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Verizon Security Report Finds A Growing Number Of Attacks By China's Hacker Army
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-04-23 06:35
Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report, which will be released on Tuesday, found the number of attacks by state-affiliated actors had nearly tripled from last year and that 96 percent were attributed to China.
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Chinese iOS pirate Kuaiyong launches web app store
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2013-04-17 07:01
A Chinese group which has made it its mission to take a bite out of Apple’s iTunes revenue share is at it again, launching a full web version of its iOS app store jam-packed with pirated content.
Chinese language app Kuayiong was originally launched at the tail end of last year to fill the gap left by the equally dodgy jailbreak app Installous.
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'Chinese hackers' deface Philippines news website
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-04-16 06:25
Suspected Chinese hackers defaced the website of the Philippines News Agency (PNA) on Sunday, officials said, a possible repeat of cyber attacks last year also blamed on China during a territorial row.
The state-run agency's website temporarily displayed the Chinese flag and the text: "China Hacker EvilShadow Team, We are evil shadow. We are the team. We have our own dignity China Hacker Lxxker."
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US, China to work together on cyber security
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-04-15 04:55
China and the United States will set up a working group on cyber-security, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, as the two sides moved to ease months of tensions and mutual accusations of hacking and Internet theft.
Speaking to reporters in Beijing during a visit to China, Kerry said the United States and China had agreed on the need to speed up action on cyber security, an area that Washington says is its top national security concern.
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Evidence Mounts That Chinese Government Hackers Spread Android Malware
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-04-02 06:02
In the last months, new research has made it clearer than ever that every computer in the world is a potential target for Chinese government hackers. So perhaps it’s no surprise that smartphones appear to be among those state-sponsored hackers’ targets, too.
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