Security News

Industry Reactions to Chinese Spy Chips: Feedback Friday
2018-10-05 15:48

Bloomberg reported this week that the Chinese government planted tiny chips in Super Micro servers to spy on Amazon, Apple and tens of other important organizations in the United States. read more

Chinese tech titans' share prices slump after THAT Super Micro story
2018-10-05 11:50

Lenovo slides by a fifth, ZTE sinks too on back of server allegations The ripple effect of explosive claims that Chinese government agents slipped snooper chips into Super Micro servers used by...

Report: Chinese Spy Chip Backdoored US Defense, Tech Firms
2018-10-05 09:18

If Accurate, Bloomberg Report Would Mark a New Era of Mass Hardware CompromiseDid the Chinese government pull off one of the most secretive hardware hacks of all time? That's what information...

Decoding the Chinese Super Micro super spy-chip super-scandal: What do we know – and who is telling the truth?
2018-10-04 23:01

Who's your money on? Bloomberg's sources? Apple? Amazon? Super Micro? Analysis Chinese government agents managed to slip spy chips into Super Micro servers used by Amazon, Apple, the US...

Chinese Supply Chain Hardware Attack
2018-10-04 16:30

Bloomberg is reporting about a Chinese espionage operating involving inserting a tiny chip into computer products made in China. I wrote about (alternate link) this threat more generally in May....

Bloomberg: Super Micro motherboards used by Apple, Amazon contained Chinese spy chips
2018-10-04 16:08

Super Micro, Amazon, and Apple deny everything in the report.

Chinese spy chips: 3 potential fallouts for the business world
2018-10-04 13:29

A Bloomberg report found that Chinese spies secretly added microchips on motherboards that went to Apple, Amazon, and the CIA.

Chinese Spying Chips Found Hidden On Servers Used By US Companies
2018-10-04 13:03

A media report today revealed details of a significant supply chain attack which appears to be one of the largest corporate espionage and hardware hacking programs from a nation-state. According...

APT10 Under Close Scrutiny as Potentially Linked to Chinese Ministry of State Security
2018-09-03 12:49

An advanced threat actor has been associated with China’s Ministry of State Security via two individuals and a Chinese firm.

Chinese hotel chain’s customer data on Dark Web – 500M records for $50K
2018-08-30 11:58

You often have to share a lot of personal information when you check into a hotel - as cybercrooks know only too well.