Security News

When the bits hit the FAN: US military accused of knackering Russian trolls, news org's IT gear amid mid-term elections
2019-03-01 21:05

Despite fried RAID and deleted hard drives, Federal News Agency calls US Cyber Command attack a failure A Russian new service is claiming that US attacks on it and an organisation accused of...

US House and Senate debate new data privacy law
2019-02-28 13:54

A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users' data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.*

US pushed Russian troll factory offline during US midterm elections
2019-02-28 13:00

The US blocked internet access to Russian trolls who, they say, were trying to spread FUD.

Can Everybody Read the US Terrorist Watch List?
2019-02-28 12:22

After years of claiming that the Terrorist Screening Database is kept secret within the government, we have now learned that the DHS shares it "with more than 1,400 private entities, including...

Web hacker 'Alfabeto Virtual' thrown in the clink for 3 months by US judge who wanted to 'send a message'
2019-02-27 23:39

By contrast, Russian hack-treason trial ends with 22-year sentence and accusations of foul play A US judge this week sentenced website hacker Billy Anderson to three months behind bars, refusing...

US Lawmakers Kick Off Debate Over Online Privacy
2019-02-27 15:45

US lawmakers opened a debate Tuesday over privacy legislation in the first step by Congress toward regulation addressing a series of troublesome data protection abuses by tech firms. read more

Before Elections, US Cut Russian Trolls' Internet Access
2019-02-27 11:18

Mindful of Escalation, American Spies Cautiously Spar with RussiaThe U.S. military curtailed the internet access of an infamous Russian trolling operation around the mid-term elections in November...

Huawei Says US Has 'No Evidence' of 5G Spying Allegations
2019-02-26 13:13

Huawei's chairman said Tuesday that the United States has "no evidence" that its equipment to build next-generation 5G wireless networks could be used as a vehicle for Chinese spy operations. read more

Jeez, what a Huawei to go: Now US senators want Chinese kit ripped out of national leccy grid
2019-02-25 20:44

Red scare reaches new heights as intel committee urges further crackdown on network-connected gear Equipment made by Chinese electronics giant Huawei could be torn out of America's electrical...

Gen. Nakasone on US CyberCommand
2019-02-22 11:35

Really interesting article by and interview with Paul M. Nakasone (Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency, and Chief of the Central Security Service) in the...