Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy
Taipei invites infosec bods to come and play on its home turf
Public Sector20 Jan 2025 | 5
China
When food delivery apps reached Indonesia, everyone put on weight
Asia In Brief PLUS: Salt Typhoon and IT worker scammers sanctioned; Alibaba Cloud’s K8s go global; Amazon acquires Indian BNPL company
Software20 Jan 2025 | 4
Donald Trump proposes US government acquire half of TikTok, which thanks him and restores service
Incoming president promises to allow ongoing operations for 90 days just as made-in-China app started to go dark
Public Sector20 Jan 2025 | 112
FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it
Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping
CSO17 Jan 2025 | 28
China to probe US chip subsidies as export curbs rattle allies
Beijing investigating claims of unfair competition in mature semiconductors
Systems17 Jan 2025 | 10
Clock ticking for TikTok as US Supreme Court upholds ban
Updated With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over
Security17 Jan 2025 | 44
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
China's Salt Typhoon spies spotted on US govt networks before telcos, CISA boss says
We are only seeing 'the tip of the iceberg,' Easterly warns
Security15 Jan 2025 | 11
The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish
Comment SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. So, hi, Xiaohongshu!
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 78
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn!
Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 30
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack
'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts
Networks13 Jan 2025 | 51
Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions
'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
TSMC revenue booms and you don’t need AI to figure out why
Asia In Brief PLUS: China plans unified APIs; Singapore lets Police run scam victims’ bank accounts; Fujitsu now too cool for aircon
Systems12 Jan 2025 | 6
Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases
Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US
Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 7
Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
updated China faces outright ban while others vie for Uncle Sam's favor
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 8
Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners
Good luck getting buyers and resellers excited about that
Channel09 Jan 2025 | 7
Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs
‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which may be worrying
Security09 Jan 2025 | 6
Never mind those Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades
Salt Typhoon? Unpatched network kit? Sorry, I think you're breaking up
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 6
Chinese RISC-V project teases 2025 debut of freely licensed advanced chip design
Third-gen Xiangshan may be close to performance of Arm’s made-for-HPC Neoverse 2
Systems08 Jan 2025 | 11
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing
Security and cloud compute have so much more upside than the boring business of shifting bits
Security08 Jan 2025 | 4
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit
Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 15
Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%
CES Make America irate again
Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 184
US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies
This could be the start of a saga to rival TikTok’s troubles, and embroil Tesla and Microsoft
Security07 Jan 2025 | 13
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China's Salt Typhoon victim list
Slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues
Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 4
After China's Salt Typhoon, the reconstruction starts now
Opinion If 40 years of faulty building gets blown down, don’t rebuild with the rubble
Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 41
Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables
More evidence of Beijing’s liking for gray zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements?
Security06 Jan 2025 | 13
Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says
interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business
Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 72
Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid
OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop
CSO02 Jan 2025 | 3
China's cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024
From targeted espionage to pre-positioning - not that they are mutually exclusive
Security31 Dec 2024 | 9
More telcos confirm China Salt Typhoon security breaches as White House weighs in
Intrusions allowed Beijing to 'geolocate millions of individuals, record phone calls at will'
Cyber-crime30 Dec 2024 | 36
How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi's ashes to become 'most prevalent malware'
Botnet's operators 'driven by similar interests as that of the Chinese state'
Cyber-crime24 Dec 2024 | 3
Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade
Science20 Dec 2024 | 18
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's appeal against law that would force it to shut, or sell
Will consider free speech arguments just nine days before the clock runs out
Legal19 Dec 2024 | 40
US reportedly mulls TP-Link router ban over national security risk
updated It could end up like Huawei -Trump's gonna get ya, get ya, get ya
Security18 Dec 2024 | 55
Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right?
Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 25
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa
Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 54
China preps another rocket that Beijing hopes will become its workhorse
Long March-8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after Long March 12 debut
Science12 Dec 2024 | 6
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law
Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks
Security11 Dec 2024 | 17
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door
Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions
Systems11 Dec 2024 | 3
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Cyber-crime11 Dec 2024 | 4
Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes
'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings
Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 18
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets?
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
China strikes back with Nvidia antitrust probe as US tightens tech chokehold
Updated Beijing cites GPU giant's Mellanox merger conditions from four years ago
Systems09 Dec 2024 | 4
Blue Yonder ransomware termites claim credit
Infosec in brief Also: Mystery US firm compromised by Chinese hackers for months; Safe links that aren't; Polish spy boss arrested, and more
Security09 Dec 2024 | 3
China launches AI that writes politically correct docs for bureaucrats
Asia In Brief PLUS: Politician thought Korea's martial law declaration was a deepfake; Apple finds a billion for Indonesia; China worries about open source intel; and more
AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 9
How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system
Feature 'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg
Public Sector08 Dec 2024 | 52
Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks
Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns
Security06 Dec 2024 | 4
Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday'
Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg
Security06 Dec 2024 | 16
Beijing wants Chinese outfits to seek alternatives to US silicon
And American components may be in short supply as Middle Kingdom bans rare earth exports
Public Sector05 Dec 2024 | 22
Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth
Canalys Forums APAC Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues
Off-Prem05 Dec 2024 |
T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way 'I've not seen in my career'
Interview Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat
CSO05 Dec 2024 | 54
Musk and Trump to fall out in 2025, predicts analyst
Canalys Forums APAC Differing China tech policy agendas will send bromance into 'it's complicated' status
AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 170
Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year
Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 18
Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone's getting burned
Opinion The politics of cybersecurity are too important to be left to the politicians
Security02 Dec 2024 | 63
Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired
ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 26
China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport
Won't scare SpaceX as it's not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats
Science02 Dec 2024 | 3
Chinese boffins find way to use diamonds as super-dense and durable storage medium
Looks better on your beloved's finger than a Blu-ray, too
Storage29 Nov 2024 | 55
China starts building world's largest fully steerable radio telescope
120-meter colossus expected to be online in 2028 – around the same time the Square Kilometer Array
Science28 Nov 2024 | 26
Salt Typhoon's surge extends far beyond US telcos
Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber spy crew's operations
Security27 Nov 2024 | 7
T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes'
Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do
CSO27 Nov 2024 | 9
Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink
Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys
Cyber-crime27 Nov 2024 | 15
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China
America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties
Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads
'Global Scheduling Ethernet' looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on
Networks26 Nov 2024 | 1
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