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As US citizens wait for President Trump's final decision about whether quarantine will be over by Easter, malware peddlers have already "Decided": quarantine will be prolonged until August 2020. Researchers with anti-phishing startup Inky have spotted two phishing emails purportedly coming from the White House, "Signed" by President Trump.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE. The U.S. government considers the Chinese companies a security risk and has pushed its allies not to use Huawei equipment in next-generation cellular networks, known as 5G. Both companies have denied that China uses their products for spying. The Federal Communications Commission has already voted to bar U.S. phone companies from using government subsidies for equipment from the two Chinese companies.
Unwanted and malicious emails using political-themed lures has spiked as the presidential primary season cranks into high gear - with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders representing the lion's share of subject line themes. "Overall UCE volumes mentioning individual candidates suggests that Donald Trump not only has the incumbent's advantage but also maintains the strongest brand as he did in 2016," researchers said in a posting issued on Super Tuesday.
Trump's appearance at HIMSS is "Unprecedented" - in that it's the first time a sitting president addressed the health IT conference, the organization notes. "Since our inception, HIMSS has been a nonpartisan organization whose mission is improving global health through information and technology, while providing insights and resources to our membership," HIMSS said in a statement Monday.
Trump's appearance at HIMSS is "Unprecedented" - in that it's the first time a sitting president addressed the health IT conference, the organization notes. "Since our inception, HIMSS has been a nonpartisan organization whose mission is improving global health through information and technology, while providing insights and resources to our membership," HIMSS said in a statement Monday.
US President Donald Trump promised to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he denied Russia leaked emails of his 2016 election rival's campaign, a London court was told on Wednesday. The White House quickly issued a denial that Trump had dangled a pardon in exchange for help in the Russia controversy, which has cast a shadow over his first term in office.
Julian Assange was offered a pardon by the White House only if he publicly said Russia did not hack the Democratic National Committee, according to the WikiLeaks supremo's lawyer. Assange appeared in the central London court via video link from prison.
The United States' ambassador to Germany said Sunday that President Donald Trump had threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei. Washington has been pressing allies to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest tech firms, from next-generation 5G mobile data networks, saying it is a security risk.
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has called on the National Security Agency to take steps to make sure the personal devices of high-ranking Trump administration officials are secure following a report last week that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' smartphone had been compromised. Wyden wrote to NSA Director Paul M. Nakasone on Friday, asking if the agency was sure that the Saudi government had not used the crown prince's WhatsApp account to hack the devices of senior government officials, such as White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, who have reportedly had contact with Bin Salman on the Facebook-owned messaging app.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed telecoms security with US President Donald Trump as he prepares to announce if Britain will use China's Huawei in its 5G networks, officials said Saturday. In a phone call on Friday evening, the leaders "Discussed a range of issues, including cooperation to ensure the security of our telecommunications networks", a Downing Street spokeswoman said.