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US Urging Allies to Shun Huawei: WSJ
2018-11-23 16:16

The United States is trying to persuade wireless companies and internet providers in allied countries to shun equipment made by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, citing cyber security risks, The Wall...

US Postal Service Left 60 Million Users Data Exposed For Over a Year
2018-11-22 11:33

The United States Postal Service has patched a critical security vulnerability that exposed the data of more than 60 million customers to anyone who has an account at the USPS.com website. The...

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US Postal Service Plugs API Flaw - One Year Later
2018-11-22 09:48

Flaw Exposed Personal Data For 60 Million 'Informed Visibility' AccountsA vulnerability in a U.S. Postal Service application for tracking mail in real-time reportedly allowed anyone logged into...

US Says China Hacking Increasing Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting
2018-11-21 15:25

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology as a tariff...

Russian hackers are trying out this new malware against US and European targets
2018-11-20 14:22

A new phishing campaign from a Russian-state backed hacking group targets American and European inboxes.

Singapore Signs Cybersecurity Agreements With US, Canada
2018-11-19 13:32

Singapore last week signed cybersecurity-related agreements with both Canada and the United States as officials from both countries visited Singapore for the 33rd ASEAN Summit. read more

Did a copy-paste error reveal the US’s secret case against Assange?
2018-11-19 11:51

A court filing in an unrelated case mentioned the need to seal documents to keep secret the fact that "Assange" has been charged.

Romanian Hacker 'Guccifer' Extradited to US
2018-11-15 14:48

Former Taxi Driver Receives Conditional Release From Prison in RomaniaThe notorious Romanian hacker known as Guccifer, who revealed the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server and...

Chip Cards Fail to Reduce Credit Card Fraud in the US
2018-11-15 12:24

A new study finds that credit card fraud has not declined since the introduction of chip cards in the US. The majority of stolen card information comes from hacked point-of-sale terminals. The...

DARPA uses a remote island to stage a cyberattack on the US power grid
2018-11-15 11:29

It enacted a worst-case, "black start" scenario: swaths of the country's grid offline for a month, battery backups exhausted.