The Record reports that the Chinese cybersecurity company Qingteng Cloud Security has detected attacks on WeChat users, in which is used a fresh vulnerability in Chrome. The attackers used an exploit published last week. The attacks were extremely simple: malicious links were sent to Chinese WeChat users (only Windows versions of the application). If the… Continue reading Fresh vulnerability in Chrome exploited to attack WeChat users in China
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Tencent and Chinese police conducted a joint operation against game cheat developers
Chinese police in collaboration with tech giant Tencent have launched a joint operation against cheat developers. 10 developers of 17 different cheating tools in games (including Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile) were arrested. Law enforcers and Tencent call it the largest anti-cheat operation in history. According to the BBC, a total of 76 million… Continue reading Tencent and Chinese police conducted a joint operation against game cheat developers
BadPower attack can set devices on fire
Chinese experts from Xuanwu Lab (research arm of Tencent) have published a report on the BadPower attack technique, which can set on fire various devices with the use of Quick Charge technology. In the report, researchers at Xuanwu Lab said that they learned how to change the firmware of fast chargers in such a way… Continue reading BadPower attack can set devices on fire