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CIA faces digital espionage allegations from China
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is alleged of conducting espionage on China for 11 years and the allegations were laid by a Chinese security firm named Qihoo 360. Reports are in that the espionage was conducted in digital form-all through cyberattacks by CIA’s hacking group named APT-C-39. Qihoo 360 argues that it has enough evidence […]
State-sponsored Chinese cyberattack was much worse than reported earlier
Last year, a report emerged in the media that China bagged hacking group named APT10 launched a cyber-attack campaign known as “Cloud Hopper” on 8 of the global renowned Managed Service Providers (MSPs). It was revealed the hackers spied on the world’s biggest technology service providers for years but were identified only at the end […]
Apple iOS app sharing data with the Chinese government
As more and more people are showing a lot of interest in using Virtual Private Networks (VPN), some hackers are offering apps which in disguise of VPNs are busy stealing credentials and snooping into the device details. According to the Global Mobile VPN Report 2019, more than 480 million mobile users are using various VPN […]
UK suspects China is conducting espionage with few among 100,000 Chinese University students
MI5 and GCHQ have warned universities and educational institutes operating across their region that the Chinese government could be conducting espionage on its research and computer systems through hidden spies among the 100,000 Chinese students who are studying on the campus. The agency suspects that the investment made by the Beijing in the research work […]
Google trending news posts related to Cloud Security and Cybersecurity
Cloud Security Oracle has finally decided to make its business hold strong in Cloud Security by announcing new services at the annual Open World Conference held in San Francisco this week. The latest set of service portfolio is intended to cut down the complexity in configuring cloud security by automating most of the security processes […]
China accuses Apple Inc with spying through iPhones
China has directly accused Apple Inc of installing monitoring software on its iPhones and computers to conduct espionage on ordinary users as well as country leaders. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the US tech company has been conducting espionage through backdoors on its device users for as long as ten years. However, […]
China hijacks US Cyber Weapons by Cheating
Chinese hacking group APT3 is known to explore secrets of its adversaries by digitally invading the IT infrastructure owned by public and private entities across the United States. Now as per a report published by Checkpoint the group is behind capturing the NSA secret weapons not by investing but by cheating. “The Chinese want to […]
Payment through Facial Recognition and hands to revolutionize Biometric Authentication
All these days we have seen payments made through cash, cheque, smartphones, bitcoins, online and via e-wallets and cryptocurrency. But can you imagine a tech which helps make payments through a simple smile? Yes, what you’ve read it is right! China has soon started to embrace a new payment technology which allows shoppers to make […]
Cybersecurity news trending on Google
Hong Kong protests have reached a new level with the LIHKG, the online headquarters for protesters alleging Chinese Baidu and its associated internet companies for launching cyber attacks on their website. Lihkg.com, where a lot of tips and comments exchange regarding Hong Kong protests take place, has claimed that their website came under a distributed […]
Mobile security fears make governments look beyond iOS and Android devices
As hackers are getting busy in finding ways to intercept iOS and Android mobile devices, governments across the world are showing a lot of interest in looking beyond the said OSes to secure devices. Recently, the Russian government through its national operator Rostelecom acquired Aurora OS platform build on Finland based company Jolla’s Sailfish OS. […]
