Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:45:43 +0000 The broad Russian espionage attack on the U.S. government and private companies, underway since spring and detected only a few weeks ago, is among the greatest intelligence failures of modern times.
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:44:03 +0000 Then-Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper hosts the Defense Business Board Quarterly Meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2019.
Lookout, Inc., the leader in mobile security, today announced the discovery of Goontact, a new spyware targeting iOS and Android users in multiple Asian countries. Uncovered by the Lookout Threat Intelligence team, Goontact targets users of illicit sites and steals personal information stored on their mobile devices. Evidence shows these sextortion scams are affecting Chinese-, Japanese- and Korean-speaking..
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:44:03 +0000 Several European countries are imposing strict pre-Christmas lockdowns to try and control the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear from Dresden, and talk to a German epidemiologist and the former health minister of the Czech Republic. Also in the programme: the BBC’s Mike Thomson reports from Darfur as international peacekeepers prepare to leave; and we speak to the medical anthropologist Paul Farmer, who has just won the Berggruen Prize for his work at the intersection of public health and human rights. (Picture: Bonn, Germany; Credit: Reuters Wires)