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Chinese IT giant Huawei has reportedly found itself in the cross hairs of the Western intelligence network that is seeking to curb its growth. Speaking to Sputnik, academics explained their scepticism over the alleged security threat posed by Chinese high-tech companies.
"Scepticism is healthy and somewhat justified as it would not be the first time that national security interests have been used as a smokescreen for protectionism", Professor Peter Robertson of the University of Western Australia Business School told Sputnik, commenting on the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network's reported incentive to contain China's high-tech giant Huawei.
The academic added that "it also wouldn't be surprising to find that there are commercial interests lobbying government in the US and elsewhere". read more on our Forum

Extortion emails are getting wilder and wilder. First, we had sextortion scams that threatened to reveal victims doing dirty deeds on video, then bomb threats, which brought the worldwide attention of law enforcement, and now we have threats that a hitman is targeting the recipient unless they pay $4,000 in bitcoin. These emails started appearing this week and have a subject line similar to "Pretty significant material for you right here 17.12.2018 08:33:00". The content of the emails are written in poor English and grammar and state that the sender is the owner of a Dark Web site that offers different kinds of services for a fee. The email goes on to say that someone came to the site to hire a hitman to target the recipient for an "instant and pain-free" execution. The owner of the site, though, is willing to call the hitman off if they receive $4,000 in bitcoin. As an extra bonus, they will also "remove the hitman". The enclosed bitcoin address has not received any ransom payment and will most likely not due to its poor execution and threat of physical harm. If anything, similar to the bomb threats, these will just be reported to law enforcement. Once again, if you receive an email like the one above, this is a scam and you are not being targeted by a hitman. Instead you are being targeted by an extortionist who is looking to make a quick buck by trying to scare the living daylights out of you. For more follow the provided link.

Open-source startup Whitewater Foundry has unveiled WLinux Enterprise. WLinux Enterprise is the first product to support the industry-standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing companies to integrate and deploy the most stable, secure, and reliable Linux distribution with Windows 10. WLinux Enterprise unleashes developers and IT staff productivity by giving them access to the Linux command line and development tools they need in today's cloud, hybrid, and cross-platform environments, including Git, OpenSSH, Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, AWS and Azure cloud command-line tools, and more, directly on Windows 10, alongside existing Windows applications. WLinux Enterprise accomplishes this in a cost-effective and secure approach by deploying Linux on Windows devices companies already own within Windows networks they already have deployed, reducing the burden of managing a mixed OS environment and eliminating unsecure device usage. read more on our Forum

  

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