The Pentagon’s first chief software officer has said China is heading for global dominance because of its advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cyber capabilities.

The US is a cybersecurity threat to China the same way Washington currently considers Beijing as its No.1 cybersecurity threat, according to a Chinese political analyst.

The Toka hacking suite is classified as a lawful intercept product which is capable of targeting any device that is connected to the internet, including, but not limited to the Smartphone, which makes it far more serious than Pegasus.

A lack of proper diplomatic contact and deteriorating relations between the two former super powers in the recent past has left bilateral diplomatic ties in tatters and increased the risk of a potentially disastrous miscalculation.

"The US is in fact the biggest threat to global cybersecurity," says Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

At least 10 hacking groups are using flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s mail server software to break in to targets around the globe, cybersecurity company ESET has warned.

Japan refuses to join the US campaign to exclude Chinese firms from telecommunications networks.

UK appoints new cyber security chief as speculation mounts that Britain is about to escalate cyber warfare activities against hostile states.

The FBI on Wednesday warned that malicious cyber actors were targeting mobile banking apps in an attempt to steal money as more Americans have moved to online banking during the coronavirus pandemic.

A US company has accused China of stealing technical data from top-secret Israeli computers.