CyberSecurity

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and UAE were hit by a serious and unprecedented cyber-attack.The names of Saudi Intelligence officers as well as their ID, organization, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd names, their new and old numbers, date of birth,…

The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on two Israeli hacker-for-hire companies—including the well-known spyware company NSO Group, the parent company of the notorious Pegasus spyware—saying their tools…

Facebook Inc. announced today that it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology. "I believe this is another…

India’s supreme court has ordered an inquiry by an independent committee into the question of whether the government used the Israeli Pegasus surveillance software for illegal spying.In making their decision, Indian Judges criticised…

Today,  in an unprecedented turn of events, France has recalled its US ambassador.It appears that "America First" at any cost, never left the White House. This is despite Biden, a Democrat, replaced Trump, the Republican who won the job…

Some of the world's largest companies as well as some governments have been warned by Microsoft that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases.

The leaked British Foreign Office documents described in this investigation first surfaced in December 2020 but which got largely ignored by western media. Survivability News decided to bring it back to light today as Lebanon’s economic and…

For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt. And once again they are being aided by America’s credulous mass media, which is uniformly blaming the…

A secret terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records, including classified "no-fly" records was exposed on the internet. The list was left accessible on an Elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it. Millions of people on…

It's was less than 48 hours ago when President Biden asked the Taliban to spare the U.S. Embassy in Kabul with threats to cut "Robust Diplomatic Engagement."The message made many wonder if an "understanding" had existed between the…

Over $600 Million Stolen in Biggest Ever Cryptocurrency TheftThe largest hack in recorded history took place yesterday when attackers exploited a vulnerability that could change the “keeper role” of a blockchain contract and make any…

August 4th, 2021, Newsweek's published a post titled "U.K. and Germany Don't Have Power to Fight China, State Media Says".Yesterday, on August 3rd, 2021, Survivability News published a post pertaining to a UK Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen…

A British carrier strike group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth has had its automatic identification system (AIS) position faked, researchers discovered.AIS is a key maritime safety system used to track vessel movements.Nearly 100 naval…

Critical Bug Set 'PwnedPiper' that is already impacting major hospitals in North America provides a vulnerability that can be exploited by Geo-Poli-Cyber motivated Hackers.Pneumatic tube system (PTS) stations used in thousands of…

Amazon has been handed its largest ever privacy fine by EU data watchdog. The CNPD fined the company €746 million ($888 million) on July 16th for violating the bloc's strict data privacy laws, known as GDPR. Amazon disclosed the ruling in…

China’s cybersecurity watchdog targeted 33 mobile apps for collecting data without their users' consent.  the Chinese authority gave the developers ten days to make the required changes to comply with privacy rules or face penalties. the…

The British government has been trying to downplay the national security risk exposures after it was reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cellphone number was openly available on the internet for the last 15 years.In total…

- Will this stage four cancer scare watershed moment serve as a catalyst to prompt appropriate actions to preserve our constitutionally protected civil liberties, privacy & democracy? - Will they be enough to stop them eroding further…

A misconfigured Elasticsearch server belonging to a popular office supplies store chain was found leaking nearly one million records including customers’ personal information, it has emerged.The non-password protected database was…

A senior Russian diplomat warned against attempts to incriminate the  Syrian government and Arab Syrian Army troops at the OPCW over alleged chemical weapons use in the war-ravaged country.A senior Russian diplomat has warned that the…

It appears people, governments, regulators and legislators worldwide may have forgotten Facebook’s complicit involvement with Cambridge Analytica (CA). It is possible that new priorities such as the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 may have…

Geo-Poli-Cyber motivations and attacks from Deep Fakes present far greater threats on Governments, nation states, and citizens than the FBI's recent financial and reputational impact warning.

On March 2, Microsoft warned that the four zero-day vulnerabilities -- now tracked as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065 -- were being exploited by threat actors. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to…

Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in the water.The…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the world risks sliding into an “all against all” conflict amid tensions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and growing economic inequality.Addressing the World Economic Forum on Wednesday for the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (25 January) in Davos called for a return to multilateralism, warning against a "new Cold War", and urged global unity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking at the virtual opening of this…

Elon Musk's SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight. A new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket by Elon Musk's Starlink Parent company, SpaceX.The…

In an ultra-strategic move to dominate data from the heavens, Starlink has already launched hundreds of satellites to deliver Space-based broadband services to all of US and Canada by early 2021, and 12,000 satellites to cover the entire…

As 5G networks are being gradually rolled out in cities across the world, an analysis of its network architecture has revealed a number of potential weaknesses that could be exploited to carry out a variety of cyber hacks, including…

Survivability News reports today about 33 discovered security flaws in four open-source TCP/IP libraries currently used inside the firmware of products from more than 150 vendors.These new vulnerabilities can compromise governments,…

Access is being sold for $100 to $1500 per account, depending on the company size and exec role.A hacker is currently selling passwords for the email accounts of hundreds of C-level executives at companies across the world. The data is…

Issues reported across 28 AWS products, from Kinesis to Worskpaces, and from DynamoDB to IoT Services. Unfolding story.Amazon Web Services (AWS), a core provider of internet infrastructure services, is going through a major outage…

After months of public reporting on a suspected Chinese hacking campaign targeting entities linked with diplomacy between the Vatican and Beijing, the hackers are still trying their luck. Researchers at the security firm Recorded Future…

A pair of Baidu applications on the Google Play Store were recently leaking users’ sensitive data that could be used to track users’ location, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research published Tuesday.Through…

Smart Doorbells Are Wide Open to Security FlawsA consumer rights group has found security vulnerabilities in 11 popular smart doorbell products available on two of the world’s biggest online marketplaces.Which? enlisted the help…

Survivability News Exclusive Special Report. SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java vulnerability can be exploited without authentication and lead to complete system takeover by Geo-Poli-Cyber hackers putting Nation states and businesses…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that as usual the American side did not bother to present any proof Read More

He reminded that in the last months of US President Barack Obama’s term as president, his administration "sent signals" of being ready to discuss cybersecurity cooperation, however, "unfortunately, that ended fast" Read More

A senior US justice official accused China on Thursday of helping North Korea launder money from massive cyber thefts it has carried out to raise funds in the face of international sanctions.At an event hosted by a Washington think tank,…

Voice America Task Force7 Radio hosts Survivability News Publisher Mr. Khaled Fattal to discuss how Fake News & False Narratives have become unmitigated new national and Corporate Survivability and Security Threats.Click below to…

"Thousands of secret “suspicious activity reports” offer a never-before-seen picture of global corruption and complicity | Top US & Western Banks Including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of New York…

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Watch Fox News video report on China's threat to the US. Gordon Chang on top U.S. intelligence official calling China's greatest national security a threat to the U.S.. Source: Pentagon: China now…

In the land where freedom is to die for, where privacy is protected by law and constitution, law enforcement agencies, including the US Secret Service, are buying your data that would ordinarily require a warrant. Both democrats and…

Armenia-Azerbaijan Geo-Poli-Cyber deadly conflict has been raging for months. It included politically motivated Geo-Poli-Cyber attacks by both sides while few Europeans know is happening, its scale or repercussions on them or their…

How Azerbaijani hackers stir panic among people in Armenian social media groups.“The military group Herbi Xeberler Ve Melumatlar, Reyncer13, a member of the hacking group Anti-Armenia Team actively cooperating with it, and armiya.az…

"It will become illegal for UK telecos to buy new Huawei equipment from the end of this year once a new bill takes effect". Culture secretary Oliver DowdenSource: Huawei banning – NCSC’s advice was more nuanced

Boris makes a U turn on Huawei. Click on link below to watch his video statement posted by the Independent.Source: Government set to ban Huawei from 5G network in U-turn amid Tory rebellion