Sitemap - 2021 - Daily Cyber and Tech Digest

Microsoft's log4j vulnerability exploited by state-sponsored hackers | Facebook warns 50,000 users targeted by spyware industry | Former Japanese PM Abe calls for Japan-US-Taiwan defence tech sharing

Why the Indo-Pacific needs its own hybrid threats centre | Japan to make social media firms say where user data stored | US to blacklist eight more Chinese companies

NEW REPORT: Borrowing Mouths to Speak on Xinjiang | Huawei linked to China's surveillance programs | Details of 80,000 SA public servants hacked

Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon warn of widespread software flaw | Historic Australia-South Korea billion-dollar defence contract | China's SenseTime postpones $767 mln Hong Kong IPO after U.S. ban

Log4shell software flaw emerging as a major threat | US Australia and Japan jointly fund undersea cable in Pacific | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account temporarily hacked

TikTok insiders say the company is tightly controlled by Beijing-based ByteDance | Saudi women sues three ex-US intel operatives over hacking for UAE | US is set to ban Chinese AI company SenseTime

Australia's central bank sees potential in wholesale digital currency | China to tighten rules for tech companies seeking foreign funding | Instagram chief pressed over kids’ well-being

Inside Tim Cook’s secret $275 billion deal with Chinese authorities | Swiss tech company boss accused of selling mobile network access for spying | Microsoft seizes websites from Chinese hacking group

Australia commences work on electronic surveillance law reforms | Executive at Swiss tech company said to operate secret surveillance operation | Peng Shuai and the real goal of Chinese censorship

$39 billion Chinese tech giant Didi leaves New York stock exchange after new SEC rules | US State Dept. phones hacked using Israeli NSO Group spyware | Misinformation stokes anti-vaccine fear in PNG

ASPI report: #StopXinjiangRumors | U.S. to lead global effort to curb authoritarians’ access to surveillance tools | Twitter and Facebook hit back at Chinese propaganda campaigns

Australia passes Magnitsky laws, targets human rights abusers | Facebook reveals takedown of global disinformation networks | Google bans political advertising ahead of Philippine elections

Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent | China seeks better cross-border control of big data with new plan | MI6 boss warns of China 'debt traps and data traps'

ASPI report: Benchmarking critical technologies | China targets journalists, foreign students with planned new surveillance system | Twitter’s Jack Dorsey steps down from C.E.O. role

Israel and Iran broaden cyberwar to attack civilian targets | Australia introduces anti-troll laws | US seeks ways to adapt spycraft to changing technology

China’s state-run companies limit use of Tencent’s messaging app | Facebook and India’s paradox of inclusion | Mass surveillance fuels oppression of Uyghurs and Palestinians

US blacklists 27 companies to protect critical tech | EU Parliament votes for new restrictions on big tech's data-driven ad targeting | Coordinated influence operation impersonating Sikhs in India

NEW REPORT: How the Cyberspace Administration of China is building a new consensus on global internet governance | Apple sues NSO Group | Why China can’t bury Peng Shuai and its #MeToo scandal

Meta delays plans to encrypt Facebook and Instagram messages until 2023 | Australia passes new offensive cyber laws | El Salvador plans to build a Bitcoin funded city

Japan should work with Aukus on cybersecurity and AI, says Shinzo Abe | How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation | Marise Payne outlines nation’s ‘red lines’ on tech

‘New weapons’: Indian PM calls for democracies to work together on cyber war | U.S. indicts Iranian hackers over 2020 election misinformation | Amazon's dark secret: it has failed to protect your data

Hackers target prominent news sites | Aussie Universities to conduct risk assessments on foreign interference | Australia to adopt new principles in critical technologies

Morrison government announces nine critical technologies to counter China | The Sydney Dialogue Playbook | Secretive Chinese Committee Draws Up List to Replace U.S. Tech

McKinsey & Co under scrutiny for advising Pentagon and Chinese enterprises | Huawei recruits smartphone partners to sidestep US sanctions | Skills shortage risks Australia's cybersecurity

FBI aware of unauthorised emails purporting cyberthreats from their email address | US seeks extradition of alleged ransomware money launderer | Facebook stifles a report on hate speech in India

We need a new global standard to curb intrusive spyware | Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation | Domestic extremists pushing violence against Congress, school and health officials

US Vice President Harris & French President Macron announce space & cyber partnership | Google's legal wins and losses in Europe | Global hacker-for-hire operation uncovered targeting thousands

Meta to block some political ad targeting | Australian Government preparing to force identity verification on social media | Auto-Sector Cybersecurity Group expands to Europe amid rising threats

Israel escalates surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank | Suspected foreign hackers breach US gov't | US & EU make REvil ransomware arrests and seizures

US House of Representatives approves $1.9 billion in cybersecurity investments | German engines found in Chinese navy warships | Iraqi prime minister targeted in exploding drone assassination attempt

Ukraine identifies Gamaredon members, links to Russia’s FSB | China gives 38 app operators five days to change data policies | Hackers are stealing data so quantum computers can crack it in a decade

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI breached Australians' privacy | US sanctions companies selling hacking tools | Information combat': Inside the fight for Myanmar's soul

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data | Yahoo pulls out of China, ending two-decade relationship | Kazakhstan granted access to Facebook's content system to flag 'harmful content'

China's new Personal Info Protection Law | Twitter 'pre-bunks' COP misinformation | Israel's leading LGBTQ dating site hacked

Morrison calls for G20 to act against online trolls | Beijing targets 'super large platforms' | Tycoons and celebrities on leak list as Russian gang demands ransom

Facebook renames itself Meta | Warning of Australia's unpreparedness to foreign interference election threat | Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers

US FTC officials to investigate if 'Facebook Papers' indicate a breach of 2019 settlement | UK spy agencies sign cloud contract with Amazon | The strategic importance of Australia's Digicel purchase

How Facebook fails 90 percent of its users | U.S. State Department to set up cyber bureau | Russia renews broad cybersurveillance operation

Microsoft warns of new Russian cyber intelligence operations | US State Department forms new cyber office | Australian government helps Telstra buy Pacific telco operator Digicel

FB exec warns of more bad headlines | Counterintelligence head narrows focus to 5 technologies critical to U.S. dominance | FB rolls out campaign to fight misinformation before Australian election

Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network | Oversight board condemns Facebook for withholding information on how it moderates VIPs | Twitter study says its algorithm favours the right

US Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools | China updates official news sources list to tighten oversight | US and UK AI research labs collaborate on army tech

Japan’s economic security minister warns on chip industry survival | U.S. lawmakers step up pressure to adopt tougher tech laws | NEW REPORT: The architecture of repression

Australia considers world-first laws to stop China attack | Another Facebook whistleblower just testified in British parliament | Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina’s entire population

Cambridge University halts £400m deal with UAE over Pegasus spyware claims | Cybersecurity experts sound alarm on Apple and E.U. phone scanning plans | Apple takes down Quran app in China

LinkedIn to end service in China's 'challenging operating environment' | 7-Eleven facial recognition tech interfered with Australian consumer privacy | US global ransomware summit eyes cryptocurrency

White House kicks off meeting to rally world leaders against ransomware | Telegram is becoming a cesspool of anti-Semitic content | Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platform

Facebook's dangerous individuals and organizations policy revealed | Australia launches ransomware action plan | Wickr received funds from nonprofit firm started by the CIA

China’s Huawei lags in 5G race following U.S. sanctions | Facebook-backed group launches misinformation adjudication panel in Australia | U.S. lawmakers see path to rein in tech, but it isn’t smooth

US electronics firm struck deal to transport and hire Uyghur workers | US Navy engineer charged in attempt to sell nuclear submarine secrets | Philippines’ Nobel Prize newsroom is under siege

Google, YouTube to prohibit ads and monetization on climate denial content | Microsoft: Russia behind 58% of detected state-backed hacks | Togo: Prominent activist targeted with Indian-made spyware

Facebook whistleblower says its algorithms are dangerous | Google will invest $1 billion for “digital transformation” in Africa | Singapore passes powerful foreign interference law

Facebook whistleblower testifies before US Senate | More details on the global social media outage that affected billions | China looks to regulate algorithm use to curb big tech's influence

Facebook apps hit by global outage | Biden to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threats | Britain to carry out ‘offensive’ cyber attacks from new digital warfare centre

U.S., EU agree to work on chip supplies, tech rules in bid to curb China | Tech giants to implement Australian child safety code | Facebook’s latest scandal putting the spotlight on children’s safety

YouTube bans anti-vaccine content | Russia arrests top cybersecurity exec in treason case | Emergency laws to be passed to fend off major cyberattacks in Australia

US and the EU discuss chip shortages, AI and tech competition | Suspected Chinese-state sponsored hackers infiltrate Afghan telecom | Watershed moment for AI technology says former Google CEO

Facebook to halt Instagram Kids project amid pressure | Japan names China, Russia, N. Korea as threats in cyberspace | EU says U.S. trade, tech council to boost its clout, set rules for 21st century

China deems all crypto-related transactions illegal | Quad leaders unite to weaken Chinese dominance over rare-earth minerals | Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks

Global semiconductor shortage getting worse | Australian spy chiefs in ‘full court press’ to sell AUKUS | U.S. audit watchdog adopts rule to help implement new China trading ban

US-EU tech off to bad start | Russian hackers leveled $5.9 million ransomware attack on an Iowa farming co-op | New ASPI Report: A 3D deep dive into the India-China border

FBI held back ransomware decryption key from businesses | Biden sanctions cryptocurrency exchange over ransomware attacks | Hack reveals embarrassing details of who’s behind far-right websites

Head of Chinese ride-share company expected to step down with rumours of government takeover | Security agencies split over blacklisting Huawei | Former NSA hacker describes being recruited as UAE spy

Quad leaders to cooperate on secure semiconductor supply chains | Wikipedia reports pro-China 'infiltration' | AUKUS is about far more than subs, it’s about technology

Huawei vows to lead in 6G | Facebook employees flag drug cartels and human traffickers, company response is weak | India welcomes AUKUS pact as China deterrent

U.S., U.K. & Australia announce joint deal on tech, cyber, defence | Norway's Telenor Myanmar unit sale came after junta's pressure on surveillance tech | TikTok faces GDPR probe

Ex-US intelligence operatives in UAE hacking case face FBI charges | Chinese police use anti-fraud app to track access to overseas news sites | Wall Street and Chinese regulators plan to meet

New Pegasus hack found targeting Apple devices through iMessage | Facebook says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal secret elite is exempt | Huawei ‘infiltrates’ Cambridge research centre

Eric Schmidt on the AI revolution & strategic competition with China | Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers | Introducing The ASPI Sydney Dialogue

US and China need to repair tech ties says Microsoft president | Australia's COVID-19 vaccination certificates at risk of forgery | Brazil’s President Bans Social Networks From Removing Some Posts

Aussie High Court rules media responsible for Facebook comments | How the N.Y.P.D. is using post-911 tools on everyday New Yorkers | Italian police raid drone maker over alleged Chinese takeover

El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin is off to a rocky start | The battle for control of Afghanistan’s internet | China and Big Tech: Xi’s blueprint for a digital dictatorship

Russia responsible for cyber attacks on German parliament -German foreign ministry | Taiwan Innovative Space will conduct test launch in Australia | Pro-Kremlin trolls target news website comments

US to fund Pacific undersea cable after Huawei bid rejected | Germany to invest billions to revive European semiconductor industry | Australian Medicare app flaw allows fake COVID vaccine certificates

Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp €225mn | FTC proposes first stalkerware ban | Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

Tencent boosts global investments as Beijing cracks down on gaming | Justice Dept. is said to accelerate Google advertising inquiry | Afghan biometric databases abandoned to the Taliban

A U.S.-built biometric system sparks concerns for Afghans | South Korea forces Google and Apple to allow third-party in-app payments | Australian powers to spy on cybercrime suspects given green light

Hackers steal passenger information from Bangkok Airways | Beijing limits gaming time for children | Australian MP proposes bill to stamp out lies and misinformation in election campaigns

Japan, Europe and U.S. app developers tie up to check IT giants | China to Cleanse Online Content That ‘Bad-Mouths’ Its Economy | COVIDSafe report shows government ignored app's major shortfalls

U.S. to work with big tech & finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines | fears loom over Afghanistan’s internet | China takes on its tech leaders

U.S. approves licenses for Huawei to buy auto chips | Facebook said to consider forming an election commission | Police powers to hack and disrupt dark web pass Parliament

China’s antigraft watchdog probes party leaders in Alibaba | Hackers release data trove from Belarus in bid to overthrow Lukashenko regime | Report finds NSO Group's spyware used on Bahraini activists

38M records exposed online | Cyberwar as an opportunity to decrease global violence | Beijing takes ByteDance Board Seat, Tencent and Alibaba may be next

The potential cyber-security costs of the Taliban's Afghan takeover | Facebook's most popular Q1 2021 post: COVID misinformation | US State Department hit by cyber attack

Library of Congress bomb suspect live-streamed on Facebook for hours before being blocked | Beijing passes critical cybersecurity regulations | Flubot text message voicemail scam targets Australians

NEW REPORT: Buying and selling extremism | T-Mobile hack leaks personal data of 40 million people | Platforms struggle against increasing Taliban social media presence

Afghans racing to erase their online lives | China seeks to tighten competition rules, sends tech shares lower | Facebook, Twitter, YouTube face high-stakes question of whether to recognize Taliban

New intel reports indicate fresh efforts by Russia to Interfere in 2022 Election | Beijing tightens grip on ByteDance | WhatsApp Can't Ban the Taliban Because It Can't Read Their Texts

Intel CEO pitches pricey chip plants to officials at home and abroad | Hackers behind recent attacks on Iran | Huawei accused in suit of installing data ‘back door’ in Pakistan project

CIA weighs creating special China unit | WhatsApp, Twitter, & Facebook reportedly blocked in Zambia | FB removes George Christensen’s anti-lockdown speech for breaching Covid misinformation policy

New COVID conspiracy theories gain traction as old re-emerge | Top PR director at Chinese social media Weibo arrested | Australian conspiracy theorists and anti-lockdown groups share fake COVID apps

Chinese spies masquerading as Iranian hackers target Israel | Hacktivists claim to seize passport data of Belarusian security forces | Facebook removes networks from Russia and Myanmar

ACCC sues Telstra, Optus, TPG over NBN speed claims | China's tech crackdown widens to Tencent from Alibaba | NEW REPORT: Influence for hire: The Asia-Pacific’s online shadow economy

DiDi considers giving up control of data to appease Beijing | Australian 2021 Census likely to be targeted by cyber criminals | Apple to scan for child abuse through software on US iPones

Australian law enforcement's new powers to combat cyber-enabled crime | US government teams up with tech giants to tackle cyberattacks | ByteDance lays off hundreds after China’s tutoring crackdown

Global cyber intrusion activity has soared in 2021| Brussels faces test of its will to tackle Big Tech | National Cyber Director says US needs to become harder target for cyber attacks

Beijing to define data that will not be allowed to leave the country easily | This is how ‘asshole’ Russian hackers shake down companies | Tencent sinks after China denounces online gaming

Antisemitism report criticises social media giants | Fake video purports to show AFP commissioner plotting to oust government | Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda

US DoJ claims Russia hacked federal prosecutors | Australia's Sky News temporarily suspended from YouTube for COVID misinformation | New US subsidies for semiconductor chips

ASD boss says China ‘propped the doors open’ for criminals in Microsoft hack | Combating ransomware’s a top priority for the US Senate | China’s Big Tech crackdown to protect the Communist Party

LINE accounts of 100+ Taiwanese politicians hacked | Biden warns cyberattacks could escalate into all-out war | US National Security Memorandum to improve cybersecurity of critical infrastructure

Iran's secret cyber files | Tencent's WeChat suspends new user registration for security compliance | Indonesia's BRI Life probes reported data leak of 2 million users

Facebook and tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database | The TikTok spiral | Police are telling ShotSpotter to alter evidence from gunshot-detecting AI

Biden's massive plans for semi-conductor chip funding | The YouTubers who revealed a Anti-Vax for hire plot | New China sanctions include politicians and researchers

Dalai Lama advisors targeted by Indian Government | US-Asia digital pact held up by internal US officials skirmish | Chinese hackers stole Mekong data From Cambodian Foreign Ministry

NSO’s Pegasus software a crucial part of Israel’s diplomatic outreach | US military bought sanctioned Chinese surveillance cameras | TikTok knows your deepest desires

Calling out China a fraught but necessary step | French President identified in leaked Pegasus data | White House exposes Facebook misinformation blind spot

US attributes Microsoft cyber attack to China, supported by allies and partners | Telstra discusses purchase of Digicel Pacific to block bid by China | More details on NSO Group's Pegasus spyware

Journalists, human rights activists targeted by Pegasus spyware | Biden criticises Facebook for Covid misinformation | Glasgow University urged to review partnership with Chinese military university

White House announces ransomware task force | UK lawmakers fret over China investment in university spinoffs | Israel’s Candiru sold states spyware to hack journalists and dissidents

Global chip shortage creates fake part market | UK spies shift focus back to China and Russia | US votes to remove Chinese telecom equipment amidst national security concerns

White House discusses digital trade agreement in Indo-Pacific | French antitrust watchdog fines Google | Kazakhstan government documents infected with malware

NEW Report: The global rise of ransomware & Australia’s policy options | Tech Firms buy COVID vaccines for Taiwan | Biden and Merkel to discuss cyber-security this week

Putin told the U.S. will take ‘any necessary action’ after latest ransomware attack | How Vietnam's 'influencer' army wages information warfare | Iran’s transportation ministry confirms cyber attack

Trump sues Twitter, Facebook, Google | China’s cyber watchdog to police Chinese overseas listings | Tech giants tell govt they don’t want its software to stop cyber attacks

China's gene giant harvests data from millions of women | Cyber agency confirms Australian firms hit by supply chain attack | Dutch team was a day away from saving Kaseya when hackers struck

Russian government hackers breach Republican National Committee | Twitter loses liability protection in India | Cybercriminal apprehended in Morocco

1,500 businesses affected by US ransomware attack | China launches cybersecurity probe into more U.S.-listed firms | Facebook, Twitter, Google threaten to quit Hong Kong over proposed data laws

Scale, details of massive ransomware attack emerge | China's cyberspace regulator orders Didi off app stores after investigation | Prominent women call for tech giants to act against online harassment

FBI, NSA: Russian military cyber-unit behind brute-force attacks | Malaysia picks Ericsson over Huawei to build 5G network | Chinese diaspora targeted by CCP disinfo campaign

Ruling on FTC's Facebook suits slams brakes on tech's legal foes | Iranian disinformation went under big tech’s radar | Hikvision did not "knowingly" commit human rights abuses

Russian state hackers compromised Denmark’s central bank | US House passes science innovation bills | Indian police file new charges against Twitter

Judge throws out Facebook anti-trust lawsuits | Google takes down map doxxing Thai activists | Inside the Burmese campaign to paint opposition as Islamic Terrorism

YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos | EU wants emergency team for 'nightmare' cyber-attacks | TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance

White House cracks down on forced labour in global supply chains | Australia passes controversial Online Safety Bill | US House committee approves major antitrust legislation to curb tech giants

U.S. spy agency touts collaboration center with private industry | Jack Ma's Ant in talks to share data trove with state firms | How China spreads its propaganda version of life in Xinjiang

Swedish court upholds ban on Huawei selling 5G network gear | EU privacy watchdogs call for ban on facial recognition in public spaces | 3 things to know about Nigeria’s Twitter ban

Legal scholars are working on new rules for international hacking conflicts | How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack | New Australian bill would force companies to disclose ransomware

Chinese apps could face subpoenas or bans under Biden order | LinkedIn blocks profiles from view in China if sensitive topics mentioned | AFP muscles up to go after ransomware gangs

Russian lawmakers to force U.S. tech giants to open local offices | Morrison raises alarm about cyber attacks with British intelligence | Hikvision CEO calls out 'US high-tech warfare' against China

Biden warns Putin against cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure | Ukraine, South Korea and US law enforcement arrest suspected ransomware gang | Facebook removes network based in Ethiopia

Hilton Hotel to be built on top of bulldozed mosque in Xinjiang | NATO's updating its response to cyberattacks | US turns to incentives against Chinese 5G

G-7 haggles over strong U.S. push to counter China’s clout | China squeezes Cambodia for its Covid app data | Putin says Russia would accept conditional handover of cyber criminals to U.S.

Australian govt launches COVID-19 vaccine digital certificates | Pipeline investigation upends idea Bitcoin is untraceable | Violent religious-nationalist cult targets India’s minorities on Facebook

NEW REPORTS: ASPI ICPC updates the China Tech Map Project | Trump’s TikTok, WeChat actions revoked by Biden | Australia urged to follow Biden’s lead on cyber attacks

How the FBI secretly ran a phone network for criminals | US Senate passes bill to bolster competitiveness with China | Nato allies need to speed up AI defence co-operation

Biden's trip to Europe is about rallying world's democracies | US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers | Chip shortage to last until at least mid-2022

Facebook will ban Trump for the next two years | Chinese internet regulators investigate startup after Tiananmen square anniversary post | Nigeria says it suspends Twitter days after president's post

Trump administration secretly seized phone records of Times reporters | Universities should capitalise on research arms race: Sinodinos | India and Israel inflame Facebook’s fights with own employees

Biden will discuss recent cyber attack on meat producer with Putin in Geneva | Nine’s cyber attacker was poised to hit two other organisations | Huawei operating system coming to smartphones in Asia

Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel | Italy gives Vodafone 5G deal with Huawei conditional approval | U.S. agency not doing its job to halt tech to China's military

Russian government hackers spoof USAID emails | Publicly visible flashcards reveal US nuclear weapons security protocols | Disk-wiping malware disguising itself as ransomware

Facebook lifts ban on posts claiming Covid-19 was man-made | Twitter calls on Indian govt to respect free speech | Tech giants publish inaugural Australian transparency reports

Security cameras in Xinjiang helping calibrate AI-emotion-detecting algorithms | The U.S. is back in the 5G game | WhatsApp sues Indian govt over new laws

GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules | Florida to fine social media companies that bar candidates | DHS to issue first cybersecurity regulations for pipelines

Alberta vows to curb university’s research ties to China | Police in Delhi have descended on Twitter’s headquarters in the country | Huawei founder urges shift to software to counter U.S. sanctions

U.S.-China tech fight opens new front in Ethiopia | MI5 chief accuses Facebook of giving ‘free pass’ to terrorists | Why Australia banned the world’s biggest telecoms firm

China could have ordered Huawei to shut down Australia’s 5G | CNA Financial paid $40m in ransom after March cyberattack | Irish hospitals are latest to be hit by ransomware attacks

Facebook establishes center to moderate violent Israeli-Palestinian conflict content | Myanmar military spies on citizens | Russia's head of foreign intelligence service denies SolarWinds involvement

Chinese Goverment employees in Apple's data centre | A new UN report on autonomous weapons | The US' legions of cyber-warriors

Activists raise concerns about tech companies’ interference as violence in Israel and Gaza plays out | TikTok owner drops Alibaba Cloud outside China | Italian state news investigates Hikvision

Japan lashes out against alleged Chinese military cyberattacks | Facebook meets with Israeli and Palestinian officials | Europe wants Intel and TSMC to help bring chip-making back

U.S. Senate panel approves tech bill to address China | Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5m ransom | Pentagon backs off Xiaomi blacklisting after legal challenge

Two new ASPI ICPC Reports on Quantum and Xinjiang | China threatens retaliations against Sweeden over 5G | North Carolina reels in fuel shortage after cyberattack

Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter | Facebook observing 'steady growth' in disinformation-for-hire services | Myanmar’s coup threatens vloggers, influencers and tech entrepreneurs

Biden invokes emergency powers to avoid fuel shortage | Palestinians slam social media companies for censoring attacks by Israeli forces | Mauritian government to intercept encrypted web traffic

Cyberattack forces shutdown of a top U.S. pipeline | China to punish data exports to overseas courts and law enforcement | UK spies warn local authorities over ‘smart city’ tech risks

How China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs | ACIC believes there's no legitimate reason to use an encrypted comms | US spy agencies review software suppliers' ties to Russia foll

Abuse of cybercrime measures taints UN talks | Oversight Board upholds Facebook’s decision to suspend Trump’s accounts | Police called as NSW Labor hit by cyber raid

India snubs Huawei in 5G trials | Belgian government's IT network down after DDoS attack | Female journalists are attacked online more frequently and severely than male colleagues

Australian senior general warns of spill-over conflict with China | Apple and EPIC battle for more control of the App economy | UK ups its counter-intelligence efforts

Signal’s hack of surveillance tech could undermine Australian criminal cases | In Moscow, big brother is recognizing protesters | Falun Gong-aligned media push fake news about Democrats

China readies Tencent penalty in antitrust crackdown | German intelligence puts coronavirus deniers under surveillance | Taiwan bans recruitment from China to combat chip talent poaching

Facebook temporarily hid posts with #ResignModi | Tech shift needed to counter China’s data supremacy | Taiwan minister plays down chances for chip production in EU

US intel creating hub to combat foreign malign influence | Japan imposes tougher tech transfer rules | Chinese-founded social network Yalla popular in the Middle East

As outbreak rages, India orders critical social media posts to be taken down | GCHQ chief warns of tech 'moment of reckoning' | Germany falls in line with EU on Huawei

The Sydney Dialogue | US Taskforce for combatting ransomware attacks | Oracle resellers selling surveillance tech to Chinese police

Australia adds critical tech focus in new regional cyber strategy | Artificial intelligence, facial recognition face curbs in new EU proposal | Facebook taking action against hackers in Palestine

A global tipping point for reining in tech has arrived | State-linked hackers hit American, European orgs with Pulse Secure exploits | Syria chemical-attack deniers admit links to WikiLeaks, Russia

Foreign actors spreading QAnon disinformation | Europe considers banning AI for mass surveillance and social scores | Russian hackers targeting Ukrainian government

Google ‘partially’ misled consumers over collecting location data | China blocks US think tank CSIS website following critique of sanctions | Huawei was able to eavesdrop on Dutch mobile network KPN

U.S. imposes stiff sanctions on Russia, blaming it for major hacking operation | U.S. spy chiefs say China is 'unparalleled priority' | Weibo is 'treating the incels like the royal family'

China rivalry spurs US Congress to align on tech spending | FBI used Australian firm to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone | China’s tech giants vow, in unison, to play by regulations

Secrecy and abuse claims haunt China’s solar factories in Xinjiang | FB Oversight Board accepting user appeals to remove content | Defending democracies from disinformation in the COVID-19 era

Biden names first national cyber director | Iranian nuclear facilities sabotaged by Israel | Deep fakes might reshape South African politics

Alibaba hit with record $2.8 billion antitrust fine in China | There's another Facebook phone number database online | India seeks U.S. help as China-backed hacks threaten military

US intelligence report warns of increased offensive cyber, disinformation around the world | Myanmar’s internet suppression | Quantum technology emerges from the lab to spark a mini start-up boom

‘Misleading’ Facebook data leak claims questioned | China researchers face abuse, sanctions as Beijing looks to silence critics | Vietnam unveils tools for taxing and tracking Big Tech

Clearview AI used by nearly 2000 US public agencies | Belgian authorities decrypt messages to seize 27 tons of cocaine in Europe | Facebook removes 14 networks from 11 countries

Facebook staff fret over China’s ads of happy Muslims in Xinjiang | Suspected NK hackers set up fake company to target researchers | Arm says its chip architecture could be made available to Huawei

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China’s website suffers cyber attack | US to publish details on SolarWinds hack | Amazon’s Twitter Army was handpicked for “great sense of humor”

Chinese state media and fringe groups cooporate on Xinjiang | How a boycott of clothing companies was executed | TikTok and US Far-right militias

SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials | Robert Gates on how to fix cyber defence | A U.S. diplomat’s wife was a social media star—until Chinese trolls, aided by state media, came after her

Nine requests assistance after cyber attack | Vendors would have to disclose breaches under new US order | Google's top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation

Facebook, Twitter & Google CEOs testify before Congress on misinformation | Brands feeling Chinese social media heat over Xinjiang | Software vendors may have to disclose breaches to U.S. government

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad | Huawei unlikely to be in India's “trusted” vendors list for 5G | Phone hacking exposed Hong Kong activists

China slaps retaliatory sanctions on EU officials | TikTok is repeating Facebook’s mistakes in Myanmar | Discord and Microsoft said to discuss deal that could top $10 billion

Superpower competition will be about technology, cyberconflict and influence operations | Facebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts in late 2020 | BEC gang arrested in Nigeria for internet fraud

China to restrict Tesla use by military and state employees | UK spy agencies push for curbs on Chinese ‘smart cities’ technology | Swiss hacker’s indictment spotlights ethics of activist attacks

China punishes Microsoft’s LinkedIn over lax censorship | Twitter calls for public input on approach to world leaders | Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

Apple cuts off China’s Ofilm over Xinjiang labor | Spy firm wants to sell global car location data to the U.S. military | Twitter has now suspended more than 150,000 QAnon accounts

China suspected of cyber attack on WA Parliament during state election | Russia, Iran ran influence operations aimed at 2020 elections, US says | Brazil needs vaccines. China is benefiting

Alibaba asked to shed media assets | The use of spyway to crackdown on the press | A look inside Gab, an alt-right app

Five Chinese companies designated US national security threat | Surveillance threatens rights in Myanmar | French researchers recover sensitive data from PDFs on global security agencies websites

Quad tightens rare-earth cooperation to counter China | Facebook drops cable plans to Hong Kong due to U.S. pressure | ASIO says foreign governments using deceptive means to obtain Australian research

Russia says it is slowing access to Twitter | UK ambassador rebuffs Beijing broadside against press freedom comments | China plans for a world without American tech

CISA guidelines on Microsoft Exchange Server product vulnerabilities | Hackers breach security cameras, exposing Tesla, jails, hospitals | Epoch Media casts wider net to spread its message online

U.S. confronts hacking by China | Russian disinformation campaign aims to undermine confidence in Pfizer | European Banking Authority hit by Microsoft Exchange hack

The CCP’s coordinated information effort to discredit the BBC | Tencent to call for tighter governance on China's internet economy | Privacy fears as India’s gov’t schools install facial recognition

Chinese government-backed hackers exploit Microsoft Exchange zero-days | Internal documents show Moscow influence on RT German staff | Google to stop browser tracking technologies

Biden set to focus on semiconductors not tanks in competition with China | Myanmar's post-coup technological authoritarianism | British scientists working with China's nuclear research institute

China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out | Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked | Israeli spyware firm NSO Group faces renewed US scrutiny

US to impose sweeping rule aimed at China technology threats | Inside the deadly phenomenon of web shutdowns | US removes stumbling block to global deal on digital tax

China targetting Tibetans online with Firefox add-on | Facebook restores Australian news pages | New restrictions for Facebook and others in India

Media bargaining code passes the Senate | Biden to order sweeping review of U.S. supply chain weak spots | FB execs silenced an enemy of Turkey to prevent a hit to the company's business

US and allies to build 'China-free' tech supply chain | Facebook restores news after deal with Australian government | Twitter discloses networks of state-linked information operations

China training Taiwanese influencers in new propaganda tactics | US Treasury watchdog warns of Government's use of cellphone data without warrants | Myanmar's internet shutdown: What you need to know

Biden's call on democracies to regulate tech | Facebook deleted Myanmar military page | Canada vowed to join Australia in fight against Big Tech's power

PM takes Facebook fight to India and the world | How Oracle sells repression in China | US charges two more members of the 'Lazarus' North Korean hacking group

New Cambodian internet censorship | The semiconducter industry between two superpowers | Facebook restricts sharing and viewing news in Australia

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence | North Korea accused of hacking Pfizer | China fears trigger grant knockbacks

SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated attack' ever: Microsoft | Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took the lead | Google closing in on news content deals

US chip companies ask Biden for incentives | Egregor ransomware affiliates arrested | Censorious governments use 'fake news' to crackdown on critics

Myanmar junta's proposed cyber bill alarms Internet giants | U.S. to look at more restrictions on tech exports to China | UN experts: North Korea using cyberattacks to update nukes

TikTok Sale to Oracle, Walmart Is Shelved as Biden Reviews Security | The Possible Xinjiang Coal Link in Tesla's Bitcoin Binge | Facebook Is Said to Be Building a Product to Compete With Clubhouse

Hacker accessed US water treatment facility | Dahua cameras detect race of individuals and alert police | Putin ordered government to restrict foreign tech companies operating in Russia

China ups its effort to control international ISO standards | UK Academics unwittingly assisting China's military | The Clubhouse App hit by censors

How the US lost to hackers | Reuters finds accounts alleging Myanmar election fraud | Singapore spying on students

India warns Twitter to reimpose ban on accounts linked to farmers | Amazon forcing workers into brutal 'megacycle' shifts | FB, Instagram, TikTok & Twitter target resellers of hacked accounts

Internet shutdowns increasingly utilised across the globe | Facebook's tumultuous relationship with Myanmar changes after coup | Berlin to invest in local telecom firms

Suspected Chinese hackers break into US government computers | Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO | South Sudanese government obtained surveillance capabilities from an Israeli company

Myanmar hit with internet disruptions during coup | US ‘SWAT Team’ reviewing past startup deals tied to Chinese investors | Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020

Leaked police files detail surveillance of China’s Uyghurs | India plans to introduce law to ban cryptocurrencies | Europe wants COVID-19 'vaccine certificates'

Facebook’s ‘supreme court’ says company got it wrong on removing content | GameStop? Reddit? Explaining what's happening in the stock market | ACCC vows to pursue Google's ad dominance

Facebook to downplay politics on its platform| Chinese keyboard apps suspected of privacy violations | Important stories hidden in Google's 'experiment' blocking Australian news

CCP calls on private sector to break U.S. tech blockade | Twitter launches a forum to combat misinformation | India permanently bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps

Online influence campaigns risk undermining Covid-19 vaccination programs | Google threatens to disable search in Australia if media code becomes law | Ant Group drops $108 billion after crackdown

Facebook Referred Trump’s Suspension to Its Oversight Board | Young Russians Flood TikTok With Navalny Protest Cries| Woolworths' Everyday Rewards data helped trace COVID-19 contacts

QAnon believers struggle with inauguration | Trump decrees cloud providers must maintain records on foreign clients | TikTok told 'strictly confidential' identity of the UK's next ambassador to China

Malwarebytes becomes fourth security firm targeted by attackers | Australian academics may give China access to their technologies and inventions | India revising e-commerce foreign investment rules

Trump admin to revoke supplier licences for Huawei | France and others to regulate sections of the Digital Servies Act outside of EU platform | "State-Affiliated" label affects Twitter engagements.

US sets out new powers to block Chinese tech | Mexican president mounts campaign against social media bans | China’s censored internet takes Trump's side

Biden to counter China tech by urging US investment | Bitcoin payments to right-wing activists linked to foreign account | Social media disinformation campaign targets Ugandan presidential election

Parler users sharing videos filmed within the Capitol Building | Google running experiments in Australia limiting news | Huawei patents tool for identifying Uyghurs, despite former claims.

Australian free speech debate in the wake of the US Capitol attack | BlackBerry sells 90 patents to Huawei, covering key smartphone technology advances | Facebook releases inauthentic behavior report

Facebook shuts Uganda accounts ahead of vote | Twitter shares fall following Trump ban | Coalition MPs, regulators call for new social media rules

Trump banned from Facebook, Twitter | Apple, Amazon, Google ban social media platform Parler in wake of US Capitol riots |+ all the major stories you may have missed over the break