Google makes some Android 11 features optional (not every phone will have them)

Android 11 is coming later this year, and it brings a bunch of new features for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. But it looks like there’s a good chance that not every device running Android 11 will have all of those new features. The fol…

Android 11 is coming later this year, and it brings a bunch of new features for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. But it looks like there’s a good chance that not every device running Android 11 will have all of those new features. The folks at xda-developers report that a couple of big features are […]

Boon: Britische Finanzaufsicht legt Wirecard-Tochter lahm

In Großbritannien funktionieren viele Apps und Karten wegen der Insolvenz von Wirecard nicht mehr. Curve und Boon sind betroffen von der FCA-Anordnung, auch in Deutschland. (Fintech, Börse)

In Großbritannien funktionieren viele Apps und Karten wegen der Insolvenz von Wirecard nicht mehr. Curve und Boon sind betroffen von der FCA-Anordnung, auch in Deutschland. (Fintech, Börse)

Der Hammer, der Tanz und die zweite Welle

Große Mehrheit der Deutschen fürchtet Coronavirus nicht mehr, scheut aber vor Reisen außerhalb Deutschlands zurück. Preisgekrönter Podcaster Drosten geht mit warnenden Worten in die Sommerpause

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Chinese bank requires foreign firm to install app with covert backdoor

A multinational tech company gets schooled in the risks of doing business in China.

Chinese bank requires foreign firm to install app with covert backdoor

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A large, multinational technology company got a nasty surprise recently as it was expanding its operations to China. The software a local bank required the company to install so it could pay local taxes contained an advanced backdoor.

The cautionary tale, detailed in a report published Thursday, said the software package, called Intelligent Tax and produced by Beijing-based Aisino Corporation, worked as advertised. Behind the scenes, it also installed a separate program that covertly allowed its creators to remotely execute commands or software of their choice on the infected computer. It was also digitally signed by a Windows trusted certificate.

Researchers from Trustwave, the security firm that made the discovery, have dubbed the backdoor GoldenSpy. With system-level privileges to a Windows computer, it connected to a control server located at ningzhidata[.]com, a domain Trustwave researchers said is known to host other variations of the malware. The backdoor included a variety of advanced features designed to gain deep, covert, and persistent access to infected computers.

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