German Authorities Issue Arrest Warrants for Three Suspected Chinese Spies

German authorities said they have issued arrest warrants against three citizens on suspicion of spying for China. The full names of the defendants were not disclosed by the Office of the Federal Prosecutor aka Generalbundesanwalt, but it includes Herwig F., Ina F., and Thomas R. "The suspects are...

Tenda W30E fromRouteStatic function buffer overflow vulnerability

The Tenda W30E is a router from the Chinese company Tenda. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Tenda W30E version 1.0.1.25633, which originates from the parameter page of the fromRouteStatic function in /goform/fromRouteStatic that fails to correctly validate the length of the input data, a...

Asrmicro ASR Series 安全漏洞

The Asrmicro ASR Series is a series of chips from Avantage Technology Asrmicro, a Chinese company. A security vulnerability exists in the Asrmicro ASR Series that stems from incorrect output and possible memory access overruns. The following products are affected: ASR360x Series chips, ASR160x...

RageFrame2 安全漏洞

rageframe2 is a rapid development application engine based on the Yii2 advanced framework by an individual developer in China, jianyan74. A security vulnerability exists in RageFrame2 version v2.6.43, which stems from the presence of a Reflective Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability that could...

Lenovo Notebook 安全漏洞

Lenovo Notebook is a laptop computer from Lenovo, a Chinese company. A security vulnerability exists in Lenovo Notebook that stems from the presence of a memory leak...

UNC5174 Functions as an Initial Access Broker, Exploiting Vulnerabilities

Summary: UNC5174, a threat actor believed to be associated with China, has been identified exploiting various vulnerabilities and deploying custom tools such as SNOWLIGHT, GOHEAVY, and GOREVERSE for post-exploitation activities. These tools enable UNC5174 to carry out sophisticated cyber...

Finland Blames Chinese Hacking Group APT31 for Parliament Cyber Attack

The Police of Finland aka Poliisi has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT31 for orchestrating a cyber attack targeting the country's Parliament in 2020. The intrusion, per the authorities, is said to have occurred between fall 2020 and early 2021. The agency described the...

Chinese APTs Targeted ASEAN During Summit with Espionage Malware

By Waqas The cyberattack occurred in the first week of March 2024 during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese APTs Targeted ASEAN During Summit with Espionage Malware...

Sketchy NuGet Package Likely Linked to Industrial Espionage Targets Developers

Threat hunters have identified a suspicious package in the NuGet package manager that's likely designed to target developers working with tools made by a Chinese firm that specializes in industrial- and digital equipment manufacturing. The package in question is SqzrFramework480, which...

U.S. Charges 7 Chinese Nationals in Major 14-Year Cyber Espionage Operation

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Monday unsealed indictments against seven Chinese nationals for their involvement in a hacking group that targeted U.S. and foreign critics, journalists, businesses, and political officials for about 14 years. The defendants include Ni Gaobin 倪高彬, Weng Ming 翁...

Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Global Spying Rampage

US and UK officials hit Chinese hacking group APT31 with sanctions and criminal charges after they targeted thousands of businesses, politicians, and critics of China...

Tenda AC10 OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CNVD-2024-15743)

The Tenda AC10 is a wireless router from the Chinese company Tenda. Tenda AC10U version 15.03.06.49 suffers from an operating system command injection vulnerability, which originates from the mac parameter of the formWriteFacMac function of the /goform/WriteFacMac file failing to correctly filter...

Earth Krahang APT Campaign Targeting Global Governments

Summary: Earth Krahang, an APT campaign since 2022, targets global government entities, employing spear phishing and server exploitation tactics. Operating independently but with potential links to Chinese threat actors, it utilizes malware like Cobalt Strike and XDealer for espionage, urging...

Android malware, Android malware and more Android malware

Introduction Malware for mobile devices is something we come across very often. In 2023, our technologies blocked 33.8 million malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices. One of 2023s most resonant attacks was Operation Triangulation, targeting iOS, but that was rather a unique case...

Tenda AC18 fromSetWirelessRepeat function buffer overflow vulnerability

The Tenda AC18 is a router from the Chinese company Tenda. The Tenda AC18 suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability that originates from the wpapskcrypto5g parameter of the fromSetWirelessRepeat function failing to correctly validate the length of the input data, which can be exploited by a...

Tenda AC18 formexeCommand function buffer overflow vulnerability

The Tenda AC18 is a router from the Chinese company Tenda. Tenda AC18 V15.03.05.05 version of the buffer overflow vulnerability, the vulnerability stems from /goform/execCommand file formexeCommand function of the cmdinput parameter fails to correctly validate the length of the input data size, a...

Drones and the US Air Force

Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield--that is, Ukraine--and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The F-35A certainly remains an important platform for high-intensity conventional warfare. But the Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft...

Malicious Ads Targeting Chinese Users with Fake Notepad++ and VNote Installers

Chinese users looking for legitimate software such as Notepad++ and VNote on search engines like Baidu are being targeted with malicious ads and bogus links to distribute trojanized versions of the software and ultimately deploy Geacon, a Golang-based implementation of Cobalt Strike. "The malicio...

TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. TikTok is an immensely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, short video clips. It...

What’s in your notepad? Infected text editors target Chinese users

"Malvertising" is a popular way of attracting victims to malicious sites: an advertisement block is placed at the top of the search results, increasing the likelihood of users clicking the link. Sites at the top of search results also tend to be more trusted by users. A year ago, our experts...