Tag: China
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Alerts: CISA Releases Best Practice Guidance for Mobile Communications
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/18/cisa-releases-best-practice-guidance-mobile-communications Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Best Practice Guidance for Mobile Communications Feedly Summary: Today, CISA released Mobile Communications Best Practice Guidance. The guidance was crafted in response to identified cyber espionage activity by People’s Republic of China (PRC) government-affiliated threat actors targeting commercial telecommunications infrastructure, specifically addressing “highly targeted” individuals who are…
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Hacker News: US Weighs Banning TP-Link Routers
Source URL: https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/business/us-could-ban-chinese-made-tp-link-routers-over-hacking-fears-report/ Source: Hacker News Title: US Weighs Banning TP-Link Routers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses ongoing investigations by US federal agencies into TP-Link, a major Chinese manufacturer of internet routers, due to cybersecurity concerns. Investigators allege that TP-Link has failed to address vulnerabilities in its products,…
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The Register: Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/trump_administration_china_offensive/ Source: The Register Title: Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China Feedly Summary: The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right? President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to go on the offensive against America’s cyber adversaries, though it isn’t clear how the incoming administration plans to achieve this. ……
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Slashdot: America Prepares New AI Chip Restrictions to Close China’s Backdoor Access
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/12/14/1921226/america-prepares-new-ai-chip-restrictions-to-close-chinas-backdoor-access?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: America Prepares New AI Chip Restrictions to Close China’s Backdoor Access Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. is planning to implement new regulations to limit China’s access to advanced AI chips, which will also impact relations with other nations regarding chip sales. This comes in…
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Hacker News: Fourteen North Koreans Indicted for Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme and Extortions
Source URL: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fourteen-north-korean-nationals-indicted-carrying-out-multi-year-fraudulent-information Source: Hacker News Title: Fourteen North Koreans Indicted for Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme and Extortions Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text outlines the indictment of 14 North Korean nationals involved in conspiracies targeting U.S. companies, where they evaded sanctions and engaged in fraudulent IT work, identity theft,…
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The Register: North Korea’s fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88 million over six years
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/doj_dpkr_fake_tech_worker_indictment/ Source: The Register Title: North Korea’s fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88 million over six years Feedly Summary: DoJ thinks it’s found the folks that ran it, and some of the ‘IT warriors’ sent out to fleece employers North Korea’s fake IT worker scams netted the hermit kingdom $88…
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The Register: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/sichuan_silence_sophos_zeroday_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Feedly Summary: Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as the…