Canadian Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Friday announced a ban on 5G networking technology from Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE on grounds that the hardware poses a threat to national security.
The government of Costa Rica declared a state of emergency this week after a massive ransomware attack locked down computer networks across multiple government agencies, paralyzing tax collection and leaving the private information of Costa Rican citizens vulnerable.
Boston-based security firm Cybereason released a report Wednesday which chronicled a “massive Chinese intellectual property theft operation” dubbed “Operation CuckooBees.”
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Thursday was formally admitted to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE), becoming the first Asian member of the defensive alliance.
Google Chrome has announced a major update for its more than three billion users after detecting 30 security vulnerabilities on its browser.
PONTE VEDRA, Florida — House Republican Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) detailed the objectives of the GOP’s American Security Task Force, particularly emphasizing cybersecurity and border security and warning that there will be no discussions on immigration reform until the border is secured.
Peter Schweizer’s new book “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” tells the story of how Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) husband Richard Blum was part owner of a Chinese firm that allegedly sold computers with spyware chips to the U.S. military.
China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday quoted a Russian official who claimed American and European state-directed hackers have launched a “massive” cyberattack on the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said Monday it was investigating an allegation its server was “hacked” after the Manila Bulletin published an article making the claim earlier that same day, Yahoo News Philippines reported.
An unknown party recently hacked at least 700 smart home devices across South Korea and sold explicit images and videos accessed through the devices on the dark web, South Korea’s National Police confirmed Monday when announcing a criminal investigation into the incident.
The U.S. Treasury announced Sunday the development of a joint task force with Israel’s Ministry of Finance to combat ransomware attacks and reinforce international cybersecurity.
Cybercriminals successfully hacked a coronavirus contact tracing app operated by the Malaysian Health Ministry on Tuesday, Kuala Lumpur confirmed Wednesday.
AI Voice cloning was recently used in a bank heist in the United Arab Emirates in which $35 million was stolen as cybercriminals continue to expand the tools they use to dupe unsuspecting targets.
Iranian hackers recently attempted to breach over 250 “Microsoft Office 365” accounts belonging to U.S. and Israeli government-linked defense tech firms, as well as companies tied to Persian Gulf ports of entry and Middle East-based maritime shipping, Microsoft reported Monday.
Nicolas Chaillan, the first person to hold the position of Chief Software Officer (CSO) of the U.S. Air Force, resigned last week to protest the slow pace of technological development for the American military.
More than half of all cyberattacks observed by Microsoft over the past year originated in Russia, the U.S.-based multinational tech corporation said on Thursday in its latest Digital Defense Report.
Russian police suddenly arrested 35-year-old cybersecurity tycoon Ilya Sachkov on Wednesday, placing him in detention for at least two months on nebulous charges of treason. The offices of Sachkov’s Group-IB corporation in Moscow and St. Petersburg were also raided, with no indication of what police were searching for.
A recent AP-NORC/MeriTalk poll found roughly two-thirds of Americans do not believe the personal information stored online is secure and that the government should do something to make it more secure.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that three former U.S. intelligence and military officers have admitted they worked as mercenary hackers for the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), violated U.S. laws against selling sensitive military technology, and conducted cyber-espionage against targets in America.
Former leader of the British Conservative Party Sir Iain Duncan Smith claimed that he is being directly threatened by Communist China.
The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Jen Easterly to serve as director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday called for an international effort to tackle “the biggest threat to global cybersecurity,” the United States.
Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point reported Thursday that a “Chinese-speaking hacker group” is conducting an “ongoing cyber espionage operation” against the government of Afghanistan.
Ukraine’s State Service for Special Communication and Information Protection said Friday that Ukrainian government systems had suffered over 50,000 cyberattacks between June 9 and June 15.
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the United States should be “hitting back” at Russia for harboring those responsible for the recent cyberattacks.
During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson stated that she views “cybersecurity as my greater concern than a mob attacking the Capitol.” Gibson said, “I worry a
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday delivered a speech to the Naval Academy’s 2021 graduating class, warning about cyber attacks, climate change, and other “modern threats.”
Morgan Wright, chief security officer for the SentinelOne cybersecurity corporation and former senior adviser to the U.S. State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to discuss the cyberattack that crippled the Colonial pipeline and caused fuel shortages across the eastern United States.
Joe Biden expressed sympathy for Americans suffering from spiking gas prices but did not offer any immediate solutions.
Hackers stole data during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Thursday ahead of the pipeline operator shutting down from the apparent attack.
A major fueling pipeline was taken offline late Friday by its operator due to an apparent cyberattack.
Australian cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0 obtained what it claimed to be an official Chinese government “watch list” of American and other foreign nationals, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Facebook on Wednesday announced its discovery of a “sophisticated covert operation” run by hackers in China to penetrate computers and smartphones owned by Uyghur Muslim activists, journalists, and political dissidents.
Finland´s domestic security agency said Thursday that a China-linked group was likely behind a cyberspying attack on parliament.
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) issued a cybersecurity report on Thursday that found India weathered a dramatic increase in cyberattacks from China and Pakistan during the year of coronavirus lockdowns.
Internet security firm Cyfirma reported Monday that hackers linked to the Chinese government are attacking the computer systems of two major Indian pharmaceutical companies involved in producing vaccines for the Wuhan coronavirus.
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on Wednesday against three North Korean citizens on charges of attempting to steal over a billion dollars through cybercrime, as well as one Canadian-American citizen accused of helping them launder the money.
American cybersecurity firm FireEye reported Tuesday that it was attacked by a “highly sophisticated threat actor, one whose discipline, operational security, and techniques lead us to believe it was a state-sponsored attack.”
The Information Technology Organization (ITO) of Iran claimed on Thursday that it detected two major cyberattacks this week.
Freedom House published the 2020 edition of its annual “Freedom on the Net” report on Wednesday. The report grimly concluded that Internet freedom around the world has diminished in the “digital shadow” of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, accelerating the steady erosion of online freedom Freedom House has chronicled over the past ten years.
