In March of this year, Australia’s cyber intelligence agency - the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) - concluded that China was behind a February cyberattack targeting the computer network of the …
US Huawei problem goes far beyond trade, security official says
In a presentation at the multilateral action on sensitive technologies (MAST) conference, US State Department official Ashley Ford last week outlined why the US government's security worries about …
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China urges US to take steps to ensure North Korea talks resume
China wants the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) "in due course" to consider reversing some of the sanctions on North Korea to help the country "alleviate the difficulties brought to the economy …
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Public Exposure Does Little to Slow China-Based Thrip APT
Symantec warns that in the past year, Chinese cyber-espionage group Thrip has launched successful campaigns against no less than 12 military, telecom and satellite organizations across Southeast Asia. …
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Apple: Security Report on iPhone Hack Created ‘False Impression’
Apple on Friday slammed a recent Google report claiming that threat actors may have hacked into thousands of iPhones via an “indiscriminate” years-long campaign involving a number of malicious …
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China Set Traps To Capture Dangerous NSA Cyberattack Weapons: New Report
A new report by Check Point indicates that Chinese state-backed hackers set deliberate traps to steal the NSA-linked cyber weapons that were leaked by the mysterious Shadow Brokers group in 2017. …
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Huawei accuses US of cyber-attacks and threats to staff
Huawei on Tuesday accused the US government of carrying out cyberattacks on the firm's networks and of unlawfully detaining and threatening its staff members. The Chinese tech giant did not provide …
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China’s Social Credit System Raises Data Security Fears
Companies doing business in China should review their compliance efforts as well as risks to their data in the context of China’s Corporate Social Credit System (SCS), a new study[pdf] by the European …
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Report: China behind iPhone hacking, targeted Android and Windows too
China was behind the years-long campaign targeting iPhone users that was recently uncovered by Google researchers, two separate reports claim. Last week, Google published a report about the campaign, …
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Huawei signs deal to develop 5G in Russia, on sidelines of meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
Huawei has agreed to handle "the development of 5G technologies and the pilot launch of fifth-generation networks in 2019-2020" in Russia. The Chinese tech giant, which was blacklisted by the US …