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Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not: whistleblower
Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)
He is scathing about Facebook's "man-child" chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and the arrogance of the company he runs. "Facebook knew about what happened with Ca...
NATO exercises cyber defences as threat grows
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
With its harsh lighting and partitioned desks, the room could be any soulless office. But this is NATO's "cyber range" and these men and women are running the a...
China's Xi vows to better protect intellectual property
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
Xi is due to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at the gathering in Argentina this week, with Washington threatening to ramp up a trade war with Beijing if it...
New Zealand says Huawei ban not because it's Chinese
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
Wellington also dismissed suggestions its intelligence services came under pressure from allies in the "Five Eyes" spy network to bar Huawei amid fears about cy...
Russian hackers bilked firms out of tens of millions of dollars
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
In one scheme, dubbed "Methbot" and launched in 2014, the accused internet swindlers rented more than 1,900 computer servers located in commercial datacenters i...
Google workers want plug pulled on plan for China search
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai last month acknowledged publicly for the first time that the company is considering a search engine for China, saying it co...
Army scientists revolutionize cybersecurity through quantum research
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
Recent advancements of cutting-edge technologies in lasers and nanophysics, quantum optics and photonics have given researchers the necessary tools to control a...
US urging allies to shun Huawei: WSJ
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
The lobbying campaign, also targeting government officials, is taking place in allied countries where Huawei equipment is widely in use such as Germany, Italy a...
Spain approves contested data protection law
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The law was approved in Spain's upper house of parliament with 220 votes in favour and 21 against. It aims to make Spanish law comply with the European Union's ...
Surge in China theft of Australia company secrets: report
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
The investigation by Fairfax Media and commercial broadcaster Channel Nine comes just days after US Vice President Mike Pence accused Beijing at the APEC summit...
Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
The crackdown comes as Instagram parent Facebook strives to assure people that the leading social network and its services can be trusted. "Recently, we've seen...
Stealth crackdown: Chinese censorship extends to Twitter
Nov 18, 2018 (AFP)
As Beijing presses a campaign to throttle any remaining voices that stray from the Communist Party narrative, it is extending its reach to foreign sites outside...
Snapchat parent hands over data for US inquiry
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Snap Inc. has been responding to subpoenas and request for information from the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, a spokesperson sai...
Cathay says 'most intense' period of data breach lasted months
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The Hong Kong-based firm was subjected to continuous breaches that were at their "most intense" from March to May but continued after, it said in a written subm...
51 states pledge support for global cybersecurity rules
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
The states have signed up to a so-called "Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace", an attempt to kickstart stalled global negotiations. China, Russia a...
Snowden issues surveillance warning to Israelis
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Snowden highlighted Israel's high-tech capabilities, but warned that accepting too much government surveillance and too easily acceding to the argument that it ...
World Wide Web inventor wants new 'contract' to make web safe
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Some 70,000 people are expected to take part in the four-day Web Summit, dubbed "the Davos for geeks", including speakers from leading global tech companies, po...
Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came shortly after US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they had no indication of efforts to disrupt election infrastructure but t...
Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US election
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came shortly after US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said that Americans should be wary of Russian attempts to spread fake news. The...
CSEM announces the world's first fully autonomous camera integrated into a patch or a magnet
Nov 06, 2018 (SPX)
The growing need for security and surveillance offers opportunities for low-cost autonomous IOT cameras. CSEM has leveraged its unique experience in the design ...
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