All posts tagged "china"
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2.8KMalwareTikTok Postpones Privacy Policy Update in Europe After Italy Warns of GDPR Breach
Popular video-sharing platform TikTok on Tuesday agreed to pause a controversial privacy policy update that could have allowed it to serve targeted...
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2.9KCyber AttackHackers Backdoored Systems at China’s National Games Just Before Competition
Systems hosting content pertaining to the National Games of China were successfully breached last year by an unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group. Cybersecurity...
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3.0KData SecurityMicrosoft disrupts activity of Chinese hackers by seizing 42 websites
Dubbed Nickel by Microsoft; the group of Chinese hackers was actively using the websites for intelligence gathering from thanks tanks, human rights...
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828Data SecurityAbout 10 million Android devices found infected with Cynos malware
In total, researchers have identified around 190 malware-infected games, some of which were designed to specifically target Russian users, whereas some targeted...
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1.3KCyber CrimeRussian language hacking forums warming up to Chinese hackers
Russian cybercrime and hacking forums are opening doors to Chinese and English-speaking threat actors, which so far had been a relatively restricted...
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5.1KData SecurityChinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites...
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4.5KNewsiPhone 13 Pro, Windows, Chrome, Linux and others pwned at Tianfu Cup
Tianfu Cup is the Chinese version of the Pwn2own in which hackers from Kunlun Lab managed to secure first place by hacking...
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3.5KData SecurityNSA, CISA Release Guidelines to Secure VPNs
State-backed hackers have been constantly exploiting vulnerabilities in VPNs to breach critical cyberinfrastructure in the United States, agencies have warned. The National...
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3.1KSurveillanceLithuania wants users to dump Chinese phones citing data collection
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry has released a warning, urging consumers to get rid of their Chinese phones and not to buy new ones....
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2.7KData SecurityAndroid game developer EskyFun exposed 1 million gamers to hackers
EskyFun stored a trove of gamers’ data on an Elastricsearch server that was exposed to the public without any security authentication. The...
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3.2KData SecurityMicrosoft signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware
Microsoft acknowledged the incident and currently investigating the issue but at the same time downplaying its impact. In recent news, it has...
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469VulnerabilitiesChina’s New Law Requires Vendors to Report Zero-Day Bugs to Government
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has issued new stricter vulnerability disclosure regulations that mandate software and networking vendors affected with critical...
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2.7KMalwareHackers Spread BIOPASS Malware via Chinese Online Gambling Sites
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new malware that’s striking online gambling companies in China via a watering hole attack to deploy...
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615Cyber CrimeLeaky database exposes fake Amazon product reviews scam
The database contained 7GB worth of data including fake Amazon product reviews and PayPal email addresses of scammers among other sensitive data. Whoever...
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3.5KCyber EventsChinese DDoS tool Great Cannon resurfaces to target Hong Kong protestors
China is greatly disturbed by the ongoing pro-democracy, anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong and has been targeting all the digital forums protestors...
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2.6KSurveillanceThis Smartwatch is exposing real-time location data of thousands of kids
Recently, it has been discovered that SMA-WATCH-M2, a smartwatch featuring a GPS tracker manufactured by a Chinese firm named Shenzhen Smart Care...
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1.7KNewsChina Bans Posting Of Deepfakes Without Proper Disclosure
The government of China is about to bring about rules that will make it a criminal offense to post a deepfake video...
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2.8KIncidentsHackers leak personal information from OnePlus customers
Currently any company is exposed to computer security incidents. This time, web application security experts report that OnePlus, a smartphone manufacturer based...
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2.8KCyber EventsResearchers develop AI tool to evade Internet censorship
The research particularly names India, China, and Kazakhstan for using Internet censorship as a tool to curb freedom of expression and how...
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3.9KIncidentsOver 60,000 cybercriminals and hackers arrested
According to reports from ethical hacking specialists, Chinese authorities managed to resolve more than 45,000 cybercrime cases, as well as arresting more...
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2.7KNewsChina Starts Limiting Video Gameplay For Kids, 90 Mins/Day Is The Limit
Trying to curb the negatives of technology and increase the positives, China has passed a new law that will limit the time...
