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US Charges Huawei With Stealing Trade Secrets
The U.S. Justice Department has filed new charges against Huawei and several of its subsidiaries, plus its CFO, accusing them of racketeering and engaging in a conspiracy to steal trade secrets from American companies....
Huawei Hit With New US Charges of Trade Secrets Theft
Chinese tech giant Huawei was hit Thursday with fresh US criminal charges alleging a “decades-long” effort to steal trade secrets from American companies. A US indictment unsealed in New York alleges Huawei and its...
Another FBI Suspect Wanted for $2.5 Million Internet Fraud Arrested by EFCC
Information from EFCC indicates that 38-year-old man, Festus Akinyemi Abiona who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI over his alleged involvement in $2.5 Million internet fraud has been arrested. Abiona had...
WhatsApp 2 Billion Users and Commitment to Encryption
The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said Wednesday it now has more than two billion users around the world as it reaffirmed its commitment to strong encryption to protect privacy. WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in...
Microsoft Patches IE Zero-Day, 98 Other Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for February 2020 address 99 vulnerabilities, including an Internet Explorer zero-day reportedly exploited by a threat group known as DarkHotel. Microsoft disclosed the existence of the Internet Explorer zero-day on...
Flaws in Roche Medical Devices Can Put Patients at Risk
Vulnerabilities discovered in several medical devices made by the diagnostics division of Swiss-based healthcare company Roche can put patients at risk, a cybersecurity firm has warned. Researchers at Medigate, a company specializing in securing...
30 Years Ago, the World’s First Cyberattack Set the Stage for Modern Cybersecurity Challenges
THE CONVERSATION) – Back in November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, son of the famous cryptographer Robert Morris Sr., was a 20-something graduate student at Cornell who wanted to know how big the internet was...
US Accuses China, Taiwan Firms With Stealing Secrets From Chip Giant Micron
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced charges Thursday against Chinese and Taiwan companies for theft of an estimate $8.75 billion worth of trade secrets from US semiconductor giant Micron. Sessions said the case was...
Radisson Hotel Group Hit by Data Breach
Radisson Hotel Group this week informed members of its rewards program that their personal information may have been stolen as a result of a breach. Radisson Hotel Group, formerly known as Carlson Rezidor Hotel...
China Tech Stocks Lenovo, ZTE Tumble After Chip Hack Report
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese tech stocks Lenovo Group and ZTE Corp. tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday following a news report that Chinese spies might have used chips supplied by another company to...
Facebook may face $1.63 billion EU fine for breach
A European Union privacy watchdog could fine Facebook Inc. as much as $1.63 billion for a data breach in which hackers compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users, if regulators find the...
Russia Cyber-Plots: US, UK and Netherlands allege hacking
Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global chemical...
North Korean Hackers Tied to $100 Million in SWIFT Fraud
A gang of North Korean government hackers, known as APT38, has been waging a sophisticated hacking campaign against banks in Asia and Africa, resulting in the theft of more than $100 million via fraudulent...
Canada Says it Was Targeted by Russian Cyber Attacks
Canada said Thursday it too was targeted by Russian cyber attacks, citing breaches at its center for ethics in sports and at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency, after allies blamed Moscow for some of...
China Used Tiny Chips on US Computers to Steal Secrets: Report
Tiny chips inserted in US computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal US technology secrets, a published report said Thursday. The Bloomberg News report...
