Netanyahu: to make Israeli cyber security a massive growth industry, have kept regulation low - promoting creativity and international cooperation.
Justice Department unseals 13-count indictment against China's Huawei, two subsidiaries and its CFO Meng Wanzhou
8 month agoPro ISIS tech group AFAQ (Electronic Horizons Foundation) launches Darknet website containing its library of tutorials and videos for jihadists on communicating and remaining anonymous online
Facebook announces "new tools" against interference in European elections
Thailand's military junta cracks down on social media ahead of election
DoD cyber assessment: A new study warns that hackers are advancing their skills faster than the Pentagon can keep up
Russian hackers emailing Ukraine's election workers virus-infected greeting cards, shopping invitations, software updates and other "phishing" materials intended to steal passwords and personal information, The spam contains malware to control election officials' computers.
Chad Republic has kept social media shut for 300 days and counting
Facebook plans to integrate its messaging platforms, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, according to a report from the New York Times.
Transparency activists release massive trove of hacked, leaked Russian documents
#DDoSecrets has added: Dark Side of the Kremlin (108 GB), hundreds of thousands of messages and files from Russian politicians, journalists, oligarchs, religious figures, and nationalists/militants in Ukraine.
8 month agoNew @Airbnb statement restates that they'll be delisting from West Bank settlements, in addition to in South Ossentia and Abkhazia, and says they're working to "develop and validate means to implement" policy on "disputed areas".
8 month agoTwitter handed out a suspension to white nationalist group Identity Evropa
Russian regulator takes action against Twitter, Facebook for their refusal to say where their user databases are stored
DHS is preparing to issue a rare "emergency" directive ordering federal civilian agencies to secure login credentials for their DNS records, comes after @FireEye found Iran was manipulating DNS records to divert traffic
Report of worldwide disruption of the WhatsApp messaging service.
Whatsapp application service has been disrupted in some Middle Eastern countries
LG Uplus pushes to complete 5G network in major cities this year
8 month agoDNC alleges it was targeted in phishing attack after midterms
Facebook has blocked the page of the Belarusian "Sputnik"
Zimbabwe's government orders 'total internet shutdown' amid violent crackdown on people protesting dramatic fuel price increases.
Chinese envoy to Canada warns against any future ban on Huawei supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks.
Apple CEO Tim Cook called on the FTC to track data brokers and monitor how they use people's digital information
9 month agoIn Facebook crackdown on Sputnik-connected accounts many "Ukraine regional news" groups closed
YouTube has de-monetized Tommy Robinson's channel
Facebook removed almost 300 pages from its platform for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” across the former-Soviet space on January 17, 2018.
In Zaporizhiye region Security Service of Ukraine exposed pro-Russian internet-propagandist
9 month agoFederal prosecutors are pursuing a criminal investigation against Huawei for allegedly stealing U.S. trade secrets. Includes tech for a device that T-Mobile uses to test phones. Indictment possibly soon
Gates tells Mueller about Trump campaign's dealings with Psy Group, which plotted "social media manipulation" in 2016
Internet cut as president @M_Farmaajo arrives in Baidoa to attend the inauguration of South West state president @laftagareen, who has a close relationship with the govt. Ethiopian soldiers alongside Somali army on the outskirts of Baidoa tightened the security.
