How Chinese cyber spies targeted the Dutch Ministry of Defense
The Dutch Ministry of Defense discovered in 2023 that it was being spied on by China via malware. The damage appears to have been limited in scope, but Dutch intelligence services say Chinese state actors are frequently targeting the Netherlands and its allies.
The malware has been christened CO... Read more
Belgium investigating Alibaba for possible espionage at Liege airport
Belgian authorities are investigating whether the presence of an Alibaba subsidiary at the Liège cargo airport is a national security threatt.
Alibaba placed its central logistics centre in Liège a few years ago, something that was supposed to create 900 new jobs, as Belgian authorities stated... Read more
‘Chinese cyberattacks on the rise’
Every twelve hours, the FBI launches an investigations into cyber espionage by Chinese government agencies. Britain's MI5 investigates suspicious Chinese activity seven times more often than in 2018. The intelligence agencies warn of a growing cyber threat from China.
The directors of the FBI an... Read more
Chinese and Russian spies target Dutch IT professionals via LinkedIn
Dutch employees of high-tech companies are a popular target for Chinese and Russian spies. The news is reported by Financieel Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper. National intelligence agency AIVD sounds the alarm.
According to Financieel Dagblad, many employees of Dutch high-tech companies are stalked o... Read more
Hackers breached Pulse Secure VPN of companies and government agencies
Suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure LLC virtual private network appliances, breaching multiple U.S. government agencies.
The attacks were confirmed by FireEye, Pulse Secure itself and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and ... Read more
‘US wants to scale down Huawei trade bans’
The government of the United States appears to be on the verge of scaling down its ban on trading with Huawei. This means that manufacturers will again be allowed to supply processors, among other things, to the Chinese telecom company.
The rumors originate from a market analist, the Financial T... Read more
U.S. accuses Microsoft, Google and Apple of collaborating with China
The United States Attorney General William Barr accuses American tech companies of collaborating with the Chinese government. According to Barr, these companies are doing almost everything they can to gain access to the Chinese market.
According to Barr, the largest American tech companies have ... Read more
Huawei officially listed as U.S. national security threat
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially listed Chinese company Huawei as a "national security threat". As a result, U.S. companies are no longer allowed to do business with the telecom company.
Huawei and ZTE (also Chinese) have been listed as national security threa... Read more
Russian national telco firm involved in content network hijacking
Internet traffic to and from large global content delivery networks has recently been unintentionally diverted through the Russian telecom operator Rostelcom. This was done with a classic BGP hijacking.
The incident occurred last week, according to ZDNet. Concretely, internet traffic to and from... Read more
Trump turns Huawei into a threat to the U.S. economy
What do you do when you become a pawn in a political game between the United States and China? Huawei is in that position and will have to deal with it. We were at Huawei Connect 2019 in Shanghai, to see how the company develops its enterprise portfolio and looks towards the future. Under political... Read more