Security News

China's Telecom Dominance a Security Challenge: UK's GCHQ
2019-02-26 02:40

China's global dominance in telecommunications networks could pose security threats for decades, Britain's cybersecurity chief warned in a speech in Singapore on Monday. read more

ThreatList: APT Adversaries Up the Ante on Speed, Target Telecom
2019-02-19 22:07

Russia-linked actors need just 18 minutes to go from compromise to lateral movement.

Huawei: How the Telecoms Giant is Seen Around the World
2019-01-30 21:56

US charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have cranked up tensions between the world's two biggest economies, but the company is already facing obstructions around the world over alleged...

Hackers who DDoSed African telecom and US hospital get long prison sentences
2019-01-14 12:45

Two men who launched DDoS attacks against a variety of targets have received substantial prison sentences on Friday. Attacks against Liberian telecom 30-year-old Daniel Kaye (aka “BestBuy”), from...

UK Hacker Jailed for Attack on Liberian Telecoms Firm
2019-01-11 18:25

A British computer hacker has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for a cyberattack that knocked out telecommunications services in Liberia. Daniel Kaye was paid by an employee of a rival firm...

China's Huawei Faces New Setbacks in Europe's Telecom Market
2018-12-26 14:07

The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company's biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network systems...

Oculeus launches new real-time telecoms fraud protection service
2018-12-07 03:00

Oculeus revealed that the company has launched Oculeus-Protect, a new real-time telecoms fraud protection service for enterprises. Oculeus-Protect is a cloud-based service that protects enterprise...

China Telecom Constantly Misdirects Internet Traffic
2018-11-07 15:03

Over the past years, China Telecom has been constantly misdirecting Internet traffic through China, researchers say.  read more

EU telecoms suffered 169 major security incidents in 2017
2018-08-31 15:03

ENISA, EU’s agency for network and information security, has released a report on major telecom security incidents that occurred in the EU in 2017. About the report Electronic communication...

Telecom services: Patient zero for email-based attacks?
2018-08-17 11:50

Organizations offering telecommunication services are seeing more advanced malware threats than organizations in other industries, Lastline researchers have found. They have come to that...