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China planted tiny chips on US computers for cyber espionage

Security Affairs

China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies to steal secret information. Elemental manufactured equipment for Department of Defense data centers, the CIA’s drone operations, and onboard networks of Navy warships. government.”

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

Security Affairs

Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei.

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China-linked APT10 leverages ZeroLogon exploits in recent attacks

Security Affairs

The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Security Affairs

It collaborates with Airbus, the second-largest aerospace company globally after Boeing, to manufacture aerospace equipment. Also, the company manufactures surface-to-air defense systems and missiles. The unidentified hackers allegedly attempted to map the company’s computer system between 2009 and 2010.

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

The US Department of Justice charged two Chinese hackers for hacking numerous companies and government agencies in a dozen countries, US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

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SimJacker attack allows hacking any phone with just an SMS

Security Affairs

This vulnerability is currently being actively exploited by a specific private company that works with governments to monitor individuals.” According to the researchers, almost any mobile phone model is vulnerable to the SimJacker attack because it leverages a component on SIM cards and its specifications are the same since 2009.

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U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Third Round of Guidance on Automated Vehicles

Data Matters

notes that the “traditional roles of the Federal Government; State and local governments; and private industry are well suited for addressing automation.” Federal government. State, local, and tribal governments. To implement the vision captured by these principles, AV 3.0