at least two other public intellectuals also believed to be in...
Canada police, border agency accused of colluding to get Huawei exec's passcodes
Oct 31, 2020 (AFP)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer Scott Kirkland interrogated the Huawei chief financial officer for three hours during a stopover at the Vancouver a...
Judge allows defense to argue US misled Canada in Meng extradition
Oct 30, 2020 (AFP)
Meng is wanted in the United States on fraud charges related to violations of US sanctions in Iran. Her lawyers say the US omitted key information in a case sum...
Canada border agent says mistakenly handed Huawei exec's passcodes to police
Oct 29, 2020 (AFP)
Scott Kirkland, with the Canada Border Services Agency, said it is common for travelers to be asked to hand over passwords and access codes during an inspection...
Air Force announces new cyberspace, munitions test facilities at Eglin AFB
Oct 28, 2020 (UPI)
The development is part of a $107 million contract with Colorado-based contractor Hensel Philips, which began building the first phase of the munitions complex ...
Five Chinese agents arrested in US for targeting Beijing opponents
Oct 28, 2020 (AFP)
Assistant Attorney General John Demers said charges had been filed against eight people involved in an "illegal Chinese law enforcement operation known as Fox H...
Defense questions Canada policeman who arrested Huawei exec
Oct 28, 2020 (AFP)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Winston Yep was the first witness to testify in the 48-year-old Chinese executive's two-year fight against extradition t...
India, US to sign data pact ahead of talks on countering China
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajn...
In election hacking, perception may be as good as the real thing
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
Simply the perception of breaching election systems could have the same effect of undermining confidence in the outcome and opening the door to discrediting the...
Facebook derails deception campaign ahead of US election
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
The effort orchestrated from Mexico posted in English and Spanish on topics including racial injustice; feminism and the environment, using a small bit of conte...
Huawei's Meng back in Canadian court to fight extradition to US
Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)
The Chinese telecom giant's chief financial officer was arrested on a US warrant in December 2018 during a stopover in Vancouver. She is charged with bank fraud...
US voter data traded on hacker forums: researchers
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
A report released Wednesday by the security firm Trustwave said its researchers "discovered massive databases with detailed information about US voters and cons...
China warns Swedish firms of tit-for-tat action after Huawei ban
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
The Swedish telecoms regulator issued a ban on Tuesday that would require carriers to remove existing Huawei and ZTE equipment by 2025, citing national security...
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