Seeing it as a slight to Huawei, Hua Chunying, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accused the U.S. of hypocrisy.
She brought up an allegation from 2013 that the U.S. tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone.
“Who he (Grenell) is threatening? Who’s the real threat? Remember, Snowden said US spied on Chancellor Merkel’s phone!,” she tweeted.
A U.N. report, based on research commissioned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paints a complicated picture of how the Saudi government allegedly hacked his phone using software from NSO Group.
The Saudis and NSO Group deny the allegations, but software like this does exist and is sometimes used against politically controversial and powerful figures.
Here’s how to protect yourself.
During the height of the holiday shopping season, Amazon warned some users that the browser extension Honey could be a “security risk.”
PayPal paid $4 billion for the start-up, which has worked with Amazon since it was founded in 2012. This appears to be Amazon’s first public warning about Honey’s security concerns.
PayPal was once a part of Amazon competitor eBay, and Amazon does not accept PayPal as an option in check-out. Amazon also has a competing discount plug-in.
Aerospace and defense stocks typically outperform the S&P 500 in the six months after Middle East crisis events.
Defense stocks have climbed and the broader market has sold off following last week’s killing of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics are the two best-performing defense stocks on average following major crisis events.
Other Gulf nations have softened their stance on VoIP providers in recent years. Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on WhatsApp calls in 2017, while Qatar now allows the use of VoIP services through licensed telecoms operators.
Reports emerged last year that Microsoft and Apple were in talks with the UAE’s government about lifting the ban on Skype and FaceTime. However, their video and audio calling services are still blocked.
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Liberty's lawyers say that "bulk" data gathered by the security services and other agencies, under warrants granted by a judge or the home secretary, can include:
intimate data including an individual's internet browsing history
which apps they have downloaded to their phone
their usernames and passwords
and even cell site data that can pin-point a person's location at a given time
Cyberattacks in the Middle East are on the rise, and many of them are targeting the oil and gas sector, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm DarkMatter.
Earlier this year, DarkMatter was hit by allegations that it was linked to a surveillance and hacking operation carried out for the UAE government.
A former hacker from China’s People’s Liberation Army was inspired by Russians to steal business plans and selling them, according to Kate Fazzini’s new book, “Kingdom of Lies.”
Bo Chou got a job at a hotel in Shanghai and was tricked guests into picking up “Free USB Storage” devices.
Once the simple malware loaded onto the USB drives is installed onto their computers, Bo had access to business spreadsheets and proprietary client lists.