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Governments Are Skeptical of Chinese A1 Platform's Data Security ControlsCountries across Asia are racing to ban government officials, national agencies and critical infrastructure organizations from using Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's open-source chatbot application, citing data security and privacy risks.
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New mobile apps from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek have remained among the top three "free" downloads for Apple and Google devices since their debut on Jan. 25, 2025. But experts caution that many of DeepSeek's design choices -- such as using hard-coded encryption keys, and sending unencrypted user and device data to Chinese companies -- introduce a number of glaring security and privacy risks.
Riding the wave of notoriety from the Chinese company's R1 AT chatbot, attackers are spinning up lookalike sites for different malicious use cases.
Bogus websites advertising Google Chrome have been used to distribute malicious installers for a remote access trojan called ValleyRAT
Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia? Who bought it, who installed it, and what's happening with the data on it.…
Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spare A Chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft of trade secrets at Google.…
Funnull CDN rents IPs from legitimate cloud service providers and uses them to host criminal websites, continuously cycling cloud resources in and out of use and acquiring new ones to stay ahead of cyber-defender detection.
A Chinese hacking group is hijacking the SSH daemon on network appliances by injecting malware into the process for persistent access and covert operations. [...]
Taiwan has become the latest country to ban government agencies from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, citing security risks
US to Investigate Whether DeepSeek Bypassed Export Controls to Obtain Nvidia ChipsSingapore has vowed to investigate allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek flouted U.S. export controls to obtain high-performance Nvidia chips to power its flagship R1 reasoning application through intermediaries based in the island nation.
Security Concerns, Chinese Ownership Drive ConcernsU.S. federal agencies and corporations with ties to the government are blocking employees from using Chinese chatbot DeepSeek over security and privacy concerns. China could potentially use DeepSeek AI models to spy on American citizens, acquire proprietary secrets and conduct influence campaigns.