Guangdong is China’s most-hacked province, with many victims lured by gambling sites: report
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Across China, Guangdong province suffered the most cyberattacks, with Beijing and Shandong coming in second and third respectively, according to a report from a Chinese antivirus software developer. Between January and June, Guangdong, China’s most populous province, suffered more than 4.55 million attacks from phishing websites, […]
Report: China’s Technology Espionage and IP Theft Will Doom the World
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It turns out the world’s addiction to cheap Chinese goods, which in part drives China’s huge contribution to global climate change, will not doom the world after all. Instead, it will be the country’s penchant for hacking, accelerated cyber warpath and the theft of intellectual property […]
China’s Xinhua says U.S. OPM hack was not state-sponsored
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday anINVESTIGATION into a massive U.S. computer breach last year that compromised data on more than 22 million federal workers found that the hacking attack was criminal, not state-sponsored. In an article about a meeting in Washington between top […]
China’s Latest Online Crackdown Sees 900 Hackers Arrested
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans China has arrested more than 900 hackers in an online campaign launched in July amid criticism from the US over increasing hacker attacks originating from the Communist country and targeting top American commercial firms. The suspects were involved in 400 cases and are accused of a […]
China’s Elite Hacking Unit Disappeared Inexplicably
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The company that helped uncover major online security breaches from China last year says exposing the hackers had the effect of shutting them down — at least temporarily. Last year, the New York Times reported on what it believed to be an elite Chinese military unit […]
Does China’s government hack US companies to Rob secrets?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first official visit to the US. It takes place against a background of accusations flung by both the US and China over state-backed hacking. On Monday this week, a US national security adviser warned China that the […]
Cyber Sleuths Track Hacker to China’s Military
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The email attachment would tempt anyone following the diplomaticstandoff between China and other countries in the South China Sea. The Microsoft Word document contained text and photos depicting Thai naval personnel capturing Vietnamese fishermen and forcing them to kneel at gunpoint. But the attachment was a […]
Does China’s government hack US companies to steal secrets?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first official visit to the US. It takes place against a background of accusations flung by both the US and China over state-backed hacking. On Monday this week, a US national security adviser warned China that the […]
Hacking, China’s maritime claims overshadow Xi’s US visit
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago. Tensions are rising over allegations of Beijing-directed cyberattacks on […]
Apple iPhone 6s certified by China’s TENAA revealing dual-core 1.8GHz CPU
The Apple iPhone 6s has been certified by Chinese regulatory agency TENAA. The agency cited the specs on its website, noting that the device is powered by a dual-core 1.8GHz CPU. A typo listed the phone as containing 4MB of RAM. The actual amount is 2GB of RAM, and the model that was certified contains […]