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TechCrunch May 5, 2026 at 15:20 Startups Rising Hot

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.

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May 5, 2026 at 15:20 TechCrunch

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed mal...

May 5, 2026 at 12:59 SecurityLab

Kaspersky нашёл бэкдор. После 2000 заражений в 100 странах — но нашёл

20% пострадавших устройств после компрометации DAEMON Tools находятся в России.

May 4, 2026 at 22:21 TechCrunch

US government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and d...

May 1, 2026 at 15:32 Ars Technica

GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests

New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model."

May 1, 2026 at 11:00 Ars Technica

There's a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true?

In addition to being full of screens, China now wants its cars to be packed with AI.

Apr 30, 2026 at 20:16 Hacker News

Chinese EVs Can Now Project Movies from Their Headlights

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