In Apple's official website there is such a thank you announcement - thank you from China's Nanjing, cloud on China Security Technology Co., Ltd. found a number of high-risk vulnerabilities in one of Apple's software, to protect the security of information and data.
○ "Only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world can really change the world."
○ This more serious-than-thou tagline was written by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for the Think Different series of advertisements.
01Apple's official nod of approval
○ A slightly crowded office in a carrier building in the Research and Innovation Park in Nanjing's Jiangbei New District, where several desks are arranged face-to-face and four engineers are sitting in front of the computer, oblivious to their keyboards, debugging code, and the server equipment is roaring for work. However, it is such a small and unknown company, founded only two years ago, has received thanks from the top technology companies across the ocean.
In recent years, regional conflicts and confrontations in cyberspace have intensified. Some data show that at least 80 countries around the world have experienced APT (advanced long-term threat) attacks in 2023, and by the end of 2024, global cybersecurity vendors and organizations have accumulated more than 730 APT reports.
○ At the beginning of 2023, Zhou Yu, who had already achieved a stable position and income in a well-known domestic Internet company, resolutely jumped out of the "comfort zone" and chose to devote himself to the new blue ocean of network security.
○ After landing in Jiangbei New District, Zhou Yu and his team invested in research and development day and night, and in less than two years, they launched six main products. The product that discovered the Apple software vulnerability is one of them, called Boolean Black Box Intelligent Fuzzy Testing Platform.Boolean is the industry's first platform to support both general-purpose operating systems and domestic operating systems deployment. It can be applied to test targets such as files, protocols, application programming interfaces, etc., and can be used in government and enterprise offices, industrial control, scientific computing, 3D modeling and other fields.
○ Zhou Yu, founder of Huayan on the Cloud, introduced that the target of the test was a computer program bundled with the Apple macOS system. Previously, using the Boolean platform, Huayan on the Cloud carried out software testing related work on the software, and found a number of high-risk vulnerabilities such as buffer overflow and release after use. "Attackers can use these vulnerabilities to achieve the purpose of stealing information, remote arbitrary code execution, we found that the first time all reported to the official Apple security response platform."
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) In addition, the Huanan on the Cloud team has also unearthed serious vulnerabilities in major Internet vendors such as Siemens, Google, and Microsoft.02Government of Singapore pays the bill
In the wave of science and technology innovation, the "newborn calves" are the sharpest. Those small and beautiful technology companies that focus on specialized fields are precisely the bright stars that light up the sea of technological innovation.
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) In some hawker centers in Singapore, the automatic food collection assembly line series of robots from Nanjing WhaleQi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has been running stably for a year, helping the restaurant take an important step towards overall unmanned management."Just recently, the trial period of small batch orders expired, the Singaporean government is very satisfied with the product, has once again placed an order, the official batch procurement." Wang Yang, the person in charge of WhaleQi Intelligence, introduced.
During mealtimes, the busy hawker centers are crowded and complex, with people and machines mixing together, making the robot's stability and sensitivity requirements much higher than in other scenarios. Whale Intelligence's robots have been recognized by the Singaporean government for their stable operation, and the only collision was caused by human initiative rather than the robots themselves.
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) Whaleqi Intelligence landed in the Central Business District of Jiangbei New District in 2022, focusing on service and light industrial robots.Currently, it develops robots that cover medical services, industrial handling, intranet security large model robots, hotel food service and other fields.03Competing in the same game is a better test of strength
○ For these creators who are keen on researching technology, the "last kilometer" to the market is not easy.
○ "We are not afraid of competition, we are afraid that we can't even get a ticket to the competition, the difficulties faced by startups when they first step into the market are tougher than imagined." At the beginning of the startup, Zhou Yu had taken the team directly to an intended customer, hoping to obtain business opportunities. The other party agreed to open a one-week test window. The team of several people head into the customer's factory, bent on conquering each other with self-developed products and excellent technology.
○ "It's not that easy for large enterprises to make decisions, and even though the order was not obtained, sometime in the future, when they encounter network security dilemmas, they will definitely remember that Nanjing's Huayan on the Cloud can solve it!" Zhou Yu's words reveal certainty.The market is the best examiner, most of the later customers of Huayan on Cloud come to us on their own, because its technology can better find the vulnerability and cover more scenarios, which can meet the needs of the industry's top manufacturers of software testing, and has its own unique technical advantages in some key technical areas.
In August 2024, the company won the "Excellent Enterprise" award in the new generation of information technology track of the 12th "Startup Jiangsu" Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Competition; in September 2024, the company won the national bronze award in the final round of the 11th China Youth Youth Creative Youth Competition (specializing in science and technology innovation); in December 2024, it won the first prize in the startup group in the final round of the "Science and Technology Innovation Competition" in the field of information technology. In September 2024, in the final of the 11th China Youth Creative Youth Competition (Science and Technology Innovation Specialized), the company won the national bronze award; in December 2024, in the final of the information technology field of "Science and Innovation Jiangsu" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the company won the first prize of entrepreneurship group. ...... With the support of the Jiangbei New Area and the park where it is located, the team of Huayan on the Cloud actively participates in various types of innovation and entrepreneurship competitions With the support of Jiangbei New Area and the park, Huayan team actively participates in all kinds of innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, and takes the arena as a showcase, and is brave enough to "show its muscles" under the "spotlight" to expand its popularity.
○ At the beginning of the venture, Wang Yang and his team devoted themselves to the robotics industry, optimistic about the market prospects of intelligent extermination robots, but the results in just a few months, encountered sudden changes in the market, so that the initial investment into nothing.
○ "Later, we visited more than 20 robotics companies across the country to conduct market research and explore the direction of development. In the end, we decided to focus our R&D efforts on the robot 'brain' to build the most practical and stable robot." Wang Yang said that over the past two years, the team has devoted itself to independent research and development of robot controllers and task management systems, combined with specific application scenarios to provide solutions for customers, to do "can really solve the actual problem of the robot products".
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) There is good news, Jingfeng Investment Holding Group is discussing with the team of Huayan on the cloud, willing to lead the investment, the first investment funds are expected to be in place in the near future.Zhou Yu and his partners have been calculating the plan after getting the financing: on the one hand, to expand the team, recruiting some high-quality business people to help expand the business, on the other hand, we have to continue to invest in research and development, and then do a strong competitiveness with the hard power of technology.
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) Last year, Whale Smart's revenue exceeded 10 million dollars, about half of which came from overseas.Wang Yang said that during the one-year trial test at the Singapore Hawker Center, there were also many well-known domestic and foreign robotics companies that sent their own products for testing in order to obtain orders, but ultimately returned in failure.
○ "We're not afraid of competition, and competing on the same field is a better way to verify strength." Wang Yang and Zhou Yu's tone is the same. This year, WhaleQi Intelligence will also fully open the industrialization process, accelerating the expansion of channels and market development.
