CyberSec news
January 2020
A broad collection of cybersec, datasec and infosec focused news reported across January 2020. Focusing on the broad Asia-Pacific region, Startup News Asia’s cybersec news round-ups also refer to points of reference in the wider world where useful or relevant for context and further information.
- ICYMI: UK court orders Bitfinex crypto exchange to freeze bitcoin worth $860K following Chainalysis blockchain firm’s trace of funds to ransomware payment
- Artificial intelligence poses new challenges for cybersecurity with rise of AI-guided malware
- Australia: Dep’t of Foreign Affairs and Trade opens submissions for project proposals for Cyber Cooperation Program focusing on Indo-Pacific region
- …Beijing appears to be seeking to exploit the global reach of Chinese technology companies as a new vector for influence in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
- China: US Interior Dep’t reportedly planning to halt civilian drone program over concerns around made-in-China security risks
- China: Another huge unsecured online database – facial recognition details of 1.3M people, including students, teachers, cleaners and security staff
- China: DataCloak startup secures $13M Series A with focus on network data leaks, rather than on intrusion
- Artificial intelligence poses new challenges for cybersecurity with rise of AI-guided malware
- South Australia’s health department to remove all closed-circuit television cameras made by China’s Hikvision due to security concerns
- China: Another huge unsecured online database – facial recognition details of 1.3M people, including students, teachers, cleaners and security staff
- Australia: AustCyber adds Tasmania to National Network of Cyber Security Innovation Nodes with Launceston launch
- China: Megvii AI startup reportedly blunders server security, making facial recognition data from millions of surveillance cameras accessible online
- …Beijing appears to be seeking to exploit the global reach of Chinese technology companies as a new vector for influence in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
- China: Pharmacists and patients in Shanghai soon to be required to have faces scanned before obtaining controlled medicines
- Can the ‘core’ and ‘edge’ of a 5G network really be separated?
- China: “APT groups…have a common blueprint: contract hackers and specialists, front companies, and an intelligence officer…multiple areas each have their own APT.”
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