China Taking Control of Zero-Day Exploits
July 14 2021
China is making sure that all newly discovered zero-day exploits are disclosed to the government.
Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability must tell the...
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AI-Piloted Fighter Jets
June 25 2021
News from Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology:
China Claims Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle: Chinese state media reported that an AI system had...
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The Story of the 2011 RSA Hack
May 27 2021Really good long article about the Chinese hacking of RSA, Inc. They were able to get copies of the seed values to the SecurID authentication token, a harbinger of...
Read moreApple Censorship and Surveillance in China
May 19 2021Good investigative reporting on how Apple is participating in and assisting with Chinese censorship and surveillance.
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In January, we learned about a Chinese espionage campaign that exploited four zero-days in Microsoft Exchange. One of the characteristics of the campaign, in the later days...
Read moreMore on the Chinese Zero-Day Microsoft Exchange Hack
March 10 2021
Nick Weaver has an excellent post on the Microsoft Exchange hack:
The investigative journalist Brian Krebs has produced a handy timeline of events and a few things stand...
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Four Microsoft Exchange Zero-Days Exploited by China
March 4 2021Microsoft has issued an emergency Microsoft Exchange patch to fix four zero-day vulnerabilities currently being exploited by China. EDITED TO ADD (3/12): Exchange Online is not affected.
Read moreChinese Hackers Stole an NSA Windows Exploit in 2014
March 4 2021
Check Point has evidence that (probably government affiliated) Chinese hackers stole and cloned an NSA Windows hacking tool years before (probably government affiliated) Russian hackers stole and then...
Read moreNational Security Risks of Late-Stage Capitalism
March 1 2021
Early in 2020, cyberspace attackers apparently working for the Russian government compromised a piece of widely used network management software made by a company called SolarWinds. The hack gave...
Read moreOn Chinese-Owned Technology Platforms
February 25 2021
I am a co-author on a report published by the Hoover Institution: “Chinese Technology Platforms Operating in the United States.” From a blog post:
The report suggests a...
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