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China's Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool called Massistant that's used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices. The hacking tool, believed to be a successor of MFSocket, is developed by a Chinese company named SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co., Ltd., which was formerly known as Meiya Pico. It specializes in the

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How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage apparatus.

Poor Passwords Tattle on AI Hiring Bot Maker Paradox.ai

Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at McDonald's was exposed after they guessed the password ("123456") for the fast food chain's account at Paradox.ai, a company that makes artificial intelligence based hiring chatbots used by many Fortune 500 companies. Paradox.ai said the security oversight was an isolated incident that did not affect its other customers, but recent security breaches involving its employees in Vietnam tell a more nuanced story.

Chinese Salt Typhoon Infiltrated US National Guard Network for Months

A Department of Homeland Security memo confirms Chinese group Salt Typhoon, extensively compromised a US National Guard network for nearly a year, stealing sensitive military and law enforcement data.

BADBOX 2.0 Found Preinstalled on Android IoT Devices Worldwide

BADBOX variant BADBOX 2.0 found preinstalled on Android IoT devices in 222 countries, turning them into proxy nodes used in fraud and large-scale malicious activity.

GHSA-7xwp-2cpp-p8r7: File Browser’s insecure JWT handling can lead to session replay attacks after logout

### Summary File Browser’s authentication system issues long-lived JWT tokens that remain valid even after the user logs out. Please refer to the CWE's listed in this report for further reference and system standards. In summary, the main issue is: - Tokens remain valid after logout (session replay attacks) In this report, I used docker as the documentation instruct: ``` docker run \ -v filebrowser_data:/srv \ -v filebrowser_database:/database \ -v filebrowser_config:/config \ -p 8080:80 \ filebrowser/filebrowser ``` ### Details **Issue: Tokens remain valid after logout (session replay attacks)** After logging in and receiving a JWT token, the user can explicitly "log out." However, this action does not invalidate the issued JWT. Any captured token can be replayed post-logout until it expires naturally. The backend does not track active sessions or invalidate existing tokens on logout. Login request: ``` POST /api/login HTTP/1.1 Host: machine.local:8090 Cont...

UNC6148 Backdoors Fully-Patched SonicWall SMA 100 Series Devices with OVERSTEP Rootkit

A threat activity cluster has been observed targeting fully-patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances as part of a campaign designed to drop a backdoor called OVERSTEP. The malicious activity, dating back to at least October 2024, has been attributed by the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) to a group it tracks as UNC6148. The tech giant assessed with

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Fake Telegram Apps Spread via 607 Domains in New Android Malware Attack

Fake Telegram apps are being spread through 607 malicious domains to deliver Android malware, using blog-style pages and phishing tactics to trick users.

Attackers Abuse AWS Cloud to Target Southeast Asian Governments

The intelligence-gathering cyber campaign introduces the novel HazyBeacon backdoor and uses legitimate cloud communication channels for command-and-control (C2) and exfiltration to hide its malicious activities.