Tag: telecommunications
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Slashdot: Millions of U.S. cellphone users could be vulnera
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/1924236/millions-of-us-cellphone-users-could-be-vulnera?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Millions of U.S. cellphone users could be vulnera Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant breach affecting U.S. telecommunications networks, allegedly linked to Chinese hackers. This situation poses a critical threat to national security and highlights vulnerabilities in lawful-access systems used for surveillance…
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The Cloudflare Blog: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary
Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2024-internet-disruption-summary Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary Feedly Summary: The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Underlying causes included government-directed shutdowns, power outages, hurricane damage, terrestrial and submarine cable cuts, military action, and more. AI Summary and Description:…
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The Register: Feds investigate China’s Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/feds_investigate_chinas_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: Feds investigate China’s Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks Feedly Summary: ‘They’re taunting us,’ investigator says and it looks like it’s working The feds are investigating Chinese government-linked cyberspies breaking into the infrastructure of US telecom companies, as reports suggest Salt Typhoon – the same crew believed to…
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The Register: US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six ‘countries of concern’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/us_crackdown_data_brokers/ Source: The Register Title: US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six ‘countries of concern’ Feedly Summary: Biden’s Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish The US federal government is poised to implement an Executive Order that would ban data brokers selling significant amounts of information…
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The Register: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/vietnam_digital_infrastructure_policy/ Source: The Register Title: Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 Feedly Summary: Wants ‘super-large capacity, super-wide bandwidth’ datacenters – and more submarine cables Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Vietnam’s announcement to…
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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Cloud Blog: How Google Cloud supports telecom security and compliance
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-google-cloud-supports-telecom-regulatory-compliance/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Google Cloud supports telecom security and compliance Feedly Summary: Operating a telecommunications network is more than just connecting phone calls, or helping people share funny videos online. Telecom networks are critical components of our society’s infrastructure. Telecom operators face a wide array of risks to the critical…