Does Microsoft’s sharing of source code with China and Russia pose a security risk?

Part of Microsoft’s Government Security Program (GSP), the company has offered the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) a peek inside the source code of Microsoft products. Could GSP’s main benefit of “providing insight and a deeper understanding of Microsoft products”, turn into a gold mine for discovering security flaws?

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XWM Kit: A Popular Chinese Online Gaming Trojan Kit

Recently, my colleagues have been reporting about tools cybercriminals used in their operations. They reported about Twitter spam and botnet kits, fake point-of-sale (POS) devices, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tools. This time, I will share some information about yet another tool, one that specifically affects Chinese online gamers. China is well-known for having a [...]