Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to vote on a bill that would boost spending on roads, bridges, broadband and other transportation infrastructure, a centerpiece of Democratic President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. If it passes, the Senate-approved bill would head to Biden’s desk to sign into
Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer WASHINGTON — The world is changing faster than our sluggish political leaders — let alone the public — can manage. The COVID-19 virus and climate change move far more quickly than the international community, as we saw last week at the G-20 in Rome and the COP26 climate summit in
Published by New York Daily News A Russian source who provided information for the so-called “Steele dossier” of questionable evidence about former President Donald Trump’s cozy ties to Russia has been charged with lying to federal investigators. Igor Danchenko, a Russian citizen who lives in Virginia, is accused of five counts of lying to investigators
Published by Al-Araby US authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware on a list of restricted companies, taking aim at software central to a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials. The company, NSO, was engulfed in controversy over reports that tens of thousands of human rights activists, journalists, politicians and
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware on a list of restricted companies, taking aim at software central to a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials. The company, NSO, was engulfed in controversy over reports that tens of thousands of human rights activists,
Published by Reuters By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department added Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others. Positive Technologies of Russia, and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE. LTD, from Singapore,
Published by Chicago Tribune A March cyberattack that shut down systems at Chicago-based insurance giant CNA exposed the personal information of thousands of employees, contractors and policyholders, the company revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday. More than 75,000 people were affected by the hack, which revealed names, personal identification and Social Security
Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer When Cheryl Carmel was summoned to the Montgomery County , Pennsylvania, Courthouse as a potential juror for Bill Cosby’s 2018 trial, she worried about taking time off from her busy job in cybersecurity. But her professional experience came into use in an unexpected way weeks later, as she and other
Published by The Bangkok Post The world’s centre of gravity is moving to the Indo-Pacific region, in geo-economic and geo-political terms. Recently, the decision by Australia, the UK and the US to deepen their security and defence ties (the so-called Aukus group) has certainly triggered a lot of debate on the underlying dynamics in the
Published by Al-Araby A hacking group calling itself Black Shadow threatened Sunday to reveal personal details of users of Israeli’s leading LGBTQ dating site, in an attack some cyber experts linked to Iran. “If we have 1 Millions $ in our wallet in the next 48 hours, we will not leak this information and also