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Chinese APT Actors Target WeChat Users

03

Oct

2023

Security researchers linked a surveillance toolkit called LightSpy to Chinese cyberespionage group APT41. The group used spam messages to convince users download a malicious WeChat application from third-party app stores. Security researchers at ThreatFabric attributed use of LightSpy surveillance malware to the state-sponsored hacking group, also tracked as Wicked Panda. Unlike most threat actors, APT41has […]

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TikTok, WeChat Bans Not Crucial to US Security: Experts

10

Aug

2020

In announcing the bans — to take effect in 45 days — Trump declared Thursday that Chinese mobile apps “threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.” Data collection by the apps, he argued “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information,” which he said […]

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China’s Tencent celebrates Year of Horse with mobile gifts

29

Jan

2014

By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – More than a billion Chinese people will celebrate the Year of the Horse on Friday and for many that means giving or receiving traditional gifts of cash-filled red envelopes called hongbao. Chinas Tencent Holdings Ltd is putting a twist on the practice with the launch last Sunday of a […]

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