US investigators are probing whether the China ties of TP-Link Systems Inc., the US-based business of Wi-Fi router giant TP-Link, pose an “unacceptable risk”
and a rift between 2 brothers on opposite sides of the Pacific. Our deep dive on TP-Link & its claim it's chosen the US over China: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark Simon / @marksimonhk : Great stor...
The Biden admin adds European spyware firms Intellexa and Cytrox to an export prohibition list blocking them from US tech, as concerns grow over hacking tools
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Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' mobile device location data, which would be the first such ban in the US
On the other hand, everyone from your cell phone provider to the DMV sells your data without any scrutiny of these practices. … Dustin Volz / @dustinvolz@journa.host : Massachusetts lawmakers are weig...
A survey of 70 cybersecurity experts: 64% favor reauthorization of FISA's Section 702, set to expire at the end of 2023, with some changes to address abuse
Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! It's good to be back from Denver. There, a 6-year-old repeatedly defeated me and/or incapacitated … Tweets: @peterswire , @dnvolz , and @kimzetter Tweets: Peter Swi...
Biden signs an EO limiting US agencies' use of hacking tools from companies that are linked to human rights abuses or are deemed to pose national security risks
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Investigation and documents: over 600 US police entities have access, without oversight, to a database on 150M+ money transfers in the US and over 20 countries
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @neerajka , @mqsullivan , @paulwsj , and @dnvolz Tweets: Neeraj K. Agrawal / @neerajka : Law enforcement has warrantless access to a database of over 150 million transac...
In a rare speech, the UK's GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming warns China's tech ambitions, including a CBDC currency, are a security issue “that will define our future”
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UK's ruling Conservative Party is offering its 160K members the option to vote online in a leadership election to decide the country's next prime minister
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dnvolz and @dcjohnson Tweets: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : Conservative Party members in the U.K. are casting ballots for the next prime minister over the inte...
Biden signs a memorandum expanding the NSA's role in protecting sensitive government networks, and mandating cybersecurity practices at DoD and spy agencies
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UK's NCSC and US DHS publish a list of 2,500 COVID-19-related threats they are tracking, including malicious websites and email addresses linked to scams
COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Hacking Groups Hunt Pandemic Opportunities, Warn U.S., British Officials Dark Reading : Microsoft Releases COVID-19 Sec...