Fraud and Security
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US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators. -
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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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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US hedge fund KKR has completed its US$3.8 billion acquisition of cloud-first security company Barracuda from Thoma Bravo as it continues to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity and fibre network assets.
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Lumen Technologies successfully mitigated a 1.06Tbps attack that was part of a larger campaign targeting a single victim.
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BT has won a £32 million network services contract with Sellafield Ltd that will see it provide a comprehensive network to all Sellafield UK sites.
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Hiya is partnering with Pepephone, a MasMovil Group company, to protect its customers from spam and fraud calls in Spain.
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Comcast Business has partnered with Fortinet to deliver a new set of secure access service edge (SASE) and security service edge (SSE) solutions to enterprises.
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South Korean operator SK Telecom has succeeded in getting its approaches to quantum-era securing considered as global standards.
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Mobile security specialist Zimperium has been selected by Proximus to strengthen its cybersecurity for its enterprise customers.
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The Internet Society, which monitors and campaigns for internet access, has welcomed a report from the United Nations (UN, pictured) that condemns shutdowns.
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Palo Alto Networks and HCL Technologies are to work together to offer cybersecurity solutions to enterprise customers.
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Numbering specialist XConnect has won BICS as a customer for its anti-fraud services.
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The power of cloud services is set to take a leap forward following a deal between a UK quantum computing company and a German chip maker.
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Ooredoo Group has formed a joint agreement with BICS to bolster its voice business with new solutions in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and fraud protection.
