China, Huawei, and the eavesdropping threat
In the world of intelligence, Huawei is an espionage threat not because of what it has done but because of what it can do.
In the world of intelligence, Huawei is an espionage threat not because of what it has done but because of what it can do.
China uses personal, business and political relationships to gather information and influence actions. U.S. and UK government agencies urge caution.
The government has joined a chorus of condemnation from the likes of the US, the UK, New Zealand and other allies accusing the Chinese government of backing malicious cyber activity around the world.
Enterprise clouds have become the new bullseye of cyber hackers determined to exploit the distraction caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Huawei has dropped a lawsuit against the US government after it released the Chinese vendor's telecommunications equipment that was seized on suspicion of violating export controls.
Hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global telecoms companies and taken large amounts of personal and corporate data.
China's Huawei has applied to trademark its "Hongmeng" operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a UN body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as US sanctions threaten its business model.
Smartphone sales in Australia have slumped by 10.2 per cent to 2 million units in the first quarter of 2019, according to research firm Gartner.
Huawei Australia posted $29.3 million in profit last year despite the Federal Government ban on it supplying 5G technology.
Canada should ban Huawei from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks because the security risk is too great, a former spy chief said.
A program designed to help Australian start-ups and SMEs break into China is to launch in February.
Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei has rejected claims his company is used by the Chinese government to spy.
Design Industries (DI) has been appointed Alibaba Cloud's first Atlassian implementation partner.
The head of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says a government decision to stop telcos from using “high-risk vendors” to source equipment for their 5G rollouts was “not taken lightly”.
Tech giants, facing tighter content rules in China and the threat of a trade war, are targeting an easier way into the world's second largest economy.