"Since 2016, the Ethiopian government has targeted dissidents and journalists in nearly two dozen countries with spyware provided by an Israeli software company, according to a new report from Citizen …
Internet security in Africa ‘non-existent’, experts warn
"Data protection experts pushing for earnest legal frameworks for the privacy of Nigerians on the Internet have warned that there is no security in the African web space." Source: Internet security in …
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LA Cyber Center Hopes to be a Model for Cities Nationwide
"Despite these deficiencies, LA was a high-tech city and believed it was reasonably well defended. ‘We thought we were secure, but we just didn’t know,’ the city’s Chief Information Security Officer …
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This country’s hacking efforts have become too big to ignore
"While hackers linked to China, North Korea and Russia have dominated headlines over the past year, similar groups in Iran have caused significant damage while drawing far less attention. Multiple …
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FBI lacks ‘technical ability’ to crack most smartphone encryption
“The FBI is struggling to decode private messages on phones and other mobile devices that could contain key criminal evidence, and the agency failed to access data more than half of the times it tried …
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GSA Plans to Democratize Its Data
"The General Services Administration is building a centralized platform employees can use to explore data sets." Source: GSA Plans to Democratize Its Data - Nextgov …
Tractor causes temporal internet shutdown in Zimbabwe
"Zimbabweans on Tuesday suffered disruptions in the use of internet services and with the use of landline phones, leaving many to speculate whether the government had tampered with the …
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China toughens web censorship, encourages others to follow
"As China tightens its grip on the internet, there are rising concerns that its form of information suppression will spread to other emerging countries keen to win Beijing's favor." Source: China …
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FBI, DHS Warn of Hacker Mercenaries Funded by Nation-States
"Lines between government-backed hackers and cyber criminals are getting fuzzier, top officials told lawmakers Thursday. That’s one message the FBI wanted to send when it indicted two Russian …
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FBI, DHS Warn of Hacker Mercenaries Funded by Nation-States
"Lines between government-backed hackers and cyber criminals are getting fuzzier, top officials told lawmakers Thursday." Source: FBI, DHS Warn of Hacker Mercenaries Funded by Nation-States - Nextgov …
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