Security News

Nepal Arrests 122 Chinese Over Suspected Cyber Scam
2019-12-27 13:13

More than 100 Chinese nationals in Nepal on tourist visas have been detained over a suspected cyber scam, police said Wednesday, in the country's largest ever crackdown involving foreigners. Eight...

Researchers: Chinese APT Espionage Campaign Bypasses 2FA
2019-12-26 16:18

Fox-IT Suspects APT20 Group Was InvolvedAn advanced persistent threat espionage campaign with suspected ties to the Chinese government quietly targeted businesses and governments in 10 countries...

Chinese Hackers Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication
2019-12-26 12:19

Interesting story of how a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is bypassing the RSA SecurID two-factor authentication system. How they did it remains unclear; although, the Fox-IT team has their...

Chinese e-commerce site LightInTheBox.com bared 1.3TB of server logs, user data and more
2019-12-16 14:04

Things you don't do with Elasticsearch dbs, number 1: Put them on the web Exclusive Infosec researchers have uncovered a data breach affecting 1.3TB of web server log entries held by Chinese...

Facebook Sues Chinese Company Over Ad Fraud
2019-12-06 15:54

Facebook on Thursday filed suit in California against one organization and two individuals for engaging in ad fraud on the social media platform. read more

Facebook Sued Chinese Firm for Hacking its Users and Running Fraud Ads
2019-12-06 00:47

Following its efforts to take legal action against those misusing its social media platform, Facebook has now filed a new lawsuit against a Hong Kong-based advertising company and two Chinese...

Bytedance: The Chinese Company Behind Global TikTok Craze
2019-11-28 18:23

TikTok's Owner ByteDance Could be Forced to Share User Information With Chinese Intelligence read more

Czech Intel Report Highlights Russian, Chinese Spying
2019-11-26 12:48

Russian and Chinese spies repeatedly targeted the Czech state last year, the country's intelligence service (BIS) said in its 2018 report published Tuesday, detailing cyber-attacks and...

Chinese Woman Sentenced to 8 Months for Trespass at Trump Resort: Report
2019-11-26 05:08

A Chinese woman who stirred fears of espionage when she entered President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple mobile phones and a malware-spiked thumb drive was sentenced to eight...

Zero-Day Exploits Earn Hackers Over $500K at Chinese Competition
2019-11-18 09:03

White hat hackers have earned $545,000 for successfully demonstrating zero-day exploits targeting products from VMware, Microsoft, Google, Apple, D-Link, and Adobe at the 2019 Tianfu Cup hacking...