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Russia expert to lead Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
Shelly Bruce moves up from number two at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) to replace her former boss, outgoing CSE head Greta Bossenmaier. Bruce ...
Chinese island eyes oasis from web censorship for foreigners
Jun 22, 2018 (AFP)
The province, known as China's Hawaii thanks to its resorts and tropical beaches, is set to become the country's largest free trade zone and hopes to attract in...
EU states to form 'rapid response' cyber force: Lithuania
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
"Nine states have agreed to join. The goal is to create rotational EU cyber rapid response teams," Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis told AFP. He said his cou...
US Senate votes to reimpose ban on China's ZTE, shares plunge
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
Senators added an amendment targeting ZTE into a sweeping, must-pass national defense spending bill that cleared the chamber on an 85-10 vote. The company has b...
Kaspersky freezes ties with Europol over calls for EU ban
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The move follows major accusations against the firm, including from the United States, of working hand in hand with the Kremlin. "Kaspersky Lab has taken the di...
Elbit Systems launches SigmaCell a real-time active cellular intelligence system
Jun 13, 2018 (SPX)
Based on Elbit Systems' Signal Intelligence expertise, SigmaCell was designed to detect, identify, intercept and expose details of target cellular devices and t...
Apple steps up encrytion to thwart police cracking of iPhones
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
The move by Apple, the latest in an ongoing clash with law enforcement, comes amid reports of growing use of a tool known as GrayKey which can enable police to ...
'Norman,' when artificial intelligence goes psycho
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
The goal is to explain in layman's terms how algorithms are made, and to make people aware of AI's potential dangers. Norman "represents a case study on the dan...
BAE to develop conflict modeling software for DARPA
Jun 12, 2018 (UPI)
The $4.2 million contract, announced Monday by the defense contractor, is the first phase of software development for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory as ...
Despite Trump deal, China's ZTE, Huawei to face closed doors in US market
Jun 10, 2018 (AFP)
Amid persistent worries that their phones, routers and other products will open a path for Beijing's spying on the United States, analysts say the US government...
Chinese government hackers steal trove of US Navy data: report
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
Investigators told the newspaper that breaches were executed in January and February by a division of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, operating out of t...
Google rules out using artificial intelligence for weapons
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Chief executive Sundar Pichai, in a blog post outlining the company's artificial intelligence policies, noted that even though Google won't use AI for weapons, ...
Chinese phone maker Huawei denies collecting Facebook user data
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
Huawei was able to access Facebook data to get the leading social network to perform on its smartphones, the California-based company said. "Facebook along with...
Facebook deals with Chinese firm draw ire from US lawmakers
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
The world's largest social network confirmed late Tuesday that China-based Huawei -- which has been banned by the US military and a lightning rod for cyberespio...
US official charged with taking $800,000 from Chinese
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
The Justice Department said Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, of Syracuse, Utah, was taken into custody on Saturday while on his way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airp...
Telegram says Apple cleared path for app update
Jun 01, 2018 (AFP)
Telegram chief Pavel Durov thanked Apple and the California-based company's top executive Tim Cook from his verified Twitter account for "letting us deliver the...
Australia launches spy agency review amid China concerns
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
A former head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) will spearhead the wide-ranging enquiry, which will look at how national and domestic ...
White House has deal to lift sanctions on China's ZTE
May 26, 2018 (AFP)
The news comes as the US prepares to send a trade delegation back to Beijing next week to continue talks aimed at defusing a potentially serious trade dispute w...
France arrests two spies for passing secrets to China
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
The suspected double-agents were charged and detained last December, but the incident only came to light late Thursday following French media reports and a stat...
Ultrasound-firewall for mobile phones
May 25, 2018 (SPX)
More and more of our devices communicate via this inaudible communication channel. Ultrasonic communication allows devices to be paired and information to be ex...
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