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Published: March 15th, 2021 Canadian charged as encrypted network allegedly used by criminals disrupted, equipment from Huawei and others called risky to US networks, and updates for Chrome browser, Netgear and Linux. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday March 15th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   The chief executive and a former distributor of a Canadian firm that allegedly installed sophisticated encryption software in smartphones used by criminals for communications have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury. Jean-Francois Eap ...

Mon, Mar 15th 2021 10:59am — Tim Cushing The DOJ has indicted another company for supposedly making it easier for criminals to elude law enforcement. The true target, though, isn't the company whose principals have been indicted, but encryption itself. A couple of years ago the DOJ decided to bring RICO charges against Phantom Secure, a cellphone provider that catered to the criminal element with "uncrackable" phones/messaging services built on existing Blackberry hardware/software. The FBI approached Phantom Secure, asking for an encryption backdoor that would allow it to snoop on its cust...