Showing only posts tagged US national security. Show all posts.

TikTok unveils European data security plan amid calls for US ban

Source

Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for protecting user information across Europe, as political pressure increases in the US to ban the social video app. The plan, known as Project Clover …

US federal alert warns of the discovery of malicious cyber tools

Source

Cybersecurity officials said the evidence suggests Russia is behind the tools – configured to target North American energy concerns Multiple US government agencies issued a joint alert Wednesday warning of the discovery of malicious cyber tools created by unnamed advanced threat actors that they said were capable of gaining “full …

NSO Group spyware used to hack at least nine US officials’ phones – report

Source

Revelation comes just weeks after the Biden administration placed NSO on a US blacklist The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were recently hacked by a government using NSO Group spyware, according to a new report that raised serious questions about the use of Israeli surveillance …