Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
2026-06-07T08:52:07Z•6f8098cf8904a8ea4113aeb4c8fad41316823923ed614205c076d0abe2c0bdc7
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What happened
A roundup of multiple high‑risk security and privacy developments: supply‑chain attacks (TeamPCP poisoning open‑source code on GitHub), browser side‑channels (FROST SSD activity leakage via JavaScript), and AI misuse (deepfake nudes, attackers leveraging AI for exploit development and reported ties between large AI vendors and government hackers). Other notable issues include an unreleased face‑recognition component embedded in Meta’s smart‑glasses platform (biometric ID risk), Android’s new call‑verification anti‑scam feature, widespread reservation‑hijacking spear‑phishing against hotels, a《
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- wired_security
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- 6f8098cf8904a8ea4113aeb4c8fad41316823923ed614205c076d0abe2c0bdc7
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-07T08:52:07Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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