When hundreds of video cameras with the power to identify and track individuals started appearing in the streets of Belgrade as part of a major surveillance project, some protesters began having second thoughts about joining anti-government demonstrations in the Serbian capital. Local authorities assert the ...
Huawei lashes out at Estonia for 'unfounded' security claims
Chinese telecom company Huawei on Tuesday criticized the Estonian government and media for spreading what it says are "arbitrary and unfounded" allegations about cybersecurity risks related to the company's mobile phones. Hong Yang, head of Huawei's Baltic consumer business, said in a statement that the ...
President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping have plenty of reasons to call off their trade war. Both face weakening economies that would likely further deteriorate if their conflict escalates. Both are up against a formidable adversary that shows no inclination to yield. Both are tangled in ...
The European Union hinted strongly it viewed Chinese tech group Huawei as a security risk to its roll-out of 5G networks in a report released Wednesday. The bloc-wide assessment of cybersecurity for 5G networks also stressed that "threats posed by states or state-backed actors are ...
U.S. sees researchers as being on the front line of a battle against Chinese theft
As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university. In an email to the associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, an ...
Why Japan can't fail womenomics in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity's talent gap is exacerbated by low numbers of women in the field.
Tokyo Games' corporate sponsors begin drills to counter potential cyberattacks
In the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics next year, the sponsors are speeding up preparations to counter cyberattacks. Hackers hampered the two previous Olympics, taking down a state government website at the Rio Games in 2016 and triggering system failures just before the opening ceremony ...
U.S. formalizes ban on government contracts to Huawei, ZTE, other Chinese entities
The United States unveiled rules on Wednesday formally banning technology giant Huawei and four other Chinese firms from government contracts in the latest move in the countries' escalating trade war. The interim rule will preclude any U.S. federal agency from purchasing telecom or technology equipment ...
Accused Seattle hacker of Capital One tied to threat to shoot up California social media firm
The Seattle woman accused of a massive hack of personal and financial data from Capital One Financial Corp. threatened to shoot up an unnamed California social media company, according to court records. Paige Thompson, 33, was arrested during a raid of her house Monday morning ...
'Amateur' Capital One hack stuns financial security community
The massive data breach at Capital One appeared to be an unsophisticated attack from a single hacker, raising questions about the security of the financial system and insider threats to cloud computing. The motive behind the breach and extent of its impact remained unclear Tuesday, ...
'Five Eyes' security alliance calls for access to tech firms' encrypted material
The U.S.-led "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance said on Tuesday that tech firms must allow law enforcement agencies access to encrypted material, warning that failing to do so put people at risk. After a two-day summit in London, senior ministers from the group comprising the United ...
Trump's pick for U.S. intelligence chief criticized as partisan who lacks credentials
President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director has been mayor of a small Texas city, a federal prosecutor and a member of Congress. But questions were already emerging Monday about whether those qualifications are adequate for the position as the nation confronts threats that ...
