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A U.S. citizen originally from China has been sentenced to four years in prison following his admission to spying on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security. Ping Li, 59, residing in Wesley Chapel, Florida, engaged in espionage by transferring confidential information from his employers to Chinese

Experts have uncovered significant security vulnerabilities in Advantech EKI industrial wireless access points, potentially allowing attackers to bypass authentication and execute remote code at elevated privilege levels. Overview of Vulnerabilities According to Nozomi Networks' latest analysis, these flaws present critical threats, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution with root permissions,

In a decisive move to bolster privacy and resist governmental censorship, the Tor Project is reaching out to its supporters to deploy 200 additional WebTunnel bridges by year-end. The Tor Project is recognized for its pivotal role in promoting online privacy through its anonymous browsing tools. This current appeal underscores

Censys offers rich, detailed data that often requires a trained eye to recognize its full potential. This article explores how they leverage this information to uncover suspicious infrastructure and introduce their new tool, Censeye, designed to assist in this process. Innovative Pivoting Techniques Years of analyzing Censys data reveal distinct

Cloudflare, a leader in internet security, reported a significant glitch in its logging system that resulted in the loss of 55% of customer logs for a 3.5-hour duration. The issue stemmed from a bug in the log collection service, disrupting the delivery of event logs to users. Cloudflare'

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have identified "the first UEFI bootkit specifically engineered to target Linux systems". This represents a significant evolution in bootkit threats, which have historically concentrated on Windows environments. Innovative Threat The UEFI bootkit is a sophisticated form of malware designed to integrate into the

An extensive law enforcement effort has successfully dismantled a major pirate streaming service that operated globally, amassing over €250 million (approximately $263 million) in monthly revenue. This illicit service reached more than 22 million users across the world before it was brought down. Operation Scope The coordinated action involved multiple

A sophisticated cyber assault by the threat group APT-C-60 has recently targeted an unnamed Japanese organization, exploiting a vulnerability in WPS Office to deploy the SpyGlace backdoor. This attack occurred in August 2024, leveraging job application-themed phishing tactics to infiltrate the system, as reported by JPCERT/CC. Attack Methodology The

In a remarkable crackdown on cybercrime, INTERPOL has orchestrated an extensive operation resulting in the arrest of 1,006 suspects from 19 African nations and the dismantling of 134,089 malicious networks. This coordinated effort, named Operation Serengeti, unfolded between September 2 and October 31, 2024, focusing on major cyber