01 Aug

China bans export of drones some countries have already banned anyway

China introduced restrictions on Monday that mean would-be exporters will require a license to ship certain drones and related equipment out of the Middle Kingdom.

Author rabih
31 Jul

White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among ‘worst intelligence failures of our time’

The White House has weighed in on the Section 702 debate, urging lawmakers to reauthorize, “without new and operationally damaging restrictions,” the controversial snooping powers

Author rabih
31 Jul

Hikvision, Nvidia named in contract for ‘Uyghur detection’

Updated Video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision was paid $6 million by the Chinese government last year to provide technology that could identify members of the

Author rabih
31 Jul

Hikvision and Nvidia named in contract for Uyghur detection

Chinese video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision was reportedly paid $6 million by Beijing last year to provide technology that could identify members of the nation’s

Author rabih
31 Jul

What would sustainable security even look like?

Opinion “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today,” fumed Admiral David Beatty during 1916’s Battle of Jutland. Fair enough: three of

Author rabih
31 Jul

US senator victim-blames Microsoft for Chinese hack

Infosec in brief US senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) thinks it’s Microsoft’s fault that Chinese hackers broke into Exchange Online, and he wants three separate government

Author rabih
29 Jul

Florida man accused of hoarding America’s secrets faces fresh charges

Federal prosecutors have expanded their criminal case against a famous Floridian and his loyal minions for allegedly mishandling national security secrets and not being forthright

Author rabih
29 Jul

Millions of people’s data stolen because web devs forget to check access perms

Personal, financial, and health information belonging to millions of folks has been stolen via a particular class of website vulnerability, say cybersecurity agencies in the

Author rabih
28 Jul

FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that’s how we get nearly all our cyber intel

Nearly all of the FBI’s technical intelligence on malicious “cyber actors” in the first half of this year was obtained via Section 702 searches, according

Author rabih
28 Jul

Chinese companies evade sanctions, fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine, says report

Chinese companies, including state-owned defense companies, are evading tech sanctions and fueling Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a US report released on Thursday. US

Author rabih
28 Jul

Is backdoor access oppressive? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Bills granting access to end-to-end encrypted systems, opportunity for cybercriminals, abuse by authority, human rights, and tech companies leaving the UK? Source

Author rabih
28 Jul

AI in the Wild: Malicious Applications of Mainstream AI Tools

It’s not all funny limericks, bizarre portraits, and hilarious viral skits. ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E, Craiyon, Voice.ai, and a whole host of other mainstream artificial intelligence

Author rabih
28 Jul

Medical files of 8M-plus people fall into hands of Clop via MOVEit mega-bug

Accounting giant Deloitte, pizza and birthday party chain Chuck E. Cheese, government contractor Maximus, and the Hallmark Channel are among the latest victims that the

Author rabih
27 Jul

NATO probes hacktivist crew’s boasts of stolen portal data

NATO is investigating claims by miscreants that they broke into the military alliance’s unclassified information-sharing and collaboration IT environment, stole information belonging to 31 nations,

Author rabih
27 Jul

Healthcare files of 8M-plus people fall into hands of Clop via MOVEit mega-bug

Accounting giant Deloitte, pizza and birthday party chain Chuck E. Cheese, government contractor Maximus, and the Hallmark Channel are among the latest victims that the

Author rabih
27 Jul

Deloitte and Chuck E. Cheese join 500+ orgs as MOVEit victims

Accounting giant Deloitte, pizza and birthday party chain Chuck E. Cheese, government contractor Maximus, and the Hallmark Channel are among the latest victims that the

Author rabih
27 Jul

Think tank calls for monitoring of Chinese AI-enabled products

Chinese made AI-enabled products should spark similar concerns to Middle Kingdom sourced 5G equipment and therefore be regulated, said think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Author rabih
26 Jul

Crooks pwned your servers? You’ve got four days to tell us, SEC tells public companies

Public companies that suffer a computer crime likely to cause a “material” hit to an investor will soon face a four-day time limit to disclose

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