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How to watch Chinese TV in the USA
Traveling from China to the USA or any other country can prevent you from accessing Chinese websites and apps. Streaming services block viewers in other countries to protect copyright and licensing agreements. Although this is understandable, it’s no less frustrating if you’re outside China for a few days or weeks. This is where a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can help.…
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Ivanti EPMM flaw exploited by Chinese hackers to breach govt agencies
Chinese hackers have been exploiting a remote code execution flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to breach high-profile organizations worldwide. The flaw is identified as CVE-2025-4428 and received a high-severity score. The issue can be leveraged to execute code remotely on Ivanti EPMM version 12.5.0.0 and earlier via specially crafted API requests. Ivanti disclosed the flaw together with an authentication bypass (CVE-2025-4427)…
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Chinese hackers breach US local governments using Cityworks zero-day
Chinese-speaking hackers have exploited a now-patched Trimble Cityworks zero-day to breach multiple local governing bodies across the United States. Trimble Cityworks is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based asset management and work order management software primarily used by local governments, utilities, and public works organizations and designed to help infrastructure agencies and municipalities manage public assets, handle permitting and licensing, and…
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Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers
Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. SAP released an out-of-band emergency patch on April 24 to address this unauthenticated file upload security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-31324) in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, days after cybersecurity company ReliaQuest first detected the vulnerability being targeted in…
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Chinese hackers target Russian govt with upgraded RAT malware
Chinese-speaking IronHusky hackers are targeting Russian and Mongolian government organizations using upgraded MysterySnail remote access trojan (RAT) malware. Security researchers at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) spotted the updated implant while investigating recent attacks where the attackers deployed the RAT malware using a malicious MMC script camouflaged as a Word document, which downloaded second-stage payloads and gained persistence on…
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Foreign AI model launches may have improved trust in US AI developers, says Mandiant CTO – as he warns Chinese cyber attacks are at an “unprecedented level”
Concerns about enterprise AI deployments have faded due to greater understanding of the technology and negative examples in the international community, according to Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal. In conversation with ITPro at Google Cloud Next 2025, Carmakal said attitudes among firms who may have been hesitant to adopt the technology are changing rapidly. This process of coming around to AI,…
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Chinese firms accused of poaching Taiwan’s chip engineers using bogus front companies – Computerworld
The statement provided three examples, the most prominent of which was Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest chip maker, which is partially owned by the Chinese state. The company had started recruiting staff via a front company set up in Taiwan as a subsidiary of a separate entity apparently based in the island of Samoa, the MJIB claimed. Meanwhile,…
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Chinese FamousSparrow hackers deploy upgraded malware in attacks
A China-linked cyberespionage group known as ‘FamousSparrow’ was observed using a new modular version of its signature backdoor ‘SparrowDoor’ against a US-based trade organization. The activity and new malware version were observed by security researchers at ESET, who found evidence the threat actor has been more active than initially thought since its last operations were exposed in 2022. Apart from the financial…
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Chinese Film Dethrones Inside Out 2 to Become the World’s Highest Grossing Animated Film
Inspired by Chinese mythological tales and the novel Investiture of the Gods, Ne Zha 2 was released in Chinese theatres on January 29, 2025. The animated film grossed $2.03 billion against a budget of $80 million, which is higher than the combined earnings of the Chinese theatrical releases of 2025 so far. Reportedly, it has become the first Chinese film…
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Juniper patches bug that let Chinese cyberspies backdoor routers
Juniper Networks has released emergency security updates to patch a Junos OS vulnerability exploited by Chinese hackers to backdoor routers for stealthy access. This medium severity flaw (CVE-2025-21590) was reported by Amazon security engineer Matteo Memelli and is caused by an improper isolation or compartmentalization weakness. Successful exploitation lets local attackers with high privileges execute arbitrary code on vulnerable routers to compromise…
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