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Facebook rocked by data breach scandal as investigations loom
Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)
Calls for investigations came on both sides of the Atlantic after Facebook responded to explosive reports of misuse of its data by suspending the account of Cam...
Cambridge Analytica: firm at the heart of Facebook scandal
Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)
An affiliate of British firm Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), Cambridge Analytica has offices in London, New York, Washington, as well as Brazil and ...
Lockheed Martin unveils unified platform Henosis prototype for US Cyber Mission Force
Mar 19, 2018 (SPX)
Like the cyber equivalent to an aircraft carrier, the Henosis prototype could incorporate and integrate cyber effects into multi-domain air, land, maritime and ...
US accuses Russian government of hacking infrastructure
Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)
A technical report released by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday singled out Moscow as directing the ongoing effort that could give the hackers th...
Grid security questioned after Russian sanctions
Mar 16, 2018 (UPI)
The U.S. Treasury Department revealed Thursday that Russian government actors targetted "multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nu...
NATO working on cyber attack trigger: commander
Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)
The alliance is "dealing with the issue around this and in cyber and working to define an understanding of what would be a trigger for Article 5," General Curti...
Broadcom withdraws Qualcomm offer after Trump blocks bid
Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)
"Although we are disappointed with this outcome, Broadcom will comply" with the order blocking its effort to buy Qualcomm, it said in a statement. Broadcom said...
Blocked Broadcom-Qualcomm tie-up highlights 5G security fears
Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)
Trump issued an order Monday barring the proposed $117 billion acquisition, citing credible evidence such a deal "threatens to impair the national security of t...
DeepMind boss admits 'risks' of AI
Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)
"There's a whole bunch of interesting and difficult philosophical questions... that we're going to have to answer about how to control these systems, what value...
Equifax identifies 2.4 mln more affected by massive hack
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
The company's forensic investigation revealed the new identities on top of the 146 million affected in the attack that exposed victims' personal details, includ...
Top US court grapples with email warrant reaching across borders
Feb 27, 2018 (AFP)
Oral arguments were held at the top US court over a 2013 warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over the contents of an email account used by a suspected drug traff...
Huawei chief defends group against espionage concerns
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
Huawei has reportedly lost a deal with AT&T in the United States that would have given it an improved foothold on the handset market following a report by US la...
Microsoft data warrant case in top US court has global implications
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
The case, which dates back to 2013, involves a US warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over the contents of an email account used by a suspected drug trafficker, ...
Russia hacked Olympics computers, turned blame on N Korea: report
Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)
South Korea had previously announced that it was investigating the failure of several Olympic-linked internet sites and broadcast systems just as the opening ce...
Global cybercrime costs $600 bn annually: study
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
A report by the security firm McAfee with the Center for Strategic and International Studies found theft of intellectual property represents about one-fourth of...
Twitter sets crackdown on automated 'bot' accounts
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
The San Francisco messaging platform said the move was intended to rid the service of spam-spewing automated accounts, and not aimed at people using the service...
N. Korea cyber threat 'more aggressive than China': US firm
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
It was the first time that FireEye had used the designation for a North Korean-based group. Analysts say the isolated and impoverished but nuclear-armed North h...
Cyberattacks are costly, and things could get worse: US report
Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)
A report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers sought to quantify what it called "malicious cyber activity directed at private and public entities" in...
Thousands of websites infected by 'crypto mining' malware
Feb 12, 2018 (AFP)
The attack is the first major incident made public in which a new breed of hackers took over a large numbers of websites to effectively create currencies like b...
China orders microblog companies to ramp up censorship
Feb 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Cyberspace Administration of China said the Twitter-like microblog platforms have allowed the spread of pornographic, vulgar and fraudulent content. In addi...
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