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Chipmaker Argues Against Growing Interest in US to Require New Security MeasuresArtificial intelligence chip-making powerhouse Nvidia is rejecting claims from China’s top cyber agency that its H20 chips include location tracking and kill-switch features - while warning U.S. lawmakers against requiring those capabilities in future chip designs.
Also: Ukrainian Hackers Find Evidence of Russian Child AbductionThis week, a Chinese duo arrested in Los Angeles for illegal artificial intelligence chip exports back to China, France extradited an accused Nigerian hacker, Ukraine hacked Crimean servers, Florida prison email leak, Tea App clone exposed users’ IDs.
CISA Lists Flaws as Actively ExploitedHackers are actively exploiting years-old flaws in obsolete Wi-Fi cameras and video recorders made by D-Link, warn U.S. cybersecurity authorities. Possibly Chinese hackers have used one of the flaws to implant HiatusRAT malware. "Attackers don’t care if a vulnerability is new or old."
CISA Lists Flaws as Actively ExploitedHackers are actively exploiting years-old flaws in obsolete Wi-Fi cameras and video recorders made by D-Link, warn U.S. cybersecurity authorities. Possibly Chinese hackers have used one of the flaws to implant HiatusRAT malware. "Attackers don’t care if a vulnerability is new or old."
Threat Actor Maintains Long-Term Stealthy AccessChinese nation-state hackers penetrated mobile telecom networks across Southeast Asia likely in order to track individuals' location, say security researchers. One tell about the hackers' intentions was deployment of a custom-made network scanning and packet capture utility tracked as CordScan.
Xu Zewei, Suspected Silk Typhoon Hacker, to Remain in Italian PrisonProsecutors at a Milan court on Friday rejected a house arrest request by lawyers of a Chinese national awaiting possible extradition to the United States in Italy, citing flight risk. Italian authorities arrested Xu Zewei, 33, of Shanghai, in July after his arrival at Milan's Malpensa Airport.