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The arrest of a top executive of tech giant Huawei at the request of US authorities signals a toughening stand in Washington on dealing with Chinese tech firms amid longstanding concerns over cyberespionage.

A quick Google search reveals instances of false positives happening every day. A signal from NASA’s Opportunity rover that remained unresponsive for months after experiencing a dust storm on Mars, turned out to be a “ghost signal.” Blue cotton candy that initially tested positive as methamphetamine turned out to be, well, blue cotton candy. Numerous articles on false positive medical test results that subject individuals to unnecessary follow-up, treatments, cost and worry. 

The massive Marriott data breach affecting as many as 500 million individuals may be the work of hackers sponsored by the Chinese government, Reuters learned from several people investigatin

Google is stepping up its effort to improve the security and privacy of Android with a new initiative called ASPIRE (Android Security and PrIvacy REsearch). 

Google this week released a set of security patches for Android, to address over 50 vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system.

Apple this week released several security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities impacting the iOS and macOS platforms, the Safari browser, and various Windows applications. 

It has been six months since General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect and interest in data privacy has never been higher. The trend will continue, and organizations must realize that the lens through which they view data privacy has a major impact on their business.

Siemens wants to release security advisories on the second Tuesday of every month, similar to Microsoft, Adobe and SAP.

GCHQ Joins the NSA in Publishing its Vulnerabilities Equities Process

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Attorneys General from 12 U.S. states this week filed a lawsuit against a healthcare tech solutions provider over a data breach suffered by the company in 2015.

Attorneys General from 12 U.S. states this week filed a lawsuit against a healthcare tech solutions provider over a data breach suffered by the company in 2015.