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Iran to launch cyber attacks on US firms in retaliation for nuclear deal withdrawal
Iran is set to launch cyber attacks on firms operating in the United States in retaliation to the latest order of Donald Trump on imposing sanctions on the nation after withdrawing from the nuclear deal. The plan is to deter other countries from imposing sanctions on a further note, and at the same time make […]
White House to convene meeting with companies on future of AI in US Industry
White House under the leadership of US President Donald Trump is all set to convene a meeting on Thursday on the future of AI in the US Industry. The companies which have received an invitation from the trump administration include Facebook, Inc, Amazon, Google parent Alphabet Inc and Oracle Corporation. Intel Corporation, Ford Motors, and […]
Donald Trump pushing hard for Smartphone Backdoors
United States 45th President Donald Trump and his administration are reported to be pushing hard for legislation which makes it mandatory for law enforcement to access encrypted devices. In fact, a news article published in New York Times last month says that the Trump Administration is asking cell phone manufacturers including Apple to create a […]
UK announces a crackdown on Dark Web
UK’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced a crackdown on the dark web as she feels that the ploy could curb criminals from exploiting the anonymous web in pursuit of Child Po$$graphy, drug deals, guns, credit scams and other such illegal activities. Amber announced that the government of United Kingdom has set aside £9 million […]
Deployment of 5G might not bolster IoT Security
Last year, US President Donald Trump announced that his government would like to nationalize the next generation 5G wireless networks in a bid to guard against competitive and Cybersecurity threats from nations like Russia, North Korea and from mainly China. The Federal Communications Commission of United States has also confirmed that the move will help […]
Data firm tapped 50m facebook profiles to influence Trump Presidential Campaign
Cambridge Analytica, a London based data mining and data analytics firm is alleged to have tapped over 50 million Facebook profiles of Americans to influence the Trump Presidential Campaign in US 2016 Polls. As per the details available from UK’s renowned news source Guardian, Cambridge Analytica is known to build psychological profiles in order to […]
Russia shrugs off White House Sanctions imposed in retaliation to its CyberAttack
Trump Administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia for meddling in US 2016 Polls and for launching destructive cyber attack campaigns on Yahoo and attempted cyber attacks against the US Electrical Grid. Singling out Russia’s role in the NotPetya attack, a malware in disguise of ransomware, but capable of wiping out the encrypted data; the […]
UK to launch cyber attacks in retaliation for Russia Nerve Agent attack
The United Kingdom has given Moscow a time frame until midnight Tuesday to explain how a Russian backed nerve agent poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter working for Britain Intelligence authorities. Britain Prime Minister Theresa May has also issued a warning to Vladimir Putin that if he and his government chose to remain […]
Donald Trump says ‘No’ to Broadcom buying Qualcomm Deal
US President Donald Trump has blocked the planned takeover of Qualcomm by Singapore based company Broadcom. The reason, he feels that the $140 billion takeovers might impair the national security of the United States. On the other hand, Qualcomm has also shrugged off Broadcom’s buying bid by saying that price offered clearly undervalues the price […]
North Korea blamed for a cyber attack on Turkish Financial Sector
From the past one year or so, many media sources from around the world were seen accusing North Korea and its leader Kim Jung Un for launching cyber attacks on their public and private digital assets. Now the latest to join is a cybersecurity firm named McAfee which accuses North Korean hackers group Hidden Cobra […]
