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Japanese Orgs Hacked ‘by China’ in Long, Widespread Campaign
Chinese state-backed threat actors APT10 have been hacking Japanese businesses for at least a year ...
Disconnect Your TCL Smart TV From the Internet—NOW
Researchers are sounding the alarm about Android TVs from TCL. A pair of bugs make them serious targets for hackers, and the TVs have a Chinese backdoor ...
Xplora Watches for Kids: Chinese Spyware
Chinese smartwatches for kids: Just one of this decade’s objectively terrible ideas ...
MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes
Researchers say they’ve found on the second known example of UEFI malware. They’re calling it MosaicRegressor ...
WeChat Banned, TikTok Saved
The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity surrounding two Chinese apps, TikTok (Bytdance) and WeChat (Tencent) and their ability to continue to have a presence in the United States ...
Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference
In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome’s new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft’s latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election. ** Links mentioned ...
Russia, China, Iran Meddle in 2020 Election (Unsurprisingly)
It comes as no surprise to hear that Russia is up to its old tricks. China and Iran are also in on the game ...
China Trolls U.S. With ‘Fox in Henhouse’ Data Security Plan
China says countries shouldn’t attack critical infrastructure. Nor steal data. Nor do mass surveillance. Nor put backdoors in their products ...
China: A CCP-Driven Global Threat Actor
The newly released IntSights analytics report, “The Dark Side of China: The Evolution of a Global Cyber Power,” makes the case that the country is a force to be reckoned with. The ...
Malicious SDK Spies on iPhone Users and Steals Ad Revenue, Researchers Claim
Security researchers have uncovered malicious behavior in a software development kit (SDK) used by over 1,200 apps in Apple’s App Store, with a combined monthly user base of approximately 300 million. Researchers ...
