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Did Huawei Hide Backdoors in Telco Kit? Or Is This More Bloomberg BS?

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Today’s revelation that Huawei put backdoors into telecoms equipment is perfectly shocking. But is the story all that it seems? Yes, it’s Bloomberg again, trying to sound authoritative about security. But—some say—failing spectacularly.
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Is Huawei a National Security Proxy for China?

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Much has been made of recent pronouncements in both the U.S. and the U.K. concerning whether the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is a national security threat. On the one hand, we have the U.K.’s Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Center (HCSEC)… Continue reading Is Huawei a National Security Proxy for China?→

DHS official sounds alarm on authoritarian states ‘operationalizing their tech sectors’

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The willingness of authoritarian governments to leverage native tech companies to achieve their national goals has forced U.S. officials to adapt in how they view risk from those companies, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official. “Our focus is not on the country of origin, or the company, but it’s about what is the rule of law under which that product is potentially subject to,” Chris Krebs, head of DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said Thursday at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by Forcepoint and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. The problem lies with foreign tech companies that are subject to government demands without the visibility or appeal process that exists in the United States, he said. “It’s the rise of authoritarian states and how they’re operationalizing their tech sectors,” Krebs said, summing up how U.S. officials view products made by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and Russian […]

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Cyber Security Roundup for March 2019

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The potential threat posed by Huawei to the UK national infrastructure continues to be played out. GCHQ called for a ban on Huawei technology within UK critical networks, such as 5G networks, while Three said a Huawei ban would delay the UK 5… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for March 2019→

In issuing 5G recommendations, E.U. spurns U.S. hardline on Huawei

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European Union officials on Tuesday released recommendations for member countries to manage cybersecurity risk stemming from 5G communications networks, declining to embrace a U.S.-led effort to ditch gear made by Chinese telecom giant Huawei. The EU’s executive body instead asked each member state to conduct a “national risk assessment” of 5G infrastructure by the end of June, and made suggestions “to protect our economies, societies and democratic systems.” The commission wants suppliers and operators of 5G networks to tighten security protocols, and member states to work to develop “EU-wide certification schemes related to 5G.” 5G networks, which Europe has lagged behind the U.S. and China in deploying, promise faster data transfers and greater connectivity. But experts warn they could also introduce greater cybersecurity risk. “Any vulnerability in 5G networks or a cyber-attack targeting the future networks in one Member State would affect the Union as a whole,” the European Commission […]

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