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A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi router project last week.… READ MORE HERE…

‘It’s a double-edged sword,’ security researchers tell The Reg Feature  Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online – and even high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials and FBI-wanted hackers’ sensitive information is being peddled by the Middle Kingdom’s thriving illegal data ecosystem.… READ MORE HERE…

Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being controlled by a foreign adversary.… READ MORE HERE…

Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account credentials.… READ MORE HERE…

Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns The head of America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to force telecoms operators to tighten network security in the wake of the Salt Typhoon revelations, and to submit an annual report detailing measures taken.… READ MORE HERE…

Threatened with life in prison, Kyiv charity worker gives middle finger to state spies A Russian programmer defied the Federal Security Service (FSB) by publicizing the fact his phone was infected with spyware after being confiscated by authorities.… READ MORE HERE…