Chinese ‘Gallium’ Hackers Using New PingPull Malware in Cyberespionage Attacks

A Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) known as Gallium has been observed using a previously undocumented remote access trojan in its espionage attacks targeting companies operating in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. Called PingPull, the “difficult-to-detect” backdoor is notable for its use of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for command-and-control (C2) communications, according to…

Tencent, Block back Indonesian fintech platform Flip with $55M Series B extension – TechCrunch

Flip, an Indonesia-based consumer payment platform, has closed a $55 million Series B extension round led by Tencent with participation from Block (formerly known as Square) and existing backer Insight Partners. Additionally, a number of other investors, including founder and CEO of Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz; executive of Doordash and board member of Coinbase and Pinterest…

Tencent, Block back Indonesian fintech platform Flip with $55M Series B extension – TechCrunch

Flip, an Indonesia-based consumer payment platform, has closed a $55 million Series B extension round led by Tencent with participation from Block (formerly known as Square) and existing backer Insight Partners. Additionally, a number of other investors, including founder and CEO of Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz; executive of Doordash and board member of Coinbase and Pinterest…

Tencent, Block back Indonesian fintech platform Flip with $55M Series B extension – TechCrunch

Flip, an Indonesia-based consumer payment platform, has closed a $55 million Series B extension round led by Tencent with participation from Block (formerly known as Square) and existing backer Insight Partners. Additionally, a number of other investors, including founder and CEO of Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz; executive of Doordash and board member of Coinbase and Pinterest…