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Networking giant Cisco confirms being hacked as a ransomware group publishes a partial list of files it claims to have exfiltrated from the tech giant.On the same day that the Yanluowang ransomware group published a partial list of…

On Thursday, August 11, the Latvian Parliament, Saeima, issued a statement in which Russian violence against civilians was recognized as terrorism and Russia as a country supporting terrorism.In the statement, Saeima called on the…

Personal mobile of PM Boris Johnson may have been infected by Pegasus. Personal details his staff in 10 Downing Street are compromised and are posted on a Russian social media site after suspected cyber hack. It comes as Foreign Office…

In an unprecedented turn of events, members of the billionaire Sackler family who control Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay as much as $6 billion in a controversial settlement with state governments for the family’s role in fueling the US…

For more than a decade, Lebanon’s central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities without making clear that the bulk of those commissions went to a company controlled by the brother of…

Will any scrutiny or sanctions against the state of Israel or its government members materialise for their complicity in these illegal spying activities?Fact I: No Pegasus license sale can take place without the Israeli government…

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…

Damning Covid-19 report by a cross-party committee of MPs says 'serious errors and delays' in pandemic response cost lives and lists catastrophic failures of preparation and planning in the UK government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic.

AP News - Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast. After publicly promising to crack down, Facebook…

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…

By Khaled Fattal, Survivability News Publisher's Corner.

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…

It is understandable if your enemies talk you down and say you are no longer a super power especially if your mighty superiority was soundly defeated by a militia with no air force and troops who march in flip flops. But, it is all together…

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…

By Thomas L. Friedman, Opinion Columnist As I watch events in Afghanistan unfold, I find myself trying to ignore all the commentary and longing instead to interview three people: President Lyndon Johnson, Chinese President Xi…

By Zhou Bo . Mr. Zhou was a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army from 2003 to 2020 and is an expert on the Chinese Army’s strategic thinking on international security. The speed and scope of the Taliban’s takeover in…

By Owei Lakemfa, former secretary general of African workers,  human rights activist, journalist and author.AFGHANISTAN is in chaos. There are videos of Afghans clinging to aircraft taking off and dropping to earth. The dominant media…

President Biden and the U.S. Administration must think Americans and people all over the world are stupid - why were millions of US Dollars, earned by American tax payers, allowed to fall in Taliban hands?

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…

- Is there need for more proof of how morally bankrupt American political leaders on both sides are?  - What does it mean when the greatest empire on the planet has to ask the Taliban to spare its American Embassy during their upcoming…

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…

New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has named a Western skeptic diplomat as foreign minister as he presented a cabinet dominated by hard-liners, state TV reported.Raisi replaced Hassan Rohani, a relative moderate, as president after an…

Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatol Hlaz says Belarus has told the United States to reduce its embassy staff in Minsk to five people by September 1, and revoked its consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as the ambassador in response to…

The U.S. embassy in Kabul told Americans in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately in response to an increase in violence.This comes at the same time as Taliban fighters reportedly have captured their first provincial capital…

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 suicide-bomb and gun attack in Kabul’s Green Zone that targeted Afghanistan’s acting defence minister and killed eight people on Tuesday was claimed by the Taliban, as the hardline Islamist group continued to escalate violence across the…

- Will French President Macron, whose phone was directly hacked by Pegasus, dare to call for sanctions on Israel for these abuses? - Will any privacy, freedom, and democracy flag waving western leader actually raise a serious finger? -…

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…

Tehran warned on August 2 that it would respond swiftly to any threat to its security, as the United Kingdom summoned the Iranian ambassador over what London and allies say was a deadly attack on a commercial ship off the coast of Oman…

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed the United States’ "sudden" decision to withdraw its troops for the rapid collapse of security in the country as Taliban forces close in on three major cities.Ghani told the Afghan…

A senior MLi Group Cyber Survivability & Security Expert said: "With no ransomware demanded, it is fair to say that if this was the result of a cyber attack, it does not appears to be a financially motivated. However, It could be a…

"- Are American politicians & legislatures capable of breaking from the grip of the Christian Zionist, the Jewish Zionist, and the Israeli lobby groups in America to do what is right? - Are they capable of converting US Support of…

Aid continues to be blocked from entering Gaza because of security concerns, despite a desperate need for supplies with fuel due to run out on Friday.A senior UN official has told Sky News: "The UN has been ready…

There is a tragic inevitability to the death and destruction happening on the shores of the Mediterranean. But it’s also no accident it is happening now.© A Palestinian boy sits near buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya…

A nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he was gravely ill with Covid-19 says she has handed in her resignation, such is her disillusionment with the “lack of respect” shown by the government for the NHS and healthcare workers. Jenny…

Arsenal sponsor Lavazza holds urgent talks with the club after Mohamed Elneny posted pro-Palestine message on social media and say it is 'not aligned with our values' | Arsenal responds by insisting stars are 'entitled to their views.'