Huawei and Chinese Surveillance

This quote is from House of Huawei: The Secret History of China 's Most Powerful Company. "Long before anyone had heard of Ren Zhengfei or Huawei, Wan Runnan had been China's star entrepreneur in the 1980s, with his company, the Stone Group, touted as "China's IBM." Wan had believed that economic...

New Report Links Research Firms BIETA and CIII to China's MSS Cyber Operations

A Chinese company named the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application BIETA has been assessed to be likely led by the Ministry of State Security MSS. The assessment comes from evidence that at least four BIETA personnel have clear or possible links to MSS officers and their...

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [20 January]

As the digital world becomes more complicated, the lines between national security and cybersecurity are starting to fade. Recent cyber sanctions and intelligence moves show a reality where malware and fake news are used as tools in global politics. Every cyberattack now seems to have deeper...

[Security Nation] Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso on the Results of the UK Government’s Security Culture Challenge

!\Security Nation\ Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso on the Results of the UK Government’s Security Culture Challengehttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/07/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod are joined again by Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso of the UK...

Cybercrime in the Spotlight: How Crooks Capitalize on Cultural Events

ARCHIVED STORY Cybercrime in the Spotlight: How Crooks Capitalize on Cultural Events By John Fokker · July 03, 2018 Every four years, everyone’s head around the globe turns toward the television. The Olympics, the World Cup – world events like these have all eyes viewing friendly competition...

Setting Expectations Between States on Cyberwar

A a panel of security experts at the RSA Conference on Wednesday said there is a lack of agreement on a definition of cyberwarfare and of the tools used to fight them. “Words matter and it’s important to have definitions. But one of the challenges is the pace of innovation gets in front of doctri...