Security News

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...

ThreatList: Telecom Sector Plagued with Advanced Malware
2018-08-16 13:00

Advanced behavior malware threats are targeting telecom services - at a higher level than the global average, researchers found.

Trend Micro launches product to protect telecom networks serving business and home users
2018-08-16 08:30

Trend Micro announced the launch of a product that enables telecom carriers as well as service and cloud providers to protect telecom networks. This solution is customized for network function...

Cybersecurity no longer top risk for telecom industry
2018-07-20 11:30

Telecommunications executives have relegated disruption from new technologies to third place in their risk top 5: the number one risk identified by 60 telecom companies surveyed right now is...