The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it has sanctioned a North Korean man participating in the widespread IT worker scheme, as well as others in a Russia-based IT worker operation that allegedly benefits the government of North Korea. It’s the second time in as many weeks that feds have taken action against people it says…
Category: Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific, Breaking News, Global Security News, intelligence, Security
Italian police arrested a Chinese national suspected of cyberespionage on a U.S. warrant
Italian police arrested a Chinese national linked to Silk Typhoon APT group at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on a U.S. warrant. Italian police arrested a Chinese national, Zewei Xu (33), at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on a U.S. warrant. Xu was arrested at Malpensa Airport on July 3rd after arriving on a flight from China. Authorities accused…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
For Apple, it’s been a long week — and it’s only Tuesday
It rains. It pours. Apple has lost its top AI models exec to Meta on the same day the Trump Administration slaps a 36% tax on Macs made in Thailand and US trade advisor Peter Navarro lashes out at Apple CEO Tim Cook. Apple has been struggling to figure out how to transition its supply chain to other nations for…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Chinese Video Surveillance Vendor Hikvision to Fight Canadian Ban
China’s Hikvision vows legal battle after Canada bans its operations, citing national security concerns
Asia Pacific, budget, china, Global Security News, Government, Policy, Workforce
GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber
The tax and spending bill Congress sent to President Donald Trump and that he signed into law over the holiday weekend contains hundreds of millions of dollars for cybersecurity, with a heavy emphasis on military-related spending. The biggest single pot of money under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would be for Cyber Command, a $250…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
China’s AI unity fractures as Huawei faces model theft allegations from the Alibaba camp
Huawei’s AI research division has rejected claims that its Pangu Pro large language model copied elements from an Alibaba model, marking a significant escalation in China’s AI ecosystem as tech giants abandon their collaborative approach in favor of bitter public disputes. The telecommunications giant’s Noah Ark Lab issued a denial Saturday, after an entity called…
Asia Pacific, Breaking News, Global Security News, intelligence, Laws and regulations, Security
Taiwan flags security risks in popular Chinese apps after official probe
Taiwan warns Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfers to China. Taiwan National Security Bureau (NSB) warns that Chinese apps like TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China, following an official inspection with…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from TikTok, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of these apps carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) and…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
NightEagle APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange Flaw to Target China’s Military and Tech Sectors
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a zero-day exploit chain designed to target government, defense, and technology sectors in China. According to QiAnXin’s RedDrip Team, the threat actor has been active since 2023 and…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Taiwan Flags Chinese Apps Over Data Security Violations
Taiwan warned that popular Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok and Weibo, are harvesting personal data and sending it back to servers in China
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Hunters International shuts ransomware operations, reportedly becomes an extortion-only gang called World Leaks
Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down its operations for unexplained reasons, and is offering decryption keys to victim organizations. The offer of decryption keys could be good news for CISOs whose data were recently scrambled and who can’t find a way to decrypt the files. However, judging from the history of ransomware gangs…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Wild Tech Strengthens Asia Pacific Presence with Appointment of Tiffany Ong as Head of Microsoft in Singapore
Wild Tech has appointed Tiffany Ong as its new Head of Microsoft in Singapore, strengthening the company’s APAC leadership bench as it accelerates digital transformation for enterprise and small-to-mid-market (SMC) organisations
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Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions
In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech companies — including Facebook, Github, PayPal and Twitter/X.…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
US lets China buy semiconductor design software again
The US has lifted export restrictions on semiconductor design software to China, reversing a controversial policy imposed just six weeks ago that had threatened to cripple China’s chip design capabilities. The three leading semiconductor design software providers, Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, and Germany’s Siemens, announced they had been notified that export license requirements for business…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Initial Access Broker Self-Patches Zero Days as Turf Control
A likely China-nexus threat actor has been exploiting unpatched Ivanti vulnerabilities to gain initial access to victim networks and then patching the systems to block others from breaking in to the same network.
Asia Pacific, critical-infrastructure-security, Global Security News, government-regulations, Threat Intelligence
Lawmaker urges review of cyber engagement rules
U.S. cyber defense operations may be hindered by outdated rules of engagement, prompting calls for a strategic reassessment to keep pace with evolving threats from state actors like China and Russia, DefenseScoop reports.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Technology
State Department Wants to Know Student Visa Applicants’ Myspace Accounts
New State Department guidance released this month instructs student visa applicants to “adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to ‘public,’” a task which will be difficult to accomplish as several social media services listed in the online visa application form haven’t been operational in years. The student visa form requires…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Chinesische Hacker haben über 1.000 SOHO-Geräte infiziert
Dutzende Cybercrime-Kampagnen mit Fokus auf Asien und die USA wurden als angebliche LAPD-Aktionen getarnt. FOTOGRIN – shutterstock.com Cybersecurity-Experten haben ein Netzwerk von mehr als 1.000 kompromittierten Small-Office- und Home-Office-Geräten (SOHO) entdeckt. Die Devices wurden laut den Experten dazu genutzt, eine langwierige Cyberspionage-Infrastrukturkampagne für chinesische Hacker-Gruppen zu ermöglichen. ShortLeash als zentrale Schadsoftware Das Strike-Team von SecurityScorecard…
AI, Asia Pacific, Breaking News, deepseek, GDPR, Global Security News, Laws and regulations
GDPR violations prompt Germany to push Google and Apple to ban DeepSeek AI
Germany asked Google and Apple to remove DeepSeek AI from their app stores, citing GDPR violations over unlawful data collection and transfers to China. The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection requested Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek AI app from their app stores due to GDPR violations. On May 6, 2025, Berlin’s Data Protection Commissioner…
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Asia Pacific, Global Security News
OpenAI: Latest news and insights
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 530 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 530 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack…
Asia Pacific, Breaking News, Cybercrime, data breach, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news
Security Affairs newsletter Round 530 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack…
APT, Asia Pacific, Breaking News, china, Global Security News, intelligence, malware
LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices. These compromised devices formed a hidden network, called an Operational Relay…
APT, Asia Pacific, Breaking News, china, Global Security News, intelligence, malware
LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices. These compromised devices formed a hidden network, called an Operational Relay…
APT, Asia Pacific, Breaking News, china, Global Security News, intelligence, malware
LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices. These compromised devices formed a hidden network, called an Operational Relay…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Over 1,000 SOHO Devices Hacked in China-linked LapDogs Cyber Espionage Campaign
Threat hunters have discovered a network of more than 1,000 compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices that have been used to facilitate a prolonged cyber espionage infrastructure campaign for China-nexus hacking groups. The Operational Relay Box (ORB) network has been codenamed LapDogs by SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team. “The LapDogs network has a high concentration…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
PUBLOAD and Pubshell Malware Used in Mustang Panda’s Tibet-Specific Attack
A China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the Tibetan community. The spear-phishing attacks leveraged topics related to Tibet, such as the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT), China’s education policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and a recently published book by…
APT, Asia Pacific, Breaking News, Global Security News, hacking, intelligence, Security
OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors
A OneClik campaign, likely carried out by China-linked actor, targets energy sectors using stealthy ClickOnce and Golang backdoors. Trellix cybersecurity researchers uncovered a new APT malware campaign, OneClik, targeting the energy, oil, and gas sectors. It abuses Microsoft’s ClickOnce deployment tech and custom Golang backdoors. While links to China-affiliated actors are suspected, attribution remains cautious.…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Why you can’t make a Trump phone in the US (yet)
A frisson of Trump-related news fizzled out in the last week. No, not a temporary outbreak of peace in the Middle East, but news of a smartphone originally announced as being made in America. Except, since making that claim, the Trump organization has changed to somewhat more ambiguous claims. Which raises the question, why can’t you make…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Why you can’t make a Trump phone in the US (yet)
A frisson of Trump-related news fizzled out in the last week. No, not a temporary outbreak of peace in the Middle East, but news of a smartphone originally announced as being made in America. Except, since making that claim, the Trump organization has changed to somewhat more ambiguous claims. Which raises the question, why can’t you make…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Why you can’t make a Trump phone in the US (yet)
A frisson of Trump-related news fizzled out in the last week. No, not a temporary outbreak of peace in the Middle East, but news of a smartphone originally announced as being made in America. Except, since making that claim, the Trump organization has changed to somewhat more ambiguous claims. Which raises the question, why can’t you make…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Why you can’t make a Trump phone in the US (yet)
A frisson of Trump-related news fizzled out in the last week. No, not a temporary outbreak of peace in the Middle East, but news of a smartphone originally announced as being made in America. Except, since making that claim, the Trump organization has changed to somewhat more ambiguous claims. Which raises the question, why can’t you make…
Asia Pacific, china, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Research, Threats
Stealth China-linked ORB network gaining footholds in US, East Asia
A recently discovered operational relay box (ORB) network controlled by a China-linked threat group already exceeds 1,000 devices and is growing across the United States and East Asia, SecurityScorecard said in a threat report released Monday. The ORB network, which SecurityScorecard dubbed “LapDogs,” is primarily composed of routers designed for small or home offices but…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Apple details which governments make the most data requests
To get some sense of the speed with which we’re hurtling into dystopia, it’s always worth taking a look at Apple’s latest Transparency Report; it shows the extent to which governments are requesting information about people, the ways in which they seek it, and the scale at which the requests are made. The report itself is…
Asia Pacific, Data Security, Global Security News
More than 4B user records compromised in largest Chinese data leak yet
Cybernews reports that hundreds of millions of individuals in China potentially had their information exposed by an insecure 631 GB database that contained four billion records, making it the largest data leak in the country so far.
Asia Pacific, critical-infrastructure-security, Global Security News, Threat Intelligence
Taiwan alleged to have targeted China with US backing
China has accused Taiwan of having operated five advanced persistent threat groups under its Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command following the 2016 elections with the assistance of the U.S., according to The Register.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Security
Microsoft startet neues europäisches Sicherheitsprogramm
Microsoft will die Cybersicherheit in Europa stärken. MeshCube – shutterstock.com Microsoft warnt davor, dass sich Ransomware-Gruppen und staatlich geförderte Akteure aus Russland, China, dem Iran und Nordkorea in Umfang und Raffinesse stetig weiterentwickeln. Europa dürfe daher nicht zögern, seine Verteidigungsmechanismen zu stärken. Der Tech-Konzern will deshalb mit einer neuen Initiative bestehende Schutzprogramme erweitern und gezielt…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Colossal breach exposes 4B Chinese user records in surveillance-grade database
A colossal data breach has reportedly exposed approximately four billion records containing personal information of hundreds of millions of users, primarily from China. The 631-gigabyte database was discovered sitting wide open on the internet, lacking even the most basic password protection, >according to cybersecurity firm Cybernews, which reported its findings based on its own research. What makes this…
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Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director
Sean Cairncross laid out his vision to senators Thursday for the Office of the National Cyber Director if he is confirmed to lead it. “A goal of mine is to make sure this office sits at the place that this committee and I believe Congress intended in the statute, and that is to lead cyber…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Government, Government IT, Security Practices
Top US cyber officials face divergent paths after Senate confirmation
Since the start of the Trump administration, the US federal government’s two top cybersecurity leadership positions have been vacant, but those roles are finally on the path to being filled. The first job is the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has been vacant since former director Jen Easterly left on…
Andrew Garbarino, Asia Pacific, china, Congress, critical infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), deepseek, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Global Security News, Government, House Homeland Security Committee, ICE, Mobile App Vetting, Mobile Security, Money, Policy, Russia, Salt Typhoon, sector risk management agencies, TikTok
Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’
The chairman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity is apprehensive about the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to end a program that vets mobile apps for federal agencies. Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday saying that especially in light of the massive Salt Typhoon telecommunications…
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, Biden administration, china, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Global Security News, Government, information sharing, information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs), Microsoft, Ransomware, regulation, Social Engineering, Trump Administration, Workforce
Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, Biden administration, china, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Global Security News, Government, information sharing, information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs), Microsoft, Ransomware, regulation, Social Engineering, Trump Administration, Workforce
Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, Biden administration, china, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Global Security News, Government, information sharing, information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs), Microsoft, Ransomware, regulation, Social Engineering, Trump Administration, Workforce
Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
Asia Pacific, Cryptogtaphy, cyber security, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
UK Expands Cyber Offensive Against Russia and China: A New Era of Cyber Warfare
The UK is ramping up its cyber offensive to tackle growing threats from Russia and China, integrating advanced technology and unified command for stronger defense.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, national security, Technology
OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, national security, Technology
OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, national security, Technology
OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
China-Linked Hackers Exploit SAP and SQL Server Flaws in Attacks Across Asia and Brazil
The China-linked threat actor behind the recent in-the-wild exploitation of a critical security flaw in SAP NetWeaver has been attributed to a broader set of attacks targeting organizations in Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia since 2023. “The threat actor mainly targets the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on web applications to access the SQL servers of…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas
Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. “We detected and removed these campaigns before they were able to build authentic audiences on our apps,” the social media giant said in its quarterly Adversarial Threat Report. This included a network…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Czech Republic Blames China-Linked APT31 Hackers for 2022 Cyberattack
The Czech Republic on Wednesday formally accused a threat actor associated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of targeting its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a public statement, the government said it identified China as the culprit behind a malicious campaign targeting one of the unclassified networks of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Lenovo Well-Placed to Tackle Tariff Risks, CEO says
U.S. tariffs on China caught Lenovo off-guard but the company will be faster and better at adjusting to tariff shifts than its competitors, CEO Yang Yuanqing said.
AI, AI chips, Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Hardware, Huawei, semicondcutors
Tensions flare between the US and China over Huawei’s AI chips
Just a few weeks after the U.S. and China made significant steps to de-escalate the growing trade war between the two countries, tensions are flaring again — this time over semiconductors. China’s Commerce Ministry in Beijing released a statement on Wednesday that threatened legal action against anyone who enforces U.S. export restrictions on Huawei’s AI chips,…
Asia Pacific, Encryption, Vulnerabilities, Global Security News
Critical flaw in OpenPGP.js raises alarms for encrypted email services
A newly discovered flaw in OpenPGP.js, a JavaScript cryptography library used by services like Proton Mail, could allow attackers to spoof messages that appear securely signed and encrypted, security researchers said. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-47934 and assigned a critical severity rating, was discovered by Edoardo Geraci and Thomas Rinsma of Codean Labs. It stems…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Nvidia’s Huang Calls U.S. Export Controls a Failure, Praises Trump
Jensen Huang said limits on the sale of advanced chips to China had galvanized the country to push ahead with building its own AI technologies.
Asia Pacific, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Global Security News, Government, House Homeland Security Committee, NightDragon, NSTAC, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Salt Typhoon, telecommunications, Wall Street Journal
‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots
The first time some of the largest telecom companies in the world heard of Salt Typhoon was in a Wall Street Journal article. The story, which was published last September, blindsided company executives and industry insiders. As news of the attack on the country’s broadband networks broke, the scope and severity of the breach became…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization
Threat hunters have exposed the tactics of a China-aligned threat actor called UnsolicitedBooker that targeted an unnamed international organization in Saudi Arabia with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MarsSnake. ESET, which first discovered the hacking group’s intrusions targeting the entity in March 2023 and again a year later, said the activity leverages spear-phishing emails using
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Huawei 5G-A used to control autonomous electric mining trucks in China
Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei is providing a 5G Advanced (5G-A) communications network for a fleet of 100 autonomous electric mining trucks, which have officially entered operation at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, China.
AI, Asia Pacific, Gadgets, Global Security News, Government & Policy
U.S. lawmakers have concerns about Apple-Alibaba deal
The Trump administration and congressional officials are scrutinizing a deal between Apple and Alibaba that would bring Alibaba-powered AI features to iPhones sold in China, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the NYT says White House officials and members of the House Select Committee on China have asked Apple executives directly about…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Nvidia to Set Up Research Center in Shanghai, Maintaining Foothold in China
The plan follows the Trump administration’s recent move to tighten curbs on China’s access to Nvidia’s high-end AI chips.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Nvidia to Set Up Research Center in Shanghai, Maintaining Foothold in China
The plan follows the Trump White House’s recent move to tighten curbs on China’s access to Nvidia’s high-end AI chips.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
New HTTPBot Botnet Launches 200+ Precision DDoS Attacks on Gaming and Tech Sectors
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new botnet malware called HTTPBot that has been used to primarily single out the gaming industry, as well as technology companies and educational institutions in China. “Over the past few months, it has expanded aggressively, continuously leveraging infected devices to launch external attacks,” NSFOCUS said in a report…
A Little Sunshine, Asia Pacific, BreachForums, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Jill Fertel, mark rasch, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nonstop Health, Pompompurin, RaidForums, Unit 221B
Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach
In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. “Pompompurin,” is slated for resentencing next month…
AI, Asia Pacific, Global Security News, SBN News, Security Bloggers Network
China Launches First Satellites for AI Computing Constellation
China launches 12 satellites for its AI space computing constellation, marking a leap in satellite technology. Discover how this changes the landscape of space computing. The post China Launches First Satellites for AI Computing Constellation appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Apple, Asia Pacific, Foxconn, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Hardware, HCL Group, semiconductor
Foxconn gets nod for $435M project to make more of Apple chips in India, eventually
Foxconn, a key manufacturer for Apple, has received an approval from India’s cabinet to build a new 37 billion Indian rupees ($435 million) semiconductor plant in a joint venture with the country’s IT giant HCL Group. The deal is the latest move to reduce Apple’s reliance on China and produce more components in India. The…
Andrew Garbarino, Asia Pacific, Bennie Thompson, budget, china, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Global Security News, Government, Mark Green, Money, regulation, Workforce
DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA
The Department of Homeland Security won’t tell Congress how many employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency it has fired or pushed to leave, a top congressional Democrat said Wednesday. “You’ve overseen mass reductions in the workforce at CISA and” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
China-Linked APTs Exploit SAP CVE-2025-31324 to Breach 581 Critical Systems Worldwide
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting SAP NetWeaver is being exploited by multiple China-nexus nation-state actors to target critical infrastructure networks. “Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324, an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE),” EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya said in an analysis published today. Targets of the campaign
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Can Cybersecurity Keep Up In the AI Arms Race?
New research shows China is quickly catching up with the US in AI innovation. Experts weigh in on what it means for cyber defenders.
Apple, Asia Pacific, Gadgets, Global Security News, iPhone, Tariffs
Apple reportedly plans to hike prices of upcoming iPhones
Apple is planning to increase the prices of its iPhone lineup set to launch this autumn, though it is trying not to make it seem as if the hikes are connected to the U.S.’ tariffs on imports from China, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. The company is considering instead linking the price…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Apple Considers Raising iPhone Prices, Without Blaming Tariffs
The company wants to avoid appearing to attribute price increases to U.S. tariffs on goods from China, where most Apple devices are assembled.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Government & Policy, trade tariffs, US-China Trade War
Tech stocks look set to jump as U.S. and China pause reciprocal tariffs
U.S. tech stocks, along with the broader stock markets, seemed ready to start the day with a high, as the United States and China on Monday agreed to temporarily cut reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Per the deal, reached in Geneva, the U.S. would temporarily shelve the 145% reciprocal tariff on goods imported from China,…
AI, Asia Pacific, china, Congress, deepseek, Geopolitics, Global Security News, Government
Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI system by federal contractors
A bipartisan Senate bill would formally ban the use of DeepSeek by federal contractors, part of a larger effort to keep the Chinese-made large language model out of government systems and networks, where lawmakers fear it could pose cybersecurity and national security concerns. The bill, introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.,…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Chinese Hackers Exploit SAP RCE Flaw CVE-2025-31324, Deploy Golang-Based SuperShell
A China-linked unnamed threat actor dubbed Chaya_004 has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in SAP NetWeaver. Forescout Vedere Labs, in a report published Thursday, said it uncovered a malicious infrastructure likely associated with the hacking group weaponizing CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score: 10.0) since April 29, 2025. CVE-2025-31324 refers to a critical SAP NetWeaver…
Asia Pacific, EVs, Geely, Global Security News, Tariffs, Transportation, zeekr
China’s Geely moves to take EV startup Zeekr private amid trade war with US
China’s Geely has offered to take its EV startup Zeekr private, one year after the company debuted on the NYSE.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Space, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink India
Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Space, SpaceX, Starlink, Starlink India
Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward…
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Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward…
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Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward…
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SMIC’s Quarterly Profit Jumps on Robust Chip Demand
China’s largest chip maker reported a sharp rise in net profit, driven by Beijing’s stimulus measures and front-loading activities amid geopolitical tensions.
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‘CoGUI’ Phishing Kit Helps Chinese Hackers Target Japan
Japan is being peppered with an overwhelming volume of spam, thanks to a new platform popular across the East China Sea.
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Trump Proposes Cutting CISA Budget by $491 Million
President Trump wants to cut CISA’s budget by $491 million, or 17%, to refocus it on its “core mission” and end what he said is censorship of him and his supporters. Critics of the cuts accusing the administration of politicizing cybersecurity and opening the door wider to adversaries like China and Russia. The post Trump…
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Hackers booby trap NPM with cross-language imposter packages
Hackers are abusing the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry — a database of JavaScript packages — to target multi-language developers with typo-squatted packages containing stealers and remote code execution (RCE) codes. According to a research by cybersecurity firm Socket, a coordinated malware campaign, with evidence of origin in China, has published dozens of malicious packages…
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Quantum supremacy: Cybersecurity’s ultimate arms race has China way in front
Imagine a vast, ancient library, the Library of All Secrets. Within its countless shelves reside every code, message, and hidden truth ever recorded. For centuries, these secrets have been safe, locked away behind intricate, almost unbreakable locks. Now picture a new kind of key, shimmering and ethereal, called the “Quantum Key.” Unlike ordinary keys, this…
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House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts
House appropriators on Tuesday challenged proposed budget cuts for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with Democrats saying the Trump administration was disturbingly moving money away from the agency and a key Republican saying he needed to see justifications for the reductions. The Trump administration has proposed cutting CISA funding by $491 million, and some…
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TikTok Fined €530m Over Transfers of European User Data to China
Ireland’s data protection watchdog accuses the Chinese social media giant of violating GDPR with transfers of European users’ data to China
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TikTok Fined $600 Million in Europe Over China Surveillance Risks
Ireland’s data privacy watchdog fined the social-video app for failing to guarantee that user data sent to China was protected from government surveillance.
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Trade War Exposes China’s Dependence on U.S. for Auto Chips
Certain American chips are essential for cars and other industrial goods made in China—a vulnerability revealed in tariff exemptions pushed by Beijing.
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Billbug Expands Cyber-Espionage Campaign in Southeast Asia
The China-linked cyber-operations group, better known as Lotus Panda, uses its own custom malware to focus on government agencies and private companies in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
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Hackers abuse IPv6 networking feature to hijack software updates
A China-aligned APT threat actor named “TheWizards” abuses an IPv6 networking feature to launch adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks that hijack software updates to install Windows malware. […]
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Homeland Secretary Noem Vows to Put CISA ‘Back to Focusing on its Core Mission’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to refocus CISA, especially in defense of critical systems threats from China. The post Homeland Secretary Noem Vows to Put CISA ‘Back to Focusing on its Core Mission’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Anthropic suggests tweaks to proposed U.S. AI chip export controls
Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestic-made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company “strongly supports” the U.S. Department of…
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DeepSeek upgrades its math-focused AI model Prover
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has quietly updated Prover, its AI model that’s designed to solve math-related proofs and theorems. According to South China Morning Post, DeepSeek uploaded the latest version of Prover, V2, to AI dev platform, Hugging Face, late on Wednesday. It appears to be built on top of the startup’s V3 model, which…
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Cybercriminals intensify hunt for exposed Git secrets
Git configuration files exposed in public repositories are being aggressively dug up and looked into by threat actors to reveal sensitive secrets and authentication tokens unintentionally left behind in Git projects. A GreyNoise observation recorded a significant spike in search attempts for exposed Git configuration files between April 20 and April 21. “While the crawling…
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Chinese Hackers Abuse IPv6 SLAAC for AitM Attacks via Spellbinder Lateral Movement Tool
A China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group called TheWizards has been linked to a lateral movement tool called Spellbinder that can facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. “Spellbinder enables adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks, through IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) spoofing, to move laterally in the compromised network, intercepting packets and
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U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home.
Illustration: The Intercept In partnership with Rita Murad, a 21-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel and student at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, was arrested by Israeli authorities in November 2023 after sharing three Instagram stories on the morning of October 7. The images included a picture of a bulldozer breaking through the border fence in Gaza…
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RansomHub Went Dark April 1; Affiliates Fled to Qilin, DragonForce Claimed Control
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that RansomHub’s online infrastructure has “inexplicably” gone offline as of April 1, 2025, prompting concerns among affiliates of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB said that this may have caused affiliates to migrate to Qilin, given that “disclosures on its DLS [data leak site] have doubled since
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Alibaba Rolls Out ‘Instant Commerce’ Feature as China Delivery Battle Heats Up
Alibaba Group has added a new rapid-delivery feature to its shopping platform, the e-commerce giant’s latest attempt to grab a slice of China’s on-demand delivery market from rivals like JD.com and Meituan.
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DHS Secretary Noem: CISA needs to get back to ‘core mission’
SAN FRANCISCO — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem outlined her plans Tuesday to refocus the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on protecting critical infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated threats — particularly from China — while distancing the agency from what she characterized as mission drift under previous leadership. Speaking at the 2025 RSAC Conference, Noem…
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Windows Backdoor Targets Members of Exiled Uyghur Community
A spear-phishing campaign sent Trojanized versions of legitimate word-processing software to members of the World Uyghur Congress as part of China’s continued cyber-espionage activity against the ethnic minority.