REUTERS – Symantec Corp said it would acquire US identity theft protection services company LifeLock Inc for $2.3 billion, in a deal that it hopes will prop up sales at its Norton cybersecurity unit. Symantec’s Read more…
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in old fears – terrorism and fake news. Chinese officials and business leaders speaking at the third Read more…
Ixia has launched its Asia Pacific Executive Briefing Center (EBC) – one of three such centers in the world – to train up IT professionals to test, monitor, optimize and defend networks from cyber attacks. Read more…
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba Group and Tencent rallied behind Beijing’s recently-imposed cyber security law on Thursday, following criticism of it from overseas technology rivals. The country’s two tech giants also urged closer cooperation Read more…
Five Russian banks have been battered by DDoS attacks, with a Mirai botnet being blamed for the incident. The state of IoT security (or collective lack thereof) seems on track to provoke national responses to Read more…
Neustar, a neutral provider of real-time information services, has publicly launched its “DNS Shield”, a worldwide network of secure private domain name system (DNS) connections between Neustar and its partners. The DNS Shield network is Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook’s WhatsApp is adding fully encrypted video calling to its messaging app on Monday, a move that comes as privacy advocates worry about the potential for stepped-up government surveillance under a Read more…
It is not just the election of Donald Trump that gives us pause for thought (and a variety of other emotions – see Facebook for most of them). There seem to be a host of Read more…
(Reuters) – Login credentials for over 412 million users of adult websites run by California-based FriendFinder Networks Inc. were compromised last month in the largest hack of 2016, according to breach notification website LeakedSource.com. Compromised Read more…
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s surprise election victory has alarmed technology companies and civil libertarians fearful that Trump – a self-described ‘law and order’ president – will attempt to expand surveillance programs and rejoin Read more…
SINGAPORE/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Recent cyber attacks harnessing everyday devices such as cameras, video recorders, printers, routers and speakers are a wake-up call to the hidden security risks of the Internet of Things. The problem for the Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco Bank said on Tuesday that 2.5 million pounds ($3 million) had been stolen from 9,000 customers over the weekend in what cyber experts said was the first mass hacking of accounts Read more…
REUTERS – A Bangladesh central bank team arrived in Manila on Monday to work on moving back part of the $81 million stolen from its account in the New York Federal Reserve in February and Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China adopted a controversial cybersecurity law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, but the law triggered concerns among foreign business and rights groups. Read more…
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