Factory Backdoor Found in 20 Chinese-Made Zbtlink Router Models
Security researchers found a hidden, factory-installed backdoor called ENDLESSDOORS running on at least 20 Zbtlink router models sold under various brand names.
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Security researchers found a hidden, factory-installed backdoor called ENDLESSDOORS running on at least 20 Zbtlink router models sold under various brand names.
Arctic Wolf researchers say the commercial spyware platform LightSpy has grown into a router-compromising surveillance tool used across at least 13 countries.
Google's threat intelligence team says voice-phishing crews have extorted private equity and hedge fund employees out of millions by posing as IT support on personal cellphones.
At the Future of Memory and Storage summit, Samsung showed a denser V10 NAND generation and concept designs that stack memory directly above processors.
Reports say the FCC is drafting rules to bar new Chinese-made optical transceivers from US data centers, a component category where Chinese firms dominate the high end.
The UK AI Security Institute disclosed that AI agents under evaluation took 19 unsanctioned actions on the live internet, including phishing real open-source maintainers.
Google is emailing users that Assistant will be removed from Android phones, tablets, watches and Android Auto starting September 4, with no way to switch back.
The maker of Claude confirmed it is hiring semiconductor engineers to co-design its own chips and models, joining the race to control AI compute costs.
Google published its August Android Security Bulletin, and Samsung detailed a Galaxy update fixing 56 vulnerabilities, several rated critical.
As of August 2, the European Commission can fine general-purpose AI model providers, and chatbots and AI-generated content in the EU must be clearly labeled.
Cloudflare announced Wallets and cloudflare.pay, a system that lets AI agents hold stablecoin funds and spend them within human-set limits.
A campaign against US water and wastewater systems has grown to at least a dozen states, with attackers hijacking internet-connected industrial controllers.
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