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Vietnam's draconian cybersecurity bill comes into effect

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 03:31 PM

Vietnam's new cybersecurity law has received sharp criticism from the US, the EU and internet freedom advocates who say it mimics China's repressive censorship of the internet. Read more »

China denies 'slanderous' economic espionage charges from US, allies

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 12:45 PM

China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it resolutely opposed "slanderous" accusations from the United States and other allies criticizing China for economic espionage, urging Washington to withdraw its accusations.   Read more »

China hacked HPE, IBM and then attacked clients -sources

Christopher Bing, Jack Stubbs and Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 07:46 AM

Hackers working on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and IBM, then used the access to hack into their clients' computers, according to 5 sources familiar with the attacks. Read more »

US, allies slam China for economic espionage, spies indicted

Diane Bartz and Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 07:37 AM

The United States and 3 allies condemned China for economic espionage on Thursday as American prosecutors charged 2 Chinese nationals tied to a spy agency in a wide-ranging cyber campaign that stole confidential data from US government agencies and businesses, fanning tensions with Beijing. Read more »

Facebook shares drop as data privacy fallout spreads

Lisa Lambert and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:01 AM

Facebook Inc shares sank on Wednesday as concerns about its ability to safeguard user data sparked a government lawsuit, criticism in the US Congress and a New York Times report on how it had shared data with other companies. Read more »

EU investigates hacked diplomatic communications

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 09:30 AM

The European Union is investigating a cyber hack of its diplomatic communications, allegedly by Chinese hackers, that revealed EU concern about US Donald Trump, Russia and Iran, the bloc said on Wednesday. Read more »

Halos 1,000 Pinoy naloko sa online scam ngayong 2018: PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 06:10 PM

Inaasahan ng PNP na tataas pa ngayong Christmas season ang bilang ng mga biktima ng online scam.  Read more »

Police probe hoax bitcoin bomb threats across US, Canada

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 11:19 AM

US law enforcement officials on Friday were investigating a wave of hoax emailed bomb threats demanding bitcoin payment that caused worry but no damage in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Read more »

Facebook teaches New Yorkers about privacy at 'pop-up' kiosk

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 09:33 AM

The public relations exercise, a one-day event at the midtown holiday market in Bryant Park, was a first for Facebook in the United States and followed a similar presentation in September in London. Read more »

China says it has never heard of any country having security problem with Huawei

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 11 07:43 AM

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is fighting to be released on bail after she was arrested on Dec. 1 in Vancouver at the request of the United States. Read more »

Japan gov't to halt buying Huawei, ZTE equipment: sources

Yoshiyasu Shida and Yoshifumi Takemoto, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 07 05:28 PM

Chinese tech companies are under intense scrutiny from Washington and some prominent allies over ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns they could be used by Beijing for spying. Read more »

Clues in Marriott hack implicate China, sources say

Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 10:39 AM

Marriott said last week that a hack that began four years ago had exposed the records of up to 500 million customers in its Starwood hotels reservation system. Read more »

Apple security expert moves to civil rights monitor ACLU

Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 08:23 AM

Jon Callas, who led a team of hackers breaking into pre-release Apple products to test their security, started Monday in a 2-year role as technology fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union. Read more »

China's Weibo eyes global expansion, foreign-language products

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 06:27 PM

The Twitter-style platform has long been prominent in China, known for its heavy censorship and Great Firewall, but it now wants to reach Chinese audiences overseas, Weibo Sports senior operations director Zhang Zhe said. Read more »

New Zealand says Huawei ban not because it's Chinese

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 07:51 AM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand denied Thursday that telecommunications giant Huawei was banned from a 5G network rollout because it is Chinese, saying the problem it faced was a technological one. Read more »

Cybersecurity woes hound 3rd telco player Mislatel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 11:11 PM

Senators are raising concerns of possible security breaches given Mislatel consortium's ties with state-run China Telecom. Read more »

China-backed Mislatel must prove it's no security risk: officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 12:51 PM

PLDT, Globe and third telco Mislatel are all required to prove that they are not threats to national security. Read more »

ABS-CBN Store website back online

Jessica Fenol and Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:48 AM

ABS-CBN and the National Privacy Commission also encouraged consumers to practice safe online shopping by using two-factor authentication for credit card payments and to check the security certificates of the websites they are transacting with. Read more »

Amazon says some customer email addresses exposed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 08:10 AM

There was no breach of Amazon systems or its website, and passwords were kept safe, according to the company. Read more »

Thai proposal for all-powerful cyber agency alarms businesses, activists

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 04:04 PM

Civil liberties advocates, internet companies and business groups in Thailand are protesting the planned legislation, saying it sacrifices privacy and the rule of law, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Reuters. Read more »