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‘Finish Him!’ US Kills Huawei With Final Tech Ban

U.S. cuts off Huawei’s last sources of technology. Export licenses for chips and other tech components are finished ...
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US and UK Ban More Chinese Kit as Xi’s Grip Weakens

US and UK Ban More Chinese Kit as Xi’s Grip Weakens

Two key members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have made further moves to stop Chinese equipment imports ...
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Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it ...
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Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell

Chinese Huawei ‘Spies’ Charged — FBI is Mad as Hell

The Chinese government sent two spies to extract information about the U.S. case against Huawei. But they didn’t expect their contact to be a double agent ...
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Huawei CFO, US DoJ Reach Deferred Prosecution Agreement

Last week, the three-year saga of Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou, accused of trade secret theft, obstruction of justice and sanctions-busting reached its conclusion. Meng and the U.S. Attorney’s office reached a deferred ...
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Malicious Life Podcast: China's Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 3

Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 3

For more than a decade, China orchestrated a sophisticated espionage campaign against Nortel Networks, using Huawei, Chinese civilians working in Canada, and even organized crime gangs to steal important technical and operational ...
How to Ensure Security when Buying a Refurbished or Second-Hand Smartphone

How to Ensure Security when Buying a Refurbished or Second-Hand Smartphone

Last year, a Which? investigation found that 31% of resold smartphone models from three of the major used and refurbished handset stores are no longer receiving security updates. Phone manufacturers only schedule ...
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FCC Boots Chinese Telecom Companies, Citing Security

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on March 12 identified five Chinese companies they said posed a threat to U.S. national security. These companies are: Huawei Technologies ...
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Huawei Linux

Best of 2020: Was This Huawei’s Failed Attempt at a Linux Backdoor?

A Huawei employee submitted a large, buggy patch to the Linux kernel—apparently it contained a “trivially exploitable” security hole ...
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Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020

Cyber Security Roundup for November 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, October 2020.London's Hackney Borough Council has been tight-lipped about "a ...

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