Chinese Search Engine Files Lawsuit Following Hack

Following the cyber attack by the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ on Chinese search engine Baidu, the company has filed a lawsuit against the domain registrar in a New York court. The DNS record attack redirected web users to a defaced web page instead of the search engine site.

According to the lawsuit, the attack occurred because of “gross negligence” on the part of the domain registrar. The attack disrupted traffic…

China Claims to be Biggest Victim of Cyber Attacks

The past few weeks have seen a number of large scale cyber attacks, including attacks emanating from China which targeted Internet search giant Google. China has now entered the fray, not only deflecting charges that the Chinese hacked government offices in India, but also claiming to be the biggest victim of cyber attacks.

Foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, citing the recent hack of Chinese search giant Bandu, said “China…

Obama Administration Backs Off Net Neutrality

The Internet has now been around for approximately two decades and serves as a useful tool for millions of users throughout the world. We use the Internet to conduct business, communicate and acquire news. Our phones are even connected to the Internet and in some countries, like China, the majority of Internet users access the Internet via their ‘smart…

CSC Provides Cybersecurity to Intelligence Agency

Yesterday, CSC, a provider of technology enabled solutions, announced it was awarded a contract worth $27 million to provide cybersecurity solutions to an undisclosed government intelligence agency.

CSC will provide vulnerability analysis and penetration testing.

This announcement places CSC within the growing list of government contractors providing cybersecurity solutions. With cyber incidents coming to dominate the…

Chinese and Iranians Battle in Cyberspace

On Monday evening, the Chinese search engine was hit by an attack from the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’, hackers who brought down Twitter briefly late last year. In response to the attacks, hackers in China sought to restore national pride by retaliating against websites registered in Iran.

One website registered in Iran had the following message displayed on its main page following a hack “Please tell your so-called Iranian Cyber…

Google Threatens to Leave China Following Cyber Attacks- China Responds

Earlier this week, search engine giant Google threatened to withdraw from China, citing incidents of censorship and cyber attacks. Google has requested the Chinese relax their censorship policies and claims the Chinese government is either complicit in hacking attempts or not doing enough to combat incidents of cyber crime. The cyber attacks including the hacking of email accounts for…

Chinese State-Run ‘Twitter’ Hacked at Launch

The Chinese state-run Twitter-style website was hacked at its launch and has gone offline, according to media reports.

The People’s Daily, a state-run newspaper in China, launched the micro-blogging service on Tuesday and it was down by Wednesday.

A hacker exploited the site and used it to send pop-up messages to users who visited the site. A number of the messages in the pop-ups pointed to the Internet restrictions in…

Chinese Respond to Allegations

Late last week, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission informed Congress in its annual report of the increasing number of cyber incidents by the Chinese against U.S. systems and networks.

Yesterday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry took the opportunity to respond to the allegations, claiming bias and incorrect reporting by the Commission.

Qin Gang, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on their website, “This report disregards the facts,…

China and Cyber Attacks – How Involved are They?

Most cybersecurity experts, in the private sector and in government throughout the United States, believe the Chinese are one of the largest practitioners of cyber attacks against U.S. networks.

The Chinese are accused of using cyberspace to conduct espionage and prepare for possible future conflicts with the United States

The Chinese government officially denies it is actively attempting to breach U.S. networks. According to the The Washington Post, Wang…

Journalists in China Targeted by Cyber Attack

According to an investigation by a team of Canadian researchers, foreign journalists operating in China are being subjected to malware attacks.

The malware surrenders control of the infected to computer to a remote user.

Journalists receive emails alleging to be from the economic editor who is planning a trip to China. Attached is a PDF file that contains a relatively accurate list of local contacts. When the PDF is…