Chinese Hackers Targeted Dozens of Industrial Enterprises and Public Institutions

Over a dozen military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe have come under a wave of targeted attacks since January 2022 to steal confidential data by simultaneously making use of six different backdoors. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky attributed the attacks “with a high degree of confidence” to a China-linked threat actor tracked…

Snapchat officially introduces parental controls through a new ‘Family Center’ feature – TechCrunch

Snapchat today is rolling out its first set of parental controls, after announcing last October it was developing tools that would allow parents to gain better visibility into how their teens used the social networking app. The update follows the launches of similar parental control features across other apps favored by teens, including Instagram, TikTok…

New Orchard Botnet Uses Bitcoin Founder’s Account Info to Generate Malicious Domains

A new botnet named Orchard has been observed using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account transaction information to generate domain names to conceal its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. “Because of the uncertainty of Bitcoin transactions, this technique is more unpredictable than using the common time-generated [domain generation algorithms], and thus more difficult to defend against,” researchers from…

Take a Tour of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Mansion That’s Been on the Market for 10 Years and Why He Can’t Sell it

Michael Jordan‘s 56,000-square-foot, 7-acre compound looks massive even from the air. Concierge Auctions; Stephan Savoia | AP via Business Insider Concierge Auctions Anyone who approaches from the ground can tell right away that this estate belongs to the legendary No. 23, Michael Jordan — and that might be what’s keeping it from selling. “It’s clearly…