Blog Posts Tagged with "Telecom"
The Fine Print of Smartphone Privacy
September 14, 2012 Added by:Allan Pratt, MBA
How often do you think about your cell phone or smartphone privacy? Sure, you think about its physical security, but how often do you think about the security of your data? Your contacts, your email addresses, your location data, your apps, etc. You probably don’t think about this enough...
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Huawei and Cyber Espionage: A Question of Trust But Verify
August 06, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
We, the US, have unfortunately set ourselves up in a “pay less” mindset that has ha the military buying cheap hardware for missile systems that in the end, failed to launch. Do you want to have the same happen to your router or other hardware that your company relies on? Never mind the whole espionage thing...
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EFF Challenges National Security Letter Statute
July 22, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Under the national security letter statute, the FBI can issue demands for records and gag provisions without court authorization, and recipient telecommunications and financial companies have no way to determine whether and how the government might be overreaching or otherwise abusing its authority...
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China Has Backdoor Access to Eighty-Percent of Communications
July 16, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Former Pentagon analyst F. Michael Maloof warns that the Chinese government has backdoor access to as much as eighty-percent of the worlds telecom traffic, giving the regime access to sensitive communications made possible by equipment from two Chinese based telecom giants - Huawei Technologies and ZTE...
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FCC Seeks Public Comment on Mobile Data Collection Policies
July 10, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
The FCC revived an inquiry first launched in 2007 to investigate telecom carriers’ practices regarding the privacy and security of information stored on mobile communications devices, prompted by the recent controversy in which software installed on mobile phones was shown to be collecting data from customers...
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Huawei Boasts of Remote Data Interception Capabilities
June 19, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“Embedding these capabilities in any network means…(that) they can then intercept and control those networks... I am so worried about Chinese cyber warfare threats, their abilities to monitor and remotely shut down international communications networks, including critical infrastructure networks"...
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Big Boy Politics: Rep. Frank Wolf Demonstrates
May 09, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
Congressman Wolf, why don’t you establish a program, for the sake of national security, inspecting equipment originating from outside the US, looking for embedded malicious code and backdoors as well as inspecting software updates for that equipment for the same?
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More on Banking 2.0 - Who Ya Gonna Trust?
May 01, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
Banks sit on a far higher level of the trust spectrum than do companies like Google and Apple – at least in consumers minds. A study commissioned in 2010 that found that telecoms were seen as the second most trusted group, after banks, for securing personal information...
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Remember Public Cellular Networks in Smart Meter Adoption
April 26, 2012 Added by:Brent Huston
ICS/SCADA owners must strive to clearly identify their needs around cellular technologies, clearly demarcate the requirements for private/segmented/public cellular network use and understand the benefits/issues and threats of what they are utilizing...
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UK Proposes Monitoring Every Email, Call, and Text Message
April 10, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Law enforcement would have access to IP addresses, email addresses, when you send an email, and corresponding data for phone calls and text messages. The government has claimed this is needed to fight terrorism, but it would be available to law enforcement for all purposes...
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ENISA: Security Through a Public-Private Partnership
March 28, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Cooperation in the form of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) has evolved in many Member States. The European Commission has proposed concrete policy and regulations for improving the security and resilience of public telecommunications...
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NTIA Requests Comments on New Privacy Framework
March 14, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
The NTIA seeks comments to begin development of the consumer data collection code of conduct among a broad spectrum of stakeholders in which companies will voluntarily participate, but which will also be legally enforceable and subject to the jurisdiction of the FTC...
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Chinese Network Operations and Cyber Espionage Capabilities
March 09, 2012 Added by:Stefano Mele
Developments in Chinese network operations applications and research and development point to a nation fully engaged in leveraging all available resources to create a technically advanced ability to operate in cyberspace as a means of meeting military and civilian goals...
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Northrop Report Examines Chinese Information Warfare Strategies
March 08, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"PLA leaders have embraced the idea that successful warfighting is predicated on the ability to exert control over an adversary’s information and information systems, often preemptively. This goal has effectively created a new strategic and tactical high ground..."
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Prevent VoIP Toll Fraud with Proper Configurations
February 22, 2012 Added by:Enno Rey
Unfortunately the attacker was able to circumvent our first workaround. We discovered that it was possible to “dial-in” to the router directly by calling the head number. As a long-term solution the configured dial patterns have to be modified to prevent such things in the future...
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Intelligence Committee Continues Probe into Chinese Telecoms
February 17, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Chairman Rogers initiated the probe last fall after a preliminary inquiry into Chinese espionage operations determined the need for further investigation into threats aimed at the U.S. technology supply chain, critical infrastructure, and proprietary information...
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