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Five Eyes nations plus India and Japan call for encryption backdoor once againFive Eyes nations plus India and Japan call for encryption backdoor once again

Five Eyes nations plus India and Japan call for encryption backdoor once again

Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance once again call for tech firms to engineer backdoors into end-to-end and device…

5 years ago
Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy LawsIndonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to…

5 years ago
US House Passes IoT Cybersecurity Improvement ActUS House Passes IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act

US House Passes IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bill that aims at improving the security of…

5 years ago
UK NCSC releases the Vulnerability Disclosure ToolkitUK NCSC releases the Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit

UK NCSC releases the Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit

The British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a guideline, dubbed The Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit, for the implementation of a…

5 years ago
US Federal systems must be covered by vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021US Federal systems must be covered by vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021

US Federal systems must be covered by vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021

A new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) mandate requires U.S. agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021. The…

5 years ago
The Australian government wants to respond to attacks on critical infrastructureThe Australian government wants to respond to attacks on critical infrastructure

The Australian government wants to respond to attacks on critical infrastructure

The Australian government aims at giving itself the power to manage the response of private enterprises to cyber attacks on…

5 years ago
EU has imposed sanctions on foreign actors for the first time everEU has imposed sanctions on foreign actors for the first time ever

EU has imposed sanctions on foreign actors for the first time ever

For the first-ever time, the EU has imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at…

5 years ago
President Trump’s executive order bans foreign electrical equipment from national power gridPresident Trump’s executive order bans foreign electrical equipment from national power grid

President Trump’s executive order bans foreign electrical equipment from national power grid

US power grid will not include any equipment manufactured by foreign states for security reasons, this states the executive order…

5 years ago
Facebook vs NSO Group lawsuit: 1,400+ users were targeted with Pegasus spywareFacebook vs NSO Group lawsuit: 1,400+ users were targeted with Pegasus spyware

Facebook vs NSO Group lawsuit: 1,400+ users were targeted with Pegasus spyware

The legal dispute between Facebook and NSO group continues even after the Israeli surveillance firm filed a motion to dismiss…

5 years ago
New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sitesNew York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sites

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sites

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on coronavirus scam sites. The Coronavirus-themed…

5 years ago