Security News

Ex-US Intelligence Agent Charged With Spying and Helping Iranian Hackers
2019-02-14 10:03

The United States Department of Justice has announced espionage charges against a former US Air Force intelligence officer with the highest level of top-secret clearance for providing the Iranian...

US counterintelligence agent helped Iran lob cyber-bombs at America, say Uncle Sam's lawyers
2019-02-14 01:25

Prosecutors accuse Monica Witt of helping Tehran target her former colleagues US prosecutors on Wednesday announced the indictment of a former US counterintelligence agent on charges of helping...

China Calls US Concerns Over Huawei 'Groundless'
2019-02-13 15:34

Beijing called the latest US warning against using Huawei equipment "groundless" on Tuesday, as the Chinese telecom giant faces espionage fears in a growing number of countries. read more

British and US militaries' drone swarm hackathon definitely isn't about army tech
2019-02-13 13:50

It's about fighting fires, not starting them, say defence bods The British military has commissioned a hackathon to develop drone swarms – while claiming that it's definitely not about developing...

Hackers hit VFEmail, wipe US servers and backups
2019-02-12 15:06

Unknown attackers have breached the servers of VFEmail and have wiped disks on every one of its US-based servers, the email provider has confirmed. At this time, the attacker has formatted all the...

China Is A Target - Just Like Us
2019-02-12 14:52

Chinese Companies Are facing Many of the Same Cyber Challenges as Companies Elsewhere in the World read more

Is 2019 the year national privacy law is established in the US?
2019-02-12 06:30

Data breaches and privacy violations are now commonplace. Unfortunately, the consequences for US companies involved can be complicated. A company’s obligation to a person affected by a data breach...

US Intensifies Pressure on Allies to Avoid Huawei, ZTE
2019-02-11 15:33

Secretary of State Pompeo Tours Europe to Discuss Countering China, RussiaThe Trump administration is leading a broadside against Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE. But concerns...

Assessing US Vulnerability to a Nation-State Cyberattack
2019-02-08 12:03

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a summary of alarming new findings about the ability of the U.S. to counter a nation-state malware attack. Plus, a discussion of "fusion...

US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)
2019-02-08 00:00

Privacy advocates stunned that explicit rules ignored, blame head of FCC US lawmakers have again called for an investigation into mobile companies after it emerged that they have been selling...