China urges tighter Internet security after hacking attacks (Reuters)
Reuters:China urges tighter Internet security after hacking attacks — (Reuters) – The Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com, and financial institutions to prevent phishing attacks on unsuspecting Chinese web users. “internet security” – Techmeme Search
China urges tighter Internet security after series of data leaks – Reuters
MediaMughals China urges tighter Internet security after series of data leaksReutersThe move comes after China urged tighter Internet security on Wednesday following a spate of personal data leaks that alarmed the online community and prompted calls for tougher scrutiny of who has access to online information. …China to have tighter Internet securityMediaMughalsall 69 news articles » [...]
China Labor Watch and authorities probe Apple supplier factory blast, aluminum dust linked to explosion (Elyse Betters/9to5Mac)
Elyse Betters / 9to5Mac:China Labor Watch and authorities probe Apple supplier factory blast, aluminum dust linked to explosion — Local government authorities are investigating last weekend’s explosion that injured 61 people at the Shanghai factory of an Apple iPad 2 back-panel supplier after much outcry from China Labor Watch.
In Surprise, China Unveils Supercomputer Based on Its Own Chips (John Markoff/New York Times)
John Markoff / New York Times:In Surprise, China Unveils Supercomputer Based on Its Own Chips — China has made its first supercomputer based on Chinese microprocessor chips, an advance that surprised high-performance computing specialists in the United States. — The announcement was made this week at a technical meeting held …
China to get tougher in fight against computer hacking – The Vancouver Sun
BEIJING – China’s Supreme Court and prosecutors office will step up the fight against computer hacking by toughening penalties … While the United States says many hacking attacks appear to come from China, often targeting human rights …
China Hit By Nearly 500,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 – msnbc.com
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) issued figures from an upcoming annual report on Aug. 9 claiming that the country was the target of nearly 480,000 Trojan horse attacks … by botnet viruses in 2010.
Google Gmail Phishing Attacks Continue, China Suspected – PC Magazine
Spear phishing attempts to penetrate the personal Gmail accounts of U.S. officials, journalists, and activists, reported by Google in June, have not ceased, according to a security researcher who first discovered the attempts in February. Spear phishing …
Three in China convicted for iPad2 design theft (Agence France Presse)
Agence France Presse:Three in China convicted for iPad2 design theft — BEIJING — A court in south China has jailed three people for stealing the design to Apple’s iPad2 tablet computer and using it to manufacture counterfeits, state press said Wednesday. — The theft from a plant run by Foxconn …
1-in-14 software downloads are hacker-related mischief – China Post
SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft on Wednesday warned that hackers use mind tricks more often than software skills to get viruses into computers. Feedback from the … “Social-engineering attacks, like tricking a user into running a malicious program, are far …
SPECIAL REPORT – In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge – Reuters India
The official figures don’t account for intrusions into commercial computer networks, which are part of an expanding cyber-espionage campaign attributed to China, according to current and former U.S. national security officials and computer-security experts.
