Following a warning by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and Canada’s Five Eyes allies of a “significant threat” from a state-sponsored actor associated with the People’s Republic of China, a cybersecurity expert says the rarity of the alert means it should be taken very seriously in Canada. “It’s a fairly rare thing to put…

Following a warning by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and Canada’s Five Eyes allies of a “significant threat” from a state-sponsored actor associated with the People’s Republic of China, a cybersecurity expert says the rarity of the alert means it should be taken very seriously in Canada. “It’s a fairly rare thing to put…

Australia has joined the Five Eyes Security Alliance in condemning a recent cyberattack by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that has targeted critical infrastructure networks across the United States. The joint advisory was issued after it was discovered that a recent “cluster of activity” was associated with the CCP’s hacking group, Volt Typhoon—a state-sponsored actor…

Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes nations have outlined the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2021. Agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada said hackers were targeting public and private sectors and warned organisations to implement mitigation strategies. The most commonly exploited vulnerability was Log4Shell, which affects Apache’s Log4j library,…

The Group of Seven (G-7) and the European Union (EU) expressed “grave concern over the erosion” of Hong Kong’s democracy in its electoral system, following local Legislative Council elections on Dec. 19 that saw pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory. “We strongly reiterate our call on China to act in accordance with the Sino–British Joint Declaration…

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has joined Five Eyes partners in expressing grave concern over the “erosion of democratic elements” in recent elections in Hong Kong that delivered a major victory to pro-Beijing candidates. “Since handover, candidates with diverse political views have contested elections in Hong Kong. Yesterday’s election has reversed this trend,” according to…

Conservative MPs issued a joint statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to ban China’s Huawei from Canada’s next-generation 5G internet and telephone infrastructure due to national security concerns. Ed Fast, Tory’s critic for innovation, science and industry, Raquel Dancho, critic for public safety, and Pierre Paul-Hus, critic for public services and…

Conservative MPs issued a joint statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to ban China’s Huawei from Canada’s next-generation 5G internet and telephone infrastructure due to national security concerns. Ed Fast, Tory’s critic for innovation, science and industry, Raquel Dancho, critic for public safety, and Pierre Paul-Hus, critic for public services and…

Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada only wants to deal with “trusted partners” in future artificial intelligence ventures. Champagne’s comments to The Canadian Press send a strong signal that the Canadian rejection of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei as a 5G provider is at hand. The federal government has long delayed a decision on the companies that…

An increasing majority of Canadians think that the federal government should ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from joining the country’s 5G network, a new poll finds. Conducted by Nanos Research for the Globe and Mail, the survey found that 76 percent of Canadians are against Huawei taking part in the country’s telecommunication 5G network—an…