Sitemap - 2024 - Daily Cyber and Tech Digest

U.S.-China talks on AI risks set to begin | Japan to launch U.S.-inspired defence R&D centre with eye on AI | UAE releases new AI Model to challenge Meta, OpenAI

Japan, U.S. and others to ease cross-border personal data transfers | Russian hackers hijack Ukrainian TV to broadcast Victory Day parade | More subsea cables bypass China as Sino-U.S. tensions grow

Australian firms ‘at risk’ under AUKUS, report warns | Israeli spyware firm NSO Group drags researchers to court | Labor goes to war with Meta in far-reaching inquiry

US revokes licences for supply of chips to Huawei | Chinese network behind one of world's largest online scams | Canadian government proposes new foreign influence registry

Australia bans alleged Russian leader of global ransomware group LockBit | TikTok and ByteDance sue US to block law forcing sale of the app | Microsoft leads the charge in combating AI-driven election

New US strategy looks to blunt Russian and Chinese influence in cyberspace | Belgium to police Telegram under new EU tech law | Tech giants agree to build security into software products

EU condemns Russian hacks on Germany, Czechia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and Sweden | Australian MPs not told of Chinese hacks | Drone Warfare, now in Burma

Investigation uncovers substantial spyware exports to Indonesia | Church stabbing, Bondi Junction highlight X’s failure to moderate | Microsoft bans US police from using AI for facial recognition

New ASPI Report: Truth and reality with Chinese characteristics | Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites | Russia and China co-ordinate on disinformation in Solomon Islands elections

China's tech pipeline fuels Russia's Ukraine war efforts | Facebook and Instagram hit with EU probes over disinformation | US State Dept reduces arms licensing burden for UK, Australia

$1 billion for Australia to build quantum computer | Musk leaves China with Tesla hurdles cleared | EU to probe Meta over Russian disinformation

Government seeks public feedback on expansion of eSafety powers | US wants allies to cut chip-related China exports amid Huawei alarm | China spy suspects in U.K. and Germany seen as 'tip of iceberg'

TikTok vows to fight 'unconstitutional' US ban | Saudi Arabia spends big to become an AI superpower | Hackers use developing countries as testing ground for new ransomware attacks

AI making radicalisation easier and faster says ASIO | North Korea launched 'all out' cyber-attacks on South Korean defence companies | Biden signs bill to extend controversial surveillance program

Sanctioned North Korean animators working on hit shows | ABC journalist denied visa after Indian government blocked reporting | TikTok to fight divestment or ban in US courts

US House passes bill that could ban TikTok | Musk's X ignores Australia's legal threats | China establishes new information warfare unit

Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud | Microsoft's OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe | UK warns universities China could steal secret tech

A deep dive into Russia's Sandworm cyberwarfare | Disinfo efforts around US election kicking into gear | Dive into the invisible seafaring industry that fixes undersea cables

eSafety commissioner orders X, Meta to remove violent videos after Sydney stabbing| UK starts drafting AI regulations for ChatGPT | G42's secret pact with US to divest from China pre-Microsoft deal

Israel denies Iranian cyber-attacks despite evidence | Ukrainian hackers breach Russian drone developers | Disinformation circulated around Bondi attacker

Gmail And YouTube hackers bypass Google’s 2FA | Russian hackers steal US government emails with Microsoft | CISA makes its malware analysis system publicly available

Australia, US and Japan strike missile agreement to deter China | Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from its threat notification policy | Zambia uncovers Chinese cybercrime syndicate

S. Korea, Canada, New Zealand under consideration for AUKUS Pillar II | Malaysia orders Meta, TikTok to counter harmful content | EU political parties promise to steer clear of deepfakes

Google boosts in-house chip efforts amid AI arms race | Biden Administration to block Russian software use over security concerns | Eurovision condemns social media campaigns against Israel

South Korea launches second military satellite | Hackers steal 340,000 Social Security numbers from US government consulting firm | The stress of AI megacampuses on power grid and political stability

US warns of increased China aid to Russia | Tech giants' data harvesting for A.I. raises legal and ethical concerns | Japan to join AUKUS 'Pillar 2' in defense technology sharing pact

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza | US reprimands Microsoft for security failures that allowed Chinese hack | Google looks to AI paywall option

Taiwan earthquake underscores chip industry risk | Google settles privacy lawsuit, will delete browsing data | Uber's lawyers confirm the use of spyware against competitor GoCatch

US and UK sign landmark agreement on testing safety of AI | Biden, Xi discuss TikTok, South China Sea and de-risking in call | Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections

China’s advancing efforts to influence the U.S. election raise alarms | Japan and EU to develop cutting-edge materials for chips and EVs | Jeffrey Epstein’s island visitors exposed by data broker

Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza | AI could take away almost 8m jobs in UK, says report | China targeted European lawmakers with cyberattacks

New Zealand Accuses China-Backed Hackers of Parliament Cyberattacks | FTC considering lawsuit against TikTok amid China ties criticism | Leaked documents uncover Chinese hackers targeting Australia

UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy | EU probes Apple, Google and Meta over digital rules compliance | Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot - US

China eclipsing the US as the biggest producer of AI | First global resolution on AI safety adopted by UN | First-ever cybersecurity exercise conducted by Japan in Pacific

UN General Assembly vote on AI resolution | Australia joins Drone Coalition on Ukraine | US Justice Department sues Apple over antitrust

French regulator fines Google €250 million | US weighs sanctioning Huawei’s secretive Chinese chip network | EU to impose election safeguards on Big Tech

Cold war efforts needed to tackle AI-Nuclear weapons threat nexus | Saudi Arabia set to become world's largest AI-investor | Heightened risks of youth radicalisation online

South Korea warns of tech threat to democracy | Australia's eSafety probes tech companies over terror-related content | ByteDance researcher wrongly added to US AI safety group chat

SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency | Australian government concerned as Meta dumps transparency tool CrowdTangle | G7 ministers agree to cooperate on AI, supply chains

Trump's CIA Clandestine campaign against China | ByteDance fined for endangering children through viral game 'French Scar' | Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a hypersonic missile

House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App | MEPs approve world's first comprehensive AI law | ‘Not above the law’: Facebook warned of liability for scams

US Cyber Chief sounds alarm on China threat | US ramps up scrutiny of lidar technology | Anonymous Sudan claims cyber attack on French government

TSMC to win more than $5 billion in grants for US chip plant | North Korean missiles developed with foreign help | Russia-sponsored cyberattackers infiltrate Microsoft's code base

US House Panel Unanimously Approves TikTok Crackdown Bill | EU's Digital Rules Prompt Apple Adjustments | Google Launches Cybersecurity Hub in Tokyo Amid Rising Threats

Ex-Google engineer charged with AI technology theft for Chinese companies | Moldova warns of Russian ‘hybrid attacks’ ahead of presidential election | New frontiers in foreign propaganda

US House Bill Demands ByteDance Divestiture from TikTok | Blackcat Ransomware Site Seized, UK Agency Denies Involvement | North Korea Hacks South Korean Chip Makers

How regulations fractured Apple’s App Store | North Korea broke into S. Korean chip equipment firms | India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches

AUKUS weighs Japan's participation in defence tech development | Meta won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media | Microsoft seals Middle East 5G deal

AI will allow more foreign influence in US election | Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp | US launches investigation of Chinese vehicles, citing security risks

US, allies set out 6G principles amidst growing tech rivalry | Biden acts to stop sales of sensitive personal data to China and Russia | Australia facing its highest-ever threat from espionage

Damaged subsea cable in Red Sea highlights telecom vulnerability | US Supreme Court wary of regulating social media | OpenAI seeks to dismiss NY Times’s lawsuit

US Supreme Court hears arguments on Social Media Laws | Meta to assign special teams in Europe to fight election disinformation, AI abuse | Singapore and Malaysia sign pact to target telecom scammers

Japan takes Taiwan's helping hand on road to chip revival | UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down following cyberattack | Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition to monitor staff

Leaked files from Chinese firm show international hacking effort | Russian-aligned network Doppelgänger targets German elections | Google chatbot’s A.I. images put people of color in Nazi-era uniforms

Biden gives Coast Guard added authority over maritime cyber threats | China’s rush to dominate A.I. depends on U.S. technology | Medibank hacker Aleksandr Ermakov ‘detained’ in Russia

ASPI launches Sydney Dialogue 2024 | Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, US and EU | House leaders launch bipartisan artificial intelligence task force

North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack | ‘Strings attached’: Saudi Arabia steps up demands in tech deals with China | U.S. chip manufacturing running into obstacles

US fears Russia might put a nuclear weapon in space | World's biggest tech companies pledge to fight deepfakes | OpenAI introduces text-to-video AI tool "Sora"

Chinese influence campaign pushes disunity before U.S. election | Lawmakers mull blacklist for Chinese military-linked lobbyists | Terrorists are paying for check marks on X

Microsoft & OpenAI say hackers are using AI to improve cyberattacks | US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after email leak | TikTok prepares to combat misinfo ahead of European Union election

Apple iMessage, Microsoft Bing dodge EU’s big tech crackdown | Emerging technologies will intensify the North Korean cyber threat | US official warns of China’s growing offensive cyber power

Russia using Elon Musk’s Starlink on Ukraine front line, says Kyiv | Meta removes Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s Supreme Leader | Biden re-election effort opens a TikTok account

AI firm considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections | Iran-backed hackers interrupt UAE TV with deepfake news | Insurance data breach affects nearly half of France

Dozens of countries and tech companies fight against spyware | United Nations investigate $3 billion worth of North Korean cyber attacks | Tiktok Australia boss expected to step down

China had "persistent" access to U.S. critical infrastructure | Iran's cyber operations in Israel prelude US election interference | Philippine senator calls for probe into Chinese cyberattacks

Meta to start labeling AI-generated images from companies | Chinese spies hacked Dutch defence network last year | UK, France pitch rules to curb spyware abuse

US condemns Iran, issues sanctions for cyber-attacks | Japan rushing to improve defense networks amid Chinese attack concerns | Fake Biden video prompts call for Meta to label posts

China rushes to homegrown AI chips as Nvidia cutoff expands | Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired | ByteDance, Shein sharply boost spending on lobbying in U.S.

Chinese embassy confronts Australian cyber ambassador | Journalists, activists targeted in Jordan with Israeli-made spyware | AUS: ‘Don’t kneecap AI with needless rules’, Productivity Commission

Chinese hackers are determined to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure | CEOs from big tech head to Congress for kids’ online safety hearing | How a chip shipment sparked a U.S. probe

There’s so much data even spies are struggling to find secrets | US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure | Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia

US wants cloud firms to flag foreign users in China AI race | Apple says UK could 'secretly veto' global privacy tools | Can Mr. Beast break through on the Chinese internet?

Ransomware-for-hire revealed by the Medibank hack | Sextortion training materials found on Social Media giants' platforms | Tech giants will now have to warn the US Gov. when starting new AI projects

UK, US and Australia sanction Russian citizen over Medibank hack | Biden’s big AI science project gets pledges from Microsoft | UK: Global ransomware threat expected to rise with AI

Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday | Medibank hacker linked to Russian hacking syndicate REvil | China appears to backpedal from video game crackdown

Aus govt invokes cyber sanctions against Russian hacker | AI is destabilizing ‘the concept of truth itself’ in 2024 election | EU Meta users to get more choices to comply with Digital Markets Act

Microsoft discovers state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails | Judge in India prevented Americans from seeing a blockbuster report | OpenAI bans bot developer for presidential election deepfake

As Taiwan voted, Beijing spammed AI avatars, faked paternity tests and ‘leaked’ documents | ASEAN tycoons to Japan: Speed up or lose out | Foxconn to partner with India's HCL on chip testing plant

Ottawa curbs university research partnerships with China, Iran and Russia | China and India lead Asia race to expand spy satellite networks | OpenAI working with US military on cybersecurity tools

YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial | Husic shuns EU path for AI and unveils Australian government’s vision | OpenAI announces new tools to counter election misinformation

China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite US ban | Australian companies dump TikTok tracking tool amid privacy concerns | S. Korea unveils plan to build 'semiconductor mega cluster'

OpenAI quietly deletes ban on using ChatGPT for "military and warfare" | New Australian laws to curb danger of artificial intelligence | Japan successfully launches an intelligence-gathering satellite

Microsoft debates what to do with AI lab in China | US companies & Chinese experts engaged in secret diplomacy on AI safety | Australia: ONI casts wide net for tech leaders

Online safety regulator lashes X over failure to police hate | AI is helping US spies catch Chinese hacking ops | Meta staffer under investigation after alleging ‘censorship’ of pro-Palestinian views

A hack of the S.E.C.’s social media account caused a Bitcoin frenzy, briefly | Lawmakers push U.S. to consider trade limits with A.I. giant tied to China | It’s already time to think about an AI tax

OpenAI claims NYT lawsuit 'without merit' | US supreme court rejects X Corp's surveillance disclosure challenge | Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform

Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months | Former CIA head Mike Pompeo to advise AUKUS tech fund | Social media posts removed at Australian government’s request during Gaza war