All posts by John Doe

■□□□□ Chinese hackers scanning, exploiting Cisco ASA firewalls used by governments worldwide. China-based hackers are scanning for and exploiting a popular line of Cisco firewalls used by governments in the U.S., Europe and Asia. https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-scan-exploit-firewalls-government

■■□□□ Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president. Chinese leader says ‘check if there is a backdoor’ in reply to Lee Jae Myung’s quip about security of Xiaomi devices. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/03/xi-jinping-cracks-joke-about-spying-with-phones-given-to-south-korean-president#img-1

■■□□□ ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors. https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cloudflare_cgnat_bias_research/

■■■□□ Israeli army fearing hacking bars Chinese cars near its facilities. IDF Drops Chinese Cars, Switches to Japan’s Mitsubishi Fleet After three years with China’s Chery Tiggo 8, the Israeli army is swapping 600 vehicles for Mitsubishi Outlanders amid data-security fears. The IDF now bars Chinese models near sensitive bases, though some MG cars still…

■■■■□ HikvisionExploiter – An Automated Exploitation Toolkit Targeting Hikvision IP Cameras. HikvisionExploiter – An Automated Exploitation Toolkit Targeting Hikvision IP Cameras

■■■■□ The International Criminal Court (ICC) is ditching Microsoft Office for a European software alternative amid mounting fears about being reliant on US technology. The ICC will switch from Microsoft’s productivity wares to openDesk, an open source office and collaboration suite provided by the Center for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) on behalf of the German Federal…

■■■■□ China-Linked Tick Group Exploits Lanscope Zero-Day to Hijack Corporate Systems. The exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager has been attributed to a cyber espionage group known as Tick. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61932 (CVSS score: 9.3), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges on…

■■■■□ Privacy: Amazon, Google communicate with Israeli gov’t through secret code – report. After handing over data from the Nimbus cloud to foreign governments, the tech giants make payments corresponding with the country’s phone code as part of a coded system,“The Guardian” reports. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-amazon-google-communicate-with-israeli-govt-through-secret-code-report-1001525060

■■□□□ OSINT / GEOINT report: China’s new concrete-reinforced air defense positions are designed to outlast U.S. attacks and adapt to the latest cruise missile threats. https://en.defence-ua.com/news/china_hides_air_defense_systems_in_concrete_bunkers_with_sliding_roofs_to_counter_us_barracuda_missiles-16316.html

■■□□□ Data-Leak: EY exposes 4TB+ SQL database to open internet for who knows how long. The Big Four biz’s big fat fail exposed a boatload of secrets online. https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/ey_exposes_4tb_sql_database/