Collaborate Disseminate
North Korea on Wednesday denied hacking the database of a UN committee tasked with monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang, and called on Washington to focus on peace efforts ahead of a planned summit between the countries’ leaders.
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European and US police forces have struck at the heart of Islamic State’s propaganda machine, seizing servers and “punching a hole” in its ability to spread its radical jihadist message online.
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Dutch police said Thursday they have arrested three men for stealing explicit pictures of girls and young women from their cloud data, and shut down a globally notorious “revenge porn” site.
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Google on Wednesday ramped up privacy controls in a Gmail overhaul, aiming first at businesses that use its suite of workplace tools hosted in the internet cloud.
The “all new” Gmail is available to the more than four million businesses that pay f… Continue reading Google Ramps Up Gmail Privacy Controls in Major Update
Portugal on Tuesday became the 21st country to join NATO’s cyber defence centre, the Tallinn-based body said at a flag-raising ceremony.
“We are facing adversaries who target our common values in cyberspace: freedom, truth, trust,” centre directo… Continue reading Portugal Joins NATO Cyber-Defence Centre
US securities regulators on Tuesday announced that Altaba will pay a $35 million penalty for not telling them hackers had stolen Yahoo’s “crown jewels.”
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Cambridge Analytica claimed Tuesday it was “no Bond villain” as it vehemently denied exploiting Facebook users’ data for the election campaign of US President Donald Trump.
The marketing analytics firm stressed it had deleted data about Facebook u… Continue reading Cambridge Analytica Says it is ‘No Bond Villain’
Hong Kong – It has been jokingly referred to as “Botmageddon”. But a surge in new, anonymous Twitter accounts across swathes of Southeast and East Asia has deepened fears the region is in the throes of US-style mass social media manipulation.
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A British teenager who accessed the email accounts of top US intelligence and security officials including the head of the CIA was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday.
Kane Gamble, 18, founder of Crackas With Attitude, will serve his sentence in… Continue reading UK Teen Who Hacked CIA Chief Gets Two-Year Prison Term
Russia’s telecoms watchdog plans to probe Facebook before the end of the year after blocking access in the country to the popular messaging app Telegram, its head said on Wednesday.
“We will conduct a probe of the company before the end of 2018,” t… Continue reading Russia Says to Probe Facebook After Telegram Crackdown