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Masu Kutse Masu Alaƙa da China Sun Sanya Ƙofar Baya a Kwamfutocin Tafi-da-gidanka na Shugabanni Ta USB

A China-linked hacking group reportedly compromised executives' laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island by entering hotel rooms and booting the machines from USB devices, rather than using phishing or a network breach.

Dalilin da ya sa hakan yake da muhimmanci

If the reported physical-access method is confirmed, laptops left in hotel rooms may remain exposed where organizations have not deployed the cited fix.

Tech Trends Today publication

Abin da ya sauya

VentureBeat ta ruwaito cewa wata ƙungiyar masu kutse mai alaƙa da China kuma da ake dangantawa da gwamnati, ta yi zargin kutse cikin kwamfutocin tafi-da-gidanka na shugabanni a wani taron masana'antar noma da aka gudanar a Tsibirin Hainan a wannan bazara. Hanyar da aka ruwaito tana da yanayin kai tsaye: shiga ɗakunan otal da tayar da kwamfuta daga USB, alhali kamfanonin da abin ya shafa suna da mafitar da ba a aiwatar ba. Wannan bayani ya dogara ne da rahoton VentureBeat, kuma ba a tabbatar da shi da kansa a nan ba.

Dalilin da ya sa wannan yake da muhimmanci

Muhimmin tambayar tsaro ba wai kawai ita ce ko na'urar ƙarshen tsarin za ta iya jure saƙon imel mai cutarwa ko kutsen cibiyar sadarwa ba. Ita ce ko kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka za ta ci gaba da kasancewa cikin kariya bayan wani ya samu damar taɓa ta a ɗakin otal. Na'urorin shugabanni kan ɗauki bayanan shiga, takardu da damar shiga tsarin da ke sa kwamfuta guda da aka kutsa ta zama babbar barazana fiye da kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da ta ɓace a kullum.

Gargaɗin da ya fi fitowa daga rahoton yana kan yadda ake gudanar da aiki ne, ba wata dabara mai ban mamaki ba. Mafita na iya wanzuwa, amma ba za ta ba da kariya ba sai an kunna ta a zahiri. Don haka, daidaita saitunan na'urorin ƙarshen tsarin, takaita tayar da kwamfuta daga USB da kula da na'urori a zahiri sun zama batun shugabanci, ba wani abin dubawa na ofishin baya kawai ba.

Tantance tasiri

  • Kamfanonin da ba su aiwatar da mafitar da aka ruwaito ba sun kasance cikin haɗari kai tsaye daga dabarar samun damar zahiri da VentureBeat ta bayyana.
  • Shugabannin da aka ruwaito an samu damar shiga kwamfutocinsu na tafi-da-gidanka suna fuskantar haɗari kai tsaye daga kutse cikin waɗannan na'urori.
  • Har yanzu ba a san cikakken girman lamarin ba: rahoton bai bayyana ƙungiyar, ƙungiyoyin da abin ya shafa, yawan na'urori, bayanan da aka shiga, ko takamaiman mafitar da ba a yi amfani da ita ba.

Abin da za a sa ido a kai na gaba

A sa ido kan sanarwa mai tushe da za ta bayyana saitin na'urar ƙarshen tsarin ko mafitar da ake magana a kai, tare da nuna ko tana toshe ko rage tayar da kwamfuta daga USB. Haka kuma a sa ido kan tabbacin ƙungiyoyi, na'urori ko bayanan da abin ya shafa; wannan ne zai tantance ko kutse ne da aka takaita ko kuma matsalar samun dama mai faɗi.

Sources (1)
  1. venturebeat.comChina-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using

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