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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay in an escalation of a trade war that has been unfolding through most of his term. The orders follow two others Trump signed in August banning dealings with the popular video app TikTok as well as the main WeChat messaging app.

Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for open SSH devices and trying to login to them using a new recently patched Zyxel hardcoded credential backdoor. Last month, Niels Teusink of Dutch cybersecurity firm EYE disclosed a secret hardcoded backdoor account in Zyxel firewalls and AP controllers.

Exium announced the premiere of its Secure 5G network as a service, based on the emerging Clean Network standards being promulgated by the US, EU and other freedom-loving nations. Exium's 5G network service is built on an open, programmable, reliable, and software-driven Intelligent Cybersecurity Mesh that treats the internet itself as Zero Trust and relies heavily on strong encryption for all data transmitted, processed, or stored anywhere on it.

CommScope announced it is expanding its industry leading Wi-Fi 6 home network gateway portfolio with the release of its NVG578LX 2.5G GPON Wi-Fi 6 residential gateway. The NVG578LX GPON home network gateway provides true gigabit speeds for the delivery of managed voice, video and data services.

The first digital risk management platform built for the hybrid cloud, Caveonix RiskForesight dramatically reduces overall cost of compliance by establishing a uniform Risk Management Control Plane that overlays an enterprise's data centers, private clouds, and public cloud deployments. Through this funding, Caveonix will continue expanding in several key areas of product and business development.

Gill will be responsible for advising the CEO, the Chairman of the Board, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Leadership Team on legal strategies and issues central to the organization's growth as a public company. "Stephanie is an accomplished, highly-regarded, and experienced executive with broad, deep legal and business expertise who will support and enhance Vertiv's continued growth as a public company," said Johnson.

MTI announced the promotion of Mary Jesse to serve on MTI's Board of Directors and as the company's Chief Executive Officer to drive innovation and growth while continuing to lead MTI's digital transformation. "Mary has brought a focus on innovation and service on behalf of our customers that positions MTI to play a leadership role in developing the connected retail environments of the future," stated David Gelobter, Managing Director, MC Credit Partners.

Skylo announced that Angira Agrawal has joined the company's leadership team as COO. Angira will oversee all operations and customer-facing activities throughout the US, India and beyond, ensuring a positive customer experience during a period of rapid growth. "As Skylo grows broadly around the world, and deeply into verticals like farming, fishing, logistics and healthcare, it is vital to bring in key leadership who understand what customers want and who can help deliver smooth user experiences," said Skylo CEO and co-founder Parth Trivedi.

The U.S. government on Tuesday formally pointed fingers at the Russian government for orchestrating the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that came to light early last month. The FBI, CISA, ODNI, and NSA are members of the Cyber Unified Coordination Group, a newly-formed task force put in place by the White House National Security Council to investigate and lead the response efforts to remediate the SolarWinds breach.

SolarWinds - the network monitoring biz thoroughly hacked as part of a wider espionage operation - has been sued by its shareholders who claim bosses failed to tell them about its numerous security woes. Last month, it emerged the update server used by SolarWinds to distribute its Orion software had been subverted by miscreants to secretly inject a backdoor into the code so that hackers could infiltrate the computers of customers who installed the product.