BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns
In a joint advisory with Western allies, the National Cyber Security Centre sounded the alarm about variants of BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE.
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A 3D render of a vintage moonshine jug on an isolated white studio background. (allanswart, iStock/Getty Images Plus) Geopolitics -
The logo of Chinese video app TikTok is seen at the company’s office in Culver City, on Los Angeles’s west side. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Government Inside TikTok’s proposal to address US national security concerns
TikTok has presented a detailed proposal to a secretive federal panel that will decide its future in the U.S. that relies extensively on the American tech giant Oracle to mitigate perceived security risks of the viral video app. A TikTok official speaking on condition of anonymity described the company’s proposal to the Committee on Foreign […]
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Uighur rights activist Nursimangul Abdureshid poses during an interview in Istanbul on March 12, 2022. She lost contact with her family back in China in 2018 and has been unable to find them. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images) Technology Chinese state media propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches
Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days.
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Chinese soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army after a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War, on October 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Government White House executive order further restricts investments in Chinese surveillance technology
The Biden administration is taking a similar tack to its predecessor on Chinese technology.
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Demonstrators rally to ask for news of their Uyghur relatives and to express their concern about the ratification of a Chinese treaty in 2021. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images) Technology Possible Chinese hackers pose as UN, human rights group to eavesdrop on beleaguered Uyghur population
It’s just the newest digital woe for the Turkic-speaking ethnic group.
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A rattlesnake is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images) Technology Facebook tackles hacking groups with apparent ties to Palestine, Hamas
Facebook said it took steps to halt hackers associated with Hamas, as well as Palestine’s Preventive Security Service.
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(Getty Images) Government U.S. intelligence community details destructive cyber capabilities, growing influence threats
The Annual Threat Assessment definitively pegs SolarWinds to Russia.
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A Uyghur is tested at a temperature checkpoint on June 29, 2020 in Kuqa, China. (Photo by David Liu/Getty Images) Technology China-based hackers used front companies to hack Uighurs, Facebook says
Facebook’s investigators traced the Android developers to Beijing Best United Technology and Dalian 9Rush Technology.
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(Emma Whitehead/Getty/Open Whisper Systems) Government Signal is down in China after 100 million reported downloads
It’s not clear if it’s permanent yet.
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Google’s Project Zero discovered three critical iOS bugs (Pexels) Technology Apple releases patches for 3 iOS zero-days that hackers used for targeted attacks
Two of the bugs affect the kernel, in the core of the device’s operating system.