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Embattled Huawei may open its code for testing in Australia
The Chinese network equipment maker is under fire in Australia, Canada and the United States over concerns that its code presents cyber espionage capabilities.
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Security News
White House review clears Chinese IT maker of spy threat
The 18-month White House probe determined that there is no evidence that Huawei was involved in spying on behalf of the Chinese government, which runs counter to a U.S. House report released last week.
Security News
Raspberry Pi declines bribe to pre-install malware
The Raspberry Pi Foundation was offered money to pre-install malware on its inexpensive computers by someone claiming to be a "business officer."
Cybercrime
U.S. presses charges against Washington man allegedly linked to Satori IoT botnet
U.S. prosecutors in Alaska last week filed charges against a Washington man who is allegedly linked to the Satori IoT botnet that infected more than 280,000 IP addresses in 12 hours upon its debut in late 2017.
Cybercrime
Skygofree malware displays never-before-seen surveillance features
Kaspersky researchers analyzed what they described as one of the most powerful Android malware.
Cybercrime, Malware, Security News
Apache Struts exploit found in Mirai variant may signify shift in attack strategy
Researchers for the first time have discovered a variant of the Mirai Internet of Things botnet that targets an vulnerability found in unpatched versions of the open-source Apache Struts web app development platform. That bug is none other than the infamous CVE-2017-5638, a remote code execution flaw that was exploited in the Equifax data breach, according to…
RSA 2018
New Desert Scorpion spyware found in malicious chat app aimed at Palestinians
A malicious chat app that was advertised on Facebook and sold in the Google Play store was discovered to execute a previously undiscovered spyware program linked to APT-C-23, an advanced persistent threat group allegedly with ties to Hamas.
Cybercrime
Satori Botnet able to launch crippling attacks at any time
A massive new IoT botnet dubbed Satori has emerged, which security researchers fear, can launch crippling attacks at any time. According to the IBT the botnet has already infected more than 280,000 IP addresses in just 12 hours.
Network Security
31 models of Netgear routers found vulnerable; could be hacked to form botnet
Up to one million Netgear routers could be affected by flaws.
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Expect attackers to up their creativity game in 2013
From mobile devices to the cloud to the supply chain and beyond, next year is certain to bring with it fresh set of information security challenges.