Cyber Security
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T-Mobile has confirmed a significant cyber attack allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, marking the latest in a series of breaches targeting major telecom providers globally. -
US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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EU cybersecurity experts conducted a series of exercises to test the bloc’s preparedness for large-scale cyber crises.
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Social media app TikTok has said it will fight an order by the Canadian government to cease operations in the country over national security concerns.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
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Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s security agency’s surveillance of international telecom operators to try and detect cyber threats was unconstitutional.
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Schneider Electric is investigating an alleged cybersecurity breach after a hacker taunted the firm, claiming to have accessed its Jira server and made off with confidential data.
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In a major collaborative effort, GSMA and UK Finance have united leading UK mobile operators and banks to launch Scam Signal, a new tool designed to tackle Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud.
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NTT Data has expanded its cybersecurity partnership with Palo Alto Networks to help enterprises safeguard their digital infrastructures from emerging threats.
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Cisco has disabled public access to its DevHub software development platform in the wake of a data breach where hackers made off with confidential documents.
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A recent joint cybersecurity advisory issued by the FBI, CISA, NSA, and other U.S. agencies highlights a growing threat posed by Iranian cyber actors targeting critical infrastructure sectors.
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Cisco has reportedly fallen victim to a significant data breach, with hackers seizing confidential documents, API tokens, source code, and SSL certificates.
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Vodafone has launched Vodafone CybSafe in partnership with the human risk management (HRM) platform, CybSafe in a bid to prevent cyber-attacks caused by human error.
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Google and Vodafone have unveiled a 10-year partnership aimed at revolutionising the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity services for millions of customers across Europe and Africa.
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Eon, a startup developing a next-generation cloud backup solution, has emerged from stealth with $127 million in funding to reinvent cloud infrastructure backup.
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Extreme Networks has added David Nuti as its head of security sales.
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Generative AI and automation have caused more cyberattacks on mobile operators' infrastructures, research by Nokia revealed.
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As consumers we’ve seen software and connected digital experiences become central to the vehicles we own, lease and share, whether that’s providing access and security, assistance and safety or joining up with our wider digital lives - with upgrades and recalls delivered automatically, over the air.
