A Lake Barrington homeowner hasn’t had a restful night’s sleep in 10 days, after he said his Nest home security cameras and thermostats were accessed by malicious hackers. “I couldn’t believe that these devices that I had put up in my home to watch over it, my family, were now being used against me,” said… Read more »
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Huawei: A simple guide to why the company is in so much trouble
A lot of people are talking about Huawei – and not just because they make really well reviewed, top-end phones. The Chinese company is in pretty hot water in various places, because certain people believe they are using their tech to spy on people – something the company totally denies. There’s a court case against… Read more »
Canada’s Telus says partner Huawei is “reliable”
The US-China tension over Huawei is leaving telecommunications companies around the world at a crossroad, but one spoke out last week. Telus, one of Canada’s largest phone companies showed support for its Chinese partner despite a global backlash against Huawei over cybersecurity threats. Source: Tech Crunch Date: January 24th, 2019 Link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/20/telus-backs-huawei/ Discussion 1) Do you know what… Read more »
America, China and tech’s next step
In a corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a row of Huawei Mate P20 smartphones are lined up, sparkling, for CES delegates to try out. It’s a typical scene at the trade show but one made slightly surreal by the fact that few Americans will likely ever own these phones. Right now, US networks… Read more »
Banning Huawei from building new 5G wireless network won’t really hurt Canada’s big telecom firms
A possible federal government ban prohibiting Huawei from building Canada’s 5G network is unlikely to have a major financial impact on two of the country’s top communication companies, analysts said. Source: CBC News Date: December 19th, 2018 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huawei-ban-government-bell-telus-5g-1.4950521 Discussion 1) “Huawei’s equipment is already used in telecommunications infrastructure run by Canada’s major cellphone carriers, namely BCE and Telus. Those two companies are currently… Read more »
Huawei is ‘growing astronomically’ despite allegations it spies for China
The arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer is just the latest controversy to hit the tech giant which has been accused of conducting espionage activities for the Chinese government. “We don’t know to what extent they might be considered an arms length business and to what extent they might be simply an arm of the Chinese government,”… Read more »
Security agencies warn of foreign espionage threat to company networks
Canadian companies should watch out when they use technology supplied by state-owned companies from countries that want to steal corporate secrets, the country’s security agencies have warned. The RCMP organized two workshops last March — one in Calgary, the other in Toronto — to raise awareness about threats to critical systems, including espionage and foreign… Read more »
New privacy rules will force Canadian companies to disclose data breaches
New privacy rules designed to better safeguard the personal data of Canadians and let them know when it has been breached kick in Thursday, but even security experts say they are far from perfect. The legislation, known as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (or PIPEDA) does a lot of things, but most importantly from… Read more »
StatsCan says businesses spent $14B on cybersecurity in 2017
More than one in five Canadian companies say they were hit by a cyberattack last year, with businesses spending $14 billion on cybersecurity as they confront greater risks in the digital world, according to a new Statistics Canada survey. The most common suspected motive was an attempt to steal money or demand a ransom payment,… Read more »
How the Dutch foiled Russian ‘cyber-attack’ on OPCW
Four Russians, a car full of electronic equipment, and a foiled plot to hack the world’s foremost chemical weapons watchdog. The Dutch security services say Russia planned a cyber-attack on the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague earlier this year. At a press conference on Thursday, Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld… Read more »
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