Slave Labor in China - Apple Moves Out - Spyware posing as VPN apps - Darknet markets generate millions in revenue by selling stolen personal data - Voice-scamming site “iSpoof” seized

<p><strong>Craig Peterson </strong></p> <p><strong>Insider Show Notes</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>December 5 to December 11, 2022</strong></p> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">China…</span></h1> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China</span></h2> <p><a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-china-factory-protests-foxconn-manufacturing-production-supply-chain-11670023099"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-china-factory-protests-foxconn-manufacturing-production-supply-chain-11670023099</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions. It is telling suppliers to plan more actively for assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and Vietnam, they say and looking to reduce dependence on Taiwanese assemblers led by Foxconn Technology Group.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a year of events that weakened China’s status as a stable manufacturing center, the upheaval means Apple no longer feels comfortable having so much of its business tied up in one place, according to analysts and people in the Apple supply chain.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cybercrime…</span></h1> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spyware posing as VPN apps</span></h2> <p><a href= "https://www.welivesecurity.com/videos/spyware-posing-vpn-apps-week-security-tony-anscombe/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.welivesecurity.com/videos/spyware-posing-vpn-apps-week-security-tony-anscombe/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bahamut APT group targets Android users via trojanized versions of two legitimate VPN apps – SoftVPN and OpenVPN. Since January 2022, Bahamut has distributed at least eight malicious apps to pilfer sensitive user data and actively s