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Newscan: The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies

Newscan: The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies

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Newscan: DHS: Russian hackers got in the control rooms of U.S utilities

Newscan: DHS: Russian hackers got in the control rooms of U.S utilities

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Chinese military unit infiltrated Motorola Solutions computers in 2017, U.S. government claims

Members of a signals-intelligence unit of the Chinese military accessed Motorola Solutions’ computer network and downloaded more than 1,000 documents—including competitive intelligence about LMR manufacturer Hytera Communications—in 2017, according to a U.S. government indictment and other legal briefings. In 2017, Jia Wei was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the military of the People’s […]

Feds probe China-linked attacks on US telecom networks

Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]

Fortinet zero-day attack spree hits at least 50 customers

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s network and security management tool FortiManager, according to security researchers and federal authorities. The earliest exploitation was on June 27, and at least 50 organizations across various industries have been impacted to date, Mandiant said in a Wednesday blog post. Fortinet disclosed active exploitation of CVE-2024-47575, which has […]

Russia-linked hackers attack Japan’s goverment, ports

Two Russian hacking groups leveled distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks at Japanese logistics and shipbuilding firms — as well as government and political organizations — in what experts believe are attempts to pressure the Japanese government. The attacks came after lawmakers boosted the nation’s defense budget, and its military conducted exercises with regional allies. The two pro-Russian […]

CISA adds SolarWinds flaw to exploited vulnerabilities catalog

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added a critical hardcoded credentials flaw in SolarWinds Web Help Desk to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog on Tuesday, marking the second actively exploited CVE in the same product since August. The vulnerability, listed as CVE-2024-28987, allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access internal functionality and potentially modify data. The software defect […]
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