Tag: intel
China bans US semiconductors
A new bamboo curtain has fallen across China, with a reported blanket ban on US chips. The move is bad news for long-time Silicon Valley tech giant chipmaker Intel, whose Chinese sales accounted for roughly a quarter of its global revenues. Big names join Semiconductor ban But China’s retaliatory move may not only be bad news for US chip makers such as Intel and AMD but also for China’s own communications infrastructure. The order from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology includes big players China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicorn, together with other Chinese operators. All are now obliged to submit draft deadlines for the replacement of foreign microchips. It is uncertain to what extent the CCP actually believes that Intel and AMD chips are likely to have built-in spyware or anything of the sort. The ban can be seen as part of a broader strategy on the part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to end its country’s long-term reliance on US technology.
AutoSpill Attack May Lead to Stolen Android Credentials – December 11th
Researchers from the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) presented a new attack named 'AutoSpill' that enables attackers to steal account credentials on Android devices via an autofill operation, during the Black Hat Europe security conference. IIIT researchers pinpointed WebView, the Android feature used to open external links through an internal browser view as the starting point of the security flaw, leaving autofilled usernames and passwords vulnerable.