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CYBER15h agoUAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM PhishingThe Hacker News
CYBER21h agoChina leans in to hi-tech systems to counter emerging AI-fuelled terror threatsChina revealed AI-powered drone interceptors and other uncrewed systems at an international counterterrorism forum in Beijing this week, as security experts warned that new technologies could enable new forms of terrorism. The equipment was on display at the Great Wall-2026 International Forum on Counterterrorism, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday and was attended by more than 320 defence experts and military delegates from 62 countries. Discussions focused on how advances in artificial...South China Morning Post
CYBER22h agoThai raid foils cross-border cable ruse powering Myanmar scam centreAuthorities in Thailand have uncovered an audacious scheme involving hundreds of metres of internet cable sent over the Thai border to keep a suspected Myanmar scam compound online, after finding two ramshackle village homes using enough daily bandwidth to power an entire village. Officers raided the homes in Nong Lu, a Thai border village in Kanchanaburi province, which is the gateway to the Three Pagodas Pass in Myanmar – now a notorious hub for cyber scammers. Many scam centre leaders have...South China Morning Post
CYBER1d agoNorth Korean scammers are getting hired , then holding companies to ransomNorth Korean scammers are reportedly getting hired by companies and subsequently holding them for ransom. This reveals a novel and concerning cyber and financial threat.hcamag.com · Australia
CYBER1d agoChina maps Israeli spoofing with flight data; new US press secretary: SCMP’s 7 highlightsWe have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese scientists say they spotted possible Israeli electronic warfare units Chinese military scientists claim they have developed an algorithm that could help identify electronic warfare units using civil aviation flight data. 2....South China Morning Post
CYBER1d agoAI agents on Tencent Cloud try to break into Alibaba’s Amap: researchersA fleet of artificial intelligence agents operating on a Tencent Holdings cloud platform made thousands of attempts to circumvent security protections on Alibaba Group Holding’s mapping service, according to findings by third-party researchers. It is one of the first reported “rogue” AI events involving Chinese companies, following a string of recent high-profile incidents in the US, including from OpenAI and Anthropic, highlighting the risks of increasingly autonomous AI systems. Agents running...South China Morning Post
CYBER1d agoDeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outageChinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek apologised and promised compensation to users after its services suffered a nearly five-hour outage on Thursday. DeepSeek will issue users a full refund for any consumption between October 8 and October 14 in the form of credits, according to a notice posted on the Hangzhou-based start-up’s application programming interface (API) platform. DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot and API services for its V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash models went offline on Thursday...South China Morning Post
CYBER1d ago6 arrested over HK$14m agarwood and crypto investment scam that ran for 9 yearsHong Kong police have arrested six people allegedly tied to a nine-year scam run by a suspected cross-border criminal syndicate offering business opportunities in agarwood and cryptocurrency, with funds involved reaching HK$14 million (US$1.78 million). Superintendent Allan Chu Ming-lun of the commercial crime bureau said on Thursday that investigations began in September after the force received 21 reports from victims, mostly elderly people, saying they had been investing in various products...South China Morning Post
CYBER1d agoPolice arrest YouTuber on suspicion of defamation after man diesJapanese police have arrested a 28-year-old YouTuber on suspicion of defamation after he posted a video online referring to a former real estate company executive as "a con…Japan Today
CYBER2d agoRussia and China are using AI to stage relentless cyberattacks against the UKNew Scientist
CYBER2d agoAI-armed hackers tear through corporate Japan’s neglected defencesSouth China Morning Post
CYBER2d agoTech workers aligned with North Korea using laptop farms to infiltrate U.S. companies, FBI saysCBS News
CYBER2d agoDozens of North Korean laptop farms discovered across TexasCBS News
CYBER2d agoU.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker FraudThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers and KVM devices as part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea's fraudulent remote IT worker (ITW) scheme. The indictment charges a mix of U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals for their roles in an IT worker conspiracy affecting more than 70 U.S. companies, charging them with wire fraudThe Hacker News