http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/huawei-embracing-its-hacker-critics-security-chief-says-20121101-28lr2.html By Jeremy Wagstaff and Lee Chyen Yee The Sydney Morning Herald November 1, 2012 Under-fire Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei is reaching out to one of its sternest critics: a hacker who accused it of making shoddy products. John Suffolk, the company's global cybersecurity chief, said at a cybersecurity conference in New Delhi that he was sending a team of engineers to talk to German security researcher Felix Lindner, who has exposed vulnerabilities in the company's routers, from its $100 home internet devices to multi-million dollar equipment run by telecommunications companies. "We've very much taken on board Felix's views and you'll see over the coming period we've got a whole host of significant operations to deal with these issues," he said. The move is a departure of sorts for Huawei, which has been battling critics on several fronts. It was last year blocked from bidding for a multi-billion dollar National Broadband Network contract in Australia over cyber-security fears. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Nov 01 2012 - 02:16:07 PDT
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