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Texas sued networking giant TP-Link Systems, accusing the company of deceptively marketing its routers as secure while allowing Chinese state-backed hackers to exploit firmware vulnerabilities and access users' devices. [...]
Dell, however, is welcome to help build a local-language LLM Poland’s Ministry of Defence has banned Chinese cars – and any others include tech to record position, images, or sound – from entering protected military facilities.…
Router Maker Accuses Rivals, Competitors of Smear CampaignThe Texas attorney general invoked state consumer protection law to sue Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link Systems for misrepresenting its connections to mainland China and the security of its ubiquitous devices. The suit says TP-Link should be forced to declare that their products are made in China.
A China-related attacker has exploited the vendor flaw since mid-2024, allowing it to move laterally, maintain persistent access, and deploy malware.
State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing its devices as secure despite reported firmware vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors.…
A maximum severity security vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines has been exploited as a zero-day by a suspected China-nexus threat cluster dubbed UNC6201 since mid-2024, according to a new report from Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG)
Mandiant reveals campaign featuring exploit of a CVSS 10.0 CVE in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of interest
After detecting a zero-day attack, the country's effective response was attributed to the tight relationship between its government and private industry.
Full scale of infections remains 'unknown' China-linked attackers exploited a maximum-severity hardcoded-credential bug in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines as a zero-day since at least mid-2024. It's all part of a long-running effort to backdoor infected machines for long-term access, according to Google's Mandiant incident response team.…
Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year Three new threat groups began targeting critical infrastructure last year, while a well-known Beijing-backed crew - Volt Typhoon - continued to compromise cellular gateways and routers, and then break into US electric, oil, and gas companies in 2025, according to Dragos' annual threat report published on Tuesday.…
A suspected Chinese state-backed hacking group has been quietly exploiting a critical Dell security flaw in zero-day attacks that started in mid-2024. [...]
Keep behavioral tracking American? PC giant says the claim is 'false' A US law firm has accused Lenovo of violating Justice Department strictures about the bulk transfer of data to foreign adversaries, namely China.…
Countries Are Pouring Billions Into Domestic AI Stacks to Escape US-China DominanceBy 2027, more than one-third of the world's nations will be locked into region-specific AI platforms built on proprietary data, infrastructure and governance frameworks, according to Gartner. Nations are now safeguarding LLMs in the same way they do critical infrastructure.
PLUS: India demands two-hour deepfake takedowns; Singapore embraces AI; Japanese robot wolf gets cuddly; And more Asia In Brief The United States may be about to change its policies regarding Chinese technology companies.…