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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TIM has grown is presence in the cybersecurity market with the acquisition TS-Way, an Italian company that specialise in prevention and analysis services for cyber threat intelligence.
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Lumen Technologies has announced two major expansions to its secure access service edge (SASE) product suites.
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Aryaka has confirmed that it is expanding its partnership with Check Point Software Technologies.
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Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) has launched a new cyber division in response to growing concerns from customers and the enterprise market around network security.
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Enea, a cybersecurity specialist has urged the PEGA Committee to broaden its scope and look beyond the use of spyware over mobile networks.
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Verizon Business is providing Siemens with a range of network connectivity solutions enabling Siemens’ employees with a ‘plug and play’ offering, built on security and zero trust principles.
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An Ericsson subsidiary has bought Ericom, a US company that provides 5G-oriented cloud-based security.
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Paris-based Iliad has bought a majority stake in iTrust, a French specialist in cyber security.
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Messaging company Twilio has appointed Microsoft’s Charlie Bell to its board of directors.
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Cassava Technologies’ Liquid C2 has opened a cyber security centre in Zambia, its third in Africa.
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Vodafone and IBM are urging companies in the telecoms supply chain to make sure they are ready for the post-quantum world.
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NTT Ltd (NTT) confirms the launch of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security service giving companies improved cyber resilience.
