Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2020
For the first-ever time, the EU has imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at the EU and its member states. The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on a Russia-linked military espionage unit, as well as companies operating for Chinese and North Korean threat actors that launched […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2020
US power grid will not include any equipment manufactured by foreign states for security reasons, this states the executive order signed by President Trump. This week President Trump signed an executive order that prohibits operators of US power grids to buy and install electrical equipment that has been manufactured outside the US. “I further find that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2020
The legal dispute between Facebook and NSO group continues even after the Israeli surveillance firm filed a motion to dismiss the case earlier this month. Facebook advocates have challenged a plea from spyware maker NSO Group to dismiss the legal dispute over the hacking accusations, arguing it has immunity from prosecution. Now both companies are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2020
New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on coronavirus scam sites. The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. The New York Attorney General asks GoDaddy, Namecheap, Register.com, and Endurance International Group and other domain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2020
This week US President Donald Trump signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for replacing equipment made by Chinaâs Huawei and ZTE. US President Donald Trump continues its battle against the Chinese telco giants Huawei and ZTE, this week he has signed a bill that assigns $1 billion to small telecom providers for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2020
US Congress passed legislation offering $1 billion to help telecom carriers “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese giants Huawei and ZTE. On Thursday, US lawmakers have passed legislation that plans to give $1 billion to telecom carriers to “rip and replace” equipment from Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE. The measure approved by the Senate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2020
New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. The lawsuit was filed by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2020
Tutanota, the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service. Tutanota is listed in the registry of blocked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2020
Last week, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced a bill that would ban intelligence sharing with countries that use Huawei 5G networks. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has introduced this week a new bill that would ban the sharing of intelligence with countries that use Huawei equipment on their fifth-generation (5G) networks. Since November 2018, the US Government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2020
The Irish government has published its National Cyber Security Strategyâ, it is an update of the country’s first Strategy which was published in 2015. The 2019 National Cyber Security Strategy aims to allow Ireland to continue to safely enjoy the benefits of the digital revolution and play a full part in shaping the future of […]
