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New TrickBot tool targets telecommunications in U.S., Hong Kong

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The criminals behind the TrickBot banking trojan have retooled it for targeting telecommunications organizations in the U.S. and Hong Kong, according to new research from BitDefender. The new module, a malicious .dll file “rdpScanDll” allow attackers to run brute-forcing operations against Remote Desktop Protocols (RDPs). It’s just the latest update to TrickBot, which by design is built to be enhanced over time. The developers behind the banking trojan have not rested since it first sprouted up in 2016, and just earlier this year started using a new backdoor, according to SentinelOne research. BitDefender first saw a version of the module being developed in August of last year, Liviu Arsene, a global cybersecurity researcher at BitDefender, told CyberScoop. The multiple configurations TrickBot can take on will likely continue to be attractive for criminals’ and nation-states’ interests as they perpetually try to retool and maintain anonymity, according to Arsene. “That’s the beauty of everything you […]

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Chinese DDoS tool Great Cannon resurfaces to target Hong Kong protestors

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Senator: U.S. companies can’t stand up to China without cybersecurity assurances

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If American businesses want to stop “playing by China’s rules” and challenge its anti-democratic actions, they will need firm support from the federal agencies charged with protecting them from Chinese hackers, Sen. Ben Sasse says. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, the Nebraska Republican says the U.S. is “not fated to lose the war” against the Chinese government, which has successfully pressured some of the most influential American brands — from Apple to the National Basketball Association — into stifling criticism of Beijing. If companies are to speak and act freely, they must feel protected from retaliation, especially in cyberspace, Sasse writes. “U.S. businesses must step up to the plate and aggressively confront China’s intimidation campaign. And if they don’t have the courage and integrity to fight back, American consumers should demand that our companies put basic human rights above profit margins,” the senator says. “The U.S. government has a […]

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Hong Kong Protests, Instagram’s Anti-Phishing Tool, Smart Device Fail

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You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston In episode 90 for October 14th 2019: How protesters in Hong Kong are avoiding facial recognition, Instagr… Continue reading Hong Kong Protests, Instagram’s Anti-Phishing Tool, Smart Device Fail→

NSA director rebukes Beijing for ‘weaponizing’ disinformation in Hong Kong protests

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The National Security Agency’s director issued a rebuke Wednesday of the Chinese government’s recent efforts to spread disinformation online about protests in Hong Kong focused on a controversial Chinese law. “The Chinese government has subverted pro-Democratic demonstrators with fake social media posts, providing us a snapshot of how Beijing weaponizes information,” Gen. Paul Nakasone said while delivering remarks at FireEye’s Cyber Defense Summit in Washington, D.C. As Hong Kong protesters have taken to the streets in recent months to protest proposals on Hong Kong’s extradition laws, China’s government has waged an information campaign on social media platforms to try shaping the narrative in favor of the police. In one instance, Beijing’s state press arm bought ads on Twitter critical of the protests. Twitter then said there was “reliable evidence” that the Chinese government was behind nearly 1,000 Twitter accounts trying to insert political discord about the protests. That same month, […]

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Research outs poorly constructed disinfo campaign aimed at Hong Kong protests

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Hackers that appear to be acting in the interest of China’s government have been hijacking and using fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to push narratives denigrating the Hong Kong protests, according to research from Graphika. Named “Spamouflage Dragon,” the people behind the campaign attempted to avoid detection algorithms by posting a small amount of political content interspersed with higher volumes of spam, such as cats, TikTok videos, pictures of landscapes, or sports. Twitter and Facebook accounts in the spam network have also been interspersing political posting with inspirational quotes, food, and travel. The sweeping, cross-platform campaign, which Graphika assesses is still active and which tends to focus on promoting YouTube videos, appears to have been in operation for years, although it largely went silent in 2017. In June as the Hong Kong protests against China’s controversial extradition law gained traction, the spam network started up again, with accounts, […]

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YouTube joins Facebook and Twitter, disabling accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

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Good luck to the social media sites playing whack-a-mole as they try to police the activities of state-sponsored groups trying to influence the public’s opinion with co-ordinated campaigns. This isn’t going to be a problem that’s eas… Continue reading YouTube joins Facebook and Twitter, disabling accounts targeting Hong Kong protests→