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TikTok Faces Fresh European Privacy Investigation Over China Data Transfers

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TikTok Faces Fresh European Privacy Investigation Over China Data Transfers 2025-07-11 at 12:04 By Associated Press The Irish Data Privacy Commission announced that TikTok is facing a new European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China. The post TikTok Faces Fresh European Privacy Investigation Over China Data Transfers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]

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Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy

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Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy 2025-07-09 at 09:46 By Eduard Kovacs Xu Zewei has been arrested on charges that he is a member of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Hafnium (Silk Typhoon). The post Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Canada Gives Hikvision the Boot on National Security Grounds

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Canada Gives Hikvision the Boot on National Security Grounds 2025-06-30 at 13:18 By Ionut Arghire Canada has ordered Hikvision to cease all operations in the country and prohibited the purchase and use of Hikvision products within government entities. The post Canada Gives Hikvision the Boot on National Security Grounds appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Chinese Hackers Target Chinese Users With RAT, Rootkit

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Chinese Hackers Target Chinese Users With RAT, Rootkit 2025-06-27 at 13:02 By Ionut Arghire China-linked Silver Fox hacking group is targeting Chinese users with fake installers carrying a RAT and a rootkit. The post Chinese Hackers Target Chinese Users With RAT, Rootkit appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese AI From Federal Agencies

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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese AI From Federal Agencies 2025-06-26 at 19:46 By Associated Press The proposal seeks to ban all use of the technology in the U.S. government, with exceptions for use in research and counterterrorism efforts. The post Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese AI From Federal Agencies appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Target Canadian Telecom Firms

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China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Target Canadian Telecom Firms 2025-06-23 at 17:24 By Eduard Kovacs Canada’s Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI warn of Chinese hackers targeting telecommunications and other companies in Canada. The post China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Target Canadian Telecom Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux

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Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux 2025-06-23 at 11:02 By Mirko Zorz SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team has uncovered a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices they’re calling LapDogs. The threat is part of a broader shift in how China-Nexus threat actors are using Operational Relay Box (ORB) networks to

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Fog Ransomware Attack Employs Unusual Tools

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Fog Ransomware Attack Employs Unusual Tools 2025-06-13 at 13:20 By Ionut Arghire Multiple legitimate, unusual tools were used in a Fog ransomware attack, including one employed by Chinese hacking group APT41. The post Fog Ransomware Attack Employs Unusual Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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LockBit panel data leak shows Chinese orgs among the most targeted

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LockBit panel data leak shows Chinese orgs among the most targeted 2025-06-12 at 17:17 By Zeljka Zorz The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has netted around $2.3 million USD within 5 months, the data leak stemming from the May 2025 hack of a LockBit affiliate panel has revealed. From that sum, the operators took their 20%

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Chinese Hackers and User Lapses Turn Smartphones Into a ‘Mobile Security Crisis’

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Chinese Hackers and User Lapses Turn Smartphones Into a ‘Mobile Security Crisis’ 2025-06-09 at 21:33 By Associated Press Foreign hackers have increasingly identified smartphones, other mobile devices and the apps they use as a weak link in U.S. cyberdefenses. The post Chinese Hackers and User Lapses Turn Smartphones Into a ‘Mobile Security Crisis’ appeared first

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Chinese Espionage Crews Circle SentinelOne in Year-Long Reconnaissance Campaign

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Chinese Espionage Crews Circle SentinelOne in Year-Long Reconnaissance Campaign 2025-06-09 at 20:58 By Ryan Naraine Anti-malware vendor said it spent the past twelve months deflecting a stream of network reconnaissance probes from China-nexus threat actors The post Chinese Espionage Crews Circle SentinelOne in Year-Long Reconnaissance Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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iMessage Zero-Click Attacks Suspected in Targeting of High-Value EU, US Individuals

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iMessage Zero-Click Attacks Suspected in Targeting of High-Value EU, US Individuals 2025-06-09 at 15:18 By Ionut Arghire iVerify links iPhone crashes to sophisticated zero-click attacks via iMessage targeting individuals involved in politics in the EU and US. The post iMessage Zero-Click Attacks Suspected in Targeting of High-Value EU, US Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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China Issues Warrants for Alleged Taiwanese Hackers and Bans a Business for Pro-Independence Links

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China Issues Warrants for Alleged Taiwanese Hackers and Bans a Business for Pro-Independence Links 2025-06-05 at 11:46 By Associated Press China issued warrants for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf of the island’s ruling party. The post China Issues Warrants for Alleged Taiwanese Hackers and Bans

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Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Exploits Google Calendar to Target Governments

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Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Exploits Google Calendar to Target Governments 2025-05-30 at 14:19 By Ionut Arghire China-linked hackers used a compromised government site to target other government entities with the ToughProgress malware that uses an attacker-controlled Google Calendar for C&C. The post Chinese Hacking Group APT41 Exploits Google Calendar to Target Governments appeared first on

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Czech Government Condemns Chinese Hack on Critical Infrastructure

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Czech Government Condemns Chinese Hack on Critical Infrastructure 2025-05-28 at 18:51 By Ryan Naraine The Czech government issues a blunt warning to China after APT31 hackers linked to intrusion at critical infrastructure network. The post Czech Government Condemns Chinese Hack on Critical Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Cityworks Zero-Day Exploited by Chinese Hackers in US Local Government Attacks

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Cityworks Zero-Day Exploited by Chinese Hackers in US Local Government Attacks 2025-05-23 at 12:31 By Ionut Arghire A Chinese threat actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Trimble Cityworks to hack local government entities in the US. The post Cityworks Zero-Day Exploited by Chinese Hackers in US Local Government Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Chinese Spies Exploit Ivanti Vulnerabilities Against Critical Sectors

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Chinese Spies Exploit Ivanti Vulnerabilities Against Critical Sectors 2025-05-23 at 11:31 By Ionut Arghire A Chinese espionage group has been chaining two recent Ivanti EPMM vulnerabilities in attacks against organizations in multiple critical sectors. The post Chinese Spies Exploit Ivanti Vulnerabilities Against Critical Sectors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Nation-state APTs ramp up attacks on Ukraine and the EU

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Nation-state APTs ramp up attacks on Ukraine and the EU 2025-05-21 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Russian APT groups intensified attacks against Ukraine and the EU, exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities and deploying wipers, according to ESET. Ukraine faces rising cyber threats The Russia-aligned Sandworm group intensified destructive operations against Ukrainian energy companies, deploying a new

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SAP Zero-Day Targeted Since January, Many Sectors Impacted 

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SAP Zero-Day Targeted Since January, Many Sectors Impacted  2025-05-09 at 14:01 By Ionut Arghire Hundreds of SAP NetWeaver instances hacked via a zero-day that allows remote code execution, not only arbitrary file uploads, as initially believed. The post SAP Zero-Day Targeted Since January, Many Sectors Impacted  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Chinese APT’s Adversary-in-the-Middle Tool Dissected

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Chinese APT’s Adversary-in-the-Middle Tool Dissected 2025-05-01 at 14:18 By Ionut Arghire ESET has analyzed Spellbinder, the IPv6 SLAAC spoofing tool Chinese APT TheWizards uses to deploy its WizardNet backdoor. The post Chinese APT’s Adversary-in-the-Middle Tool Dissected appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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