by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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- Huawei Software Co. of China and Canon announced they will team up to develop a native HarmonyOS, Printing Ecosystem
- “New software for printers, drivers, relevant applications, and cloud printing.”
- Announced new partnership during the Huawei Smart Office Ecosystem Summit in Wuhan, China on December 26, 2024
- Now an official partner of Huawei’s HarmonyOS next ecosystem
- Huawei of China has been under investigation for years:
- U.S. Department of Justice in 2019, charged Huawei with bank fraud and stealing trade secrets
- Charged Huawei, its chief financial office, and two affiliated firms with a laundry list of crimes including Conspiracy, money laundering, bank and wire fraud
- A group of US senators has pushed to impose sanctions on Huawei as they believe the company is a U.S. security threat
- Numerous countries allege that the company’s products may purposely contain security holes that China’s government could use for spying purposes
- Also, some countries allege that Huawei steals intellectual property from foreign technology
– Elliptic Cybersecurity published warning about “sophisticated” new Android trojan named “Mirax” – Can be rented by hackers for up to $3,000 per month – Hackers could use to gain control over devices – Allows attackers to bypass security measures and steal sensitive information – (Ricoh MFPs use Android OS)
– Article published by RTMWorld magazine – “widespread price revision for a substantial portion of their office and commercial printing lineup” – “scheduled to take effect on 8/3/2026” – Includes A3, A4, color, b/w MFPs and production print systems – Due to “persistent inflation of raw material and procurement costs” – Price increases range from […]
AI now being used by hackers – Google report – Google published warning that it has identified a new zero-day exploit that has been developed by hackers using artificial intelligence (AI) – Exploit is designed to bypass 2-factor authentication on open source web-based system administration tool – Was implemented in a Python script – (Python […]
– Foxconn, aka Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan, parent of Sharp, has been hit by the Nitrogen ransomware gang of Russia – Hackers claim to have stolen 8 terabytes of data with 11 million files from Foxconn’s network after it successfully hacking into a Foxconn-owned manufacturing plant in Wisconsin – Stolen files apparently contain confidential […]
