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Welcome to Hong Kong, traveler, and to the mandatory, Disney MagicBand-esque tracking wristband we're about to slap onto your potentially infectious arm. As the area undergoes a COVID-19 resurgence, mostly brought in by travelers coming from European, US and Asian countries, it's now enforcing the quarantine on all incoming travelers, with the wristbands helping to ensure that they adhere to movement restrictions.
A recently discovered TrickBot variant targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong includes a module for remote desktop protocol brute-forcing, Bitdefender reports. Now, its operators apparently added a new rdpScanDll module to the threat, to brute-force RDP for a specific list of victims.
Hong Kong has made it mandatory for all new arrivals to wear an "Electronic wristband" that links to a smartphone to provide location-tracking services, so that authorities can be sure they're observing COVID-19 quarantine requirements. Here's the fun part in the press release: "The staff at the communication centres set up by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer will check the location of people under quarantine from time to time and make surprise video calls to ensure that they are staying at their dwelling places."
Hong Kong has made it mandatory for all new arrivals to wear an "Electronic wristband" that links to a smartphone to provide location-tracking services, so that authorities can be sure they're observing COVID-19 quarantine requirements. Here's the fun part in the press release: "The staff at the communication centres set up by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer will check the location of people under quarantine from time to time and make surprise video calls to ensure that they are staying at their dwelling places."
The China-linked threat group tracked as Winnti was observed using a new variant of the ShadowPad backdoor in recent attacks targeting Hong Kong universities, ESET's security researchers report. One month later, the security researchers discovered a new campaign run by the Chinese hackers, targeting two Hong Kong universities with a new variant of the ShadowPad backdoor, the group's flagship tool.
A Chinese hacking crew which had previously been focusing on industrial and commercial attacks has now involved itself in efforts to suppress protests in Hong Kong. Researchers at security shop ESET say the Winnti Group, a hacking operation believed to be backed by the Chinese government, has begun targeting the networks and accounts of at least five universities in Hong Kong.
Benefit Vantage, developer of IPification seamless authentication solution, and leading mobile operator 3 Hong Kong, are proud to announce the deployment of IPification mobile authentication solution. "Integrating our solution into 3 Hong Kong's mobile network and providing the best mobile authentication technology to the Hong Kong market is an important milestone for us," said Harry Cheung, Founder and President of IPification.
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