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China denies it's behind GhostNet

China denies it's behind GhostNetChina doesn't have credibility?[i]I'm afraid China doesn't have a lot of credibility when it denies any and all Internet spying.[/i][b]No[/b] country with a spy agency has any credibility if they deny Internet spying. They are either lying or incompetent.No country with a spy agency has any...

Tags: INTERNET, Advertising & Promotion, GhostNet

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

The "no bull" guide to Conficker

The "no bull" guide to ConfickerWelcome to Windows.....Nuff said.Reminds me of MichelangeloA hard date is great for the news organizations to whip up a frenzy over, instead of a vague, general risk.I was interviewed on a local news channel years ago about Michelangelo, and I said much the same types...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Patches, Michelangelo, Conficker, server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Massive Chinese spynet targeted Dalai Lama

It all started with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader's offices in India, Brussels, London and New York asked the researchers to examane its computers for malware. But researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto found something much more than garden-variety spyware, John Markoff...

Tags: China, Researcher, Toronto, Computer, GhostNet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Additional Resources

Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...

Tags: China, Malware, Hacker, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery

If you ever wanted to take an inside view of targeted-botnets primarily run by novice cybercriminals sometimes utilizing outdated, but very effective methods - this ZDNet photo gallery is for you. It offers an inside view of those "beneath the radar" botnets that never make the news....

Tags: Spamming, Cybercriminal, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-20

News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason O'Grady: Developers selling iPhone OS 3.0 on eBay Updated CNET News: BlackBerry App World has landed Ryan Naraine: Googling for Conficker clean-up...

Tags: Apple iPhone, CBS Interactive Inc., Consumer Electronics, CTIA, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Facebook, Hardware, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Software, Thecus

Blog posts 2009-04-01

China denies it's behind GhostNet

China says a recent report that says a recent report that says China hosts a massive botnet that has compromised computers in 103 countries is nothing but a pack of lies. by Richard Koman

Tags: China, Government, Vertical Industries, Productivity, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Is Conficker from China?

So, hot on the heels of my last post, reporting that researchers have pinpointed in China the control centers of a massive spy network they dubbed GhostNet, I see this brief from Cnet's Dong Ngo. Ngo reports that the Vietnamese security research firm BKIS has determined that...

Tags: China, Nimda Worm, Virus, BKIS, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-29