Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
Smart cities are designed to make life easier for their residents. Better traffic management by clearing routes, making sure the
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The other smartphone business
With the smartphone operating system market sewn up by Google’s Android platform, which has a close to 90% share globally,
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Huawei: “The US security accusation of our 5G has no evidence. Nothing.”
Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping kicked off a keynote speech this morning at the world’s biggest mobile industry tradeshow with
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When surveillance meets incompetence
Last week brought an extraordinary demonstration of the dangers of operating a surveillance state — especially a shabby one, as
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India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers
India’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers,
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CCleaner supply chain malware targeted tech giants
Malware that piggybacked on CCleaner, a popular free software tool for optimizing system performance on PCs, appears to have specifically
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Singapore, like the US, says it may regulate some ICOs
Less than a week after the SEC said that it may regulate certain crypto token sales, better known as ICOs,
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More funding for AI cybersecurity: Darktrace raises $75M at an $825M valuation
With cybercrime projected to reap some $6 trillion in damages by 2021, and businesses likely to invest around $1 trillion over
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Sony to demo 3D face biometric running on an Xperia smartphone
If smartphone hardware rumors are on the money, and they are usually at least in the ballpark (with the exception
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