Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran

The White House convened a meeting with representatives of Amazon.com, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Cloudflare and civil society activists on Thursday in a bid to

US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, Iran
Business|News|Science|Technology

GPS spoofers 'hack time' on commercial airlines, researchers say

A recent surge in GPS “spoofing”, a form of digital attack which can send commercial airliners off course, has entered an intriguing new dimension, according to

Technology

Can online voting be secure? Experts in Las Vegas try to hack new platform

Hackers from around the world gathered in a small conference room in Las Vegas on Friday to test their skills against a new online voting platform, in a bid to

Can online voting be secure? Experts in Las Vegas try to hack new platform
Asia|News|Political

North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies

By James Pearson and Sarah N.

North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies
News|Technology

As losses mount, CrowdStrike says bug in quality-control process led to botched update

A software bug in CrowdStrike's quality-control system caused the software update that crashed computers globally last week, the U.S. firm said on Wednesday, as

As losses mount, CrowdStrike says bug in quality-control process led to botched update
News|Technology

Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again

Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and until more contingencies are

Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again
Business

ICBC paid ransom after hack that disrupted markets, cybercriminals say

China’s biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has paid a ransom to cybercriminals who hacked the bank last week, a representative of

ICBC paid ransom after hack that disrupted markets, cybercriminals say
Business

Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang

Internal data from Boeing, one of the world's largest defence and space contractors, was published online on Friday by Lockbit, a cybercrime gang which extorts its

Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
World

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash

Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in Western tech companies

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash
News|Technology

Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI

Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small

Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI

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