Countries around the world are working hard to secure leadership in the 5G technology market. However, they have fears of cybersecurity threats that have increased amid the deployment of the high-speed connectivity network. The United States of America has been taking significant steps to secure a resilient 5G network. On August 8, 2020, The United […]
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The United States of America has been pressuring its allies to ban the Chinese Telecom giant Huawei from the deployment of the 5G network. Countries like Australia and the United Kingdom have restricted Huawei from developing and implementing modern technologies. Russia has not. “Russia has no intention to follow the example of the United States […]
The United Kingdom is already vulnerable to cyberattacks. A study conducted by Specops on cybercrimes between 2006 and 2020 shows that the country is the second most targeted by significant cyberattacks. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies have shifted their businesses online in response to the lockdown measures. A significant number of UK […]
On August 11, 2020, the White House announced a plan to accelerate the rollout of 5G networks across the US by making a new 3450 Mhz to 3550 Mhz spectrum available.“It’s a big deal,” for the wireless industry, says Jason Leigh, an analyst at IDC who focuses on 5G, according to Wired. This move came as […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s bans on two popular Chinese social media apps — TikTok and WeChat — are the latest moves in an escalating U.S.-China rift, and point to a future where technology and innovation are increasingly walled behind political barriers. In China, the Communist Party has long limited what foreign tech […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The twin executive orders issued Thursday — one for each app […]
Human error means unintentional actions by users that cause, spread, or allow security issues to take place. Security incidents caused by human error have increased by 50% in the past year, according to a new report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) entitled “Telecom Services Security incidents-2019”. The report shows that system […]
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida teen was identified Friday as the mastermind of a scheme earlier this month that commandeered Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scammed people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Two other men were also charged in the case. Graham Ivan Clark, 17, […]
The European Union Commission has announced it is considering creating a European innovation hub for internal security, according to the strategy for EU security published on July 24, 2020. The hub will be based at Europol aiming to develop technologies with both a security and an economic benefit. “The project is still in its inception […]
5G is essential for moving countries forward. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, high-speed internet connectivity became crucial, as nations were obliged to shift to E-governance, and remote working. However, concerns were brought up on the security of the 5G infrastructures. The United States has been pushing its allies to remove the Chinese telecom giant Huawei […]