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China planted ‘spy’ chips in Apple & Amazon servers

A Chinese military unit implanted tiny microchips –no larger than a grain of rice - onto the motherboards of servers used by around 30 US companies including Apple and Amazon, according to a new…

UK accuses GRU of ‘reckless’ cyberattacks

The British government has accused Russia’s military intelligence unit GRU of being behind a series of “reckless” cyberattacks ordered by President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, from the 2016 hacking of…

North Korea’s APT38 behind bank heists

North Korean-linked hacking group APT38 has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars in bank heists spanning across at least 11 countries, security researchers at FireEye reported. North Korean hackers…

Facebook discloses security breach affecting 50 million users

The social media company said hackers have stolen the digital login codes of 50 million users which gives them access to the user’s private data. Facebook, a social media and social networking site,…

White House unveils new cyber security policy

President Trump’s National Cyber Strategy identifies bold new steps the Federal Government will take to protect America from cyber threats and strengthen American capabilities in cyberspace. National…

BA hack: Magecart the suspect

US cyber-security firm RiskIQ said today its researchers have “traced the breach” of 380,000 sets of payment information belonging to customers of British Airways (BA) to Magecart – the credit-card…

BA data theft: Customers financials compromised

British Airways has notified the police data theft after at least 380,000 of customers credit card information has been hacked from its website and mobile app. The theft is also likely to lead to a…

Israeli company that hacked for UAE is sued

The government of the United Arab Emirates used Israeli phone-hacking technology to spy on political and regional rivals as well as members of the media, with the Israeli company itself participating…

Manage your network

China is using popular professional networking website LinkedIn to recruit spies. LinkedIn has 560 million active members from across the globe. LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service…

Berlin beefs up its cyber security

Germany is looking to expand its research in cyber-security, signalling an end on their dependence on the US or China for hardware and critical technologies. This announcement comes just two days…

US gears up for the mid-terms

US states are investing millions of dollars in cybersecurity ahead of the crucial elections in November. The consensus amongst the intelligence community in the US is that members of the Russian…

Google’s Titan: End of Cyberthreats?

Google has unveiled the Titan Security Key, a piece of hardware used to authenticate logins over Bluetooth and USB. Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that was founded in 1998…

Cyber Space Race

The US is losing ground as the leader of global cybersecurity legislation in the face of assertive EU privacy standards and China’s draconian vision for a state controlled web. The globalization of…

Singapore’s Most Serious Cyberattack

Singapore’s government health database was the target of a major cyberattack where personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was stolen on 20 July. .

Democracy under (cyber) attack

At a hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, Eric Rosenbach explained how democracies might be particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks and misinformation..

Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy & Technology

The Synergia Foundation brought together Israeli cyber law, regulation, and policy expert Deborah Housen-Couriel and Mr. Gaurav Gupta, IAS – Principal..

Russian cyber tensions

On Thursday, the United Kingdom and United States formally identified Russia as the propagator of the NotPetya cyber-attacks of 2017. The attacks were..

Cyber Threats: Who Cares; Who will I call?

In June 2017, the Synergia Foundation organized a Conference on ‘Cyber Threats – Who Cares? Who Should I Call?'. The primary objective was to bring key stakeholders..

Security 360

The Synergia Conclave 2017 – titled Security 360, was held in Bangalore, India from November 17-19, 2017. The key focus of this conference was to examine and be..

Cyber Resilience

Sir David Omand, former Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), provided his predictions on how the cyber world will evolve and change over..