China Denies Involvement in Cyber Attack against Canada

China today rejected reports suggesting it was behind a January cyber attack on the Canadian government that breached the Treasury Board and Finance Department and forced their websites offline, according to media reports.

Canadian news outlet CBC reported yesterday the attacks have been traced to servers in China. It was unclear…

CACI’s Dr. Jack London on WikiLeaks, the Insider Threat and Defining Cyber War

In the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosures that tarnished American diplomatic relations and highlighted the issue of the insider threat, many wondered whether leaks can ever be stopped. CACI International Inc‘s Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Dr. Jack London, who previously called the world…

Spy Chief: Digital Pearl Harbor Could Happen

CIA Director Leon E. Panetta told a U.S. House panel Thursday cybersecurity is the international “battleground of the future,” echoing FBI head Robert S. Mueller‘s concerns about cybersecurity being a growing problem.

Appearing before the House intelligence committee, which was holding a hearing on worldwide threats, Panetta said he does…

China Cracks Down on Online Porn

Chinese officials have increased their surveillance of Internet cafes and video-game halls as part of a clampdown on online pornography and violence to protect children,  officials say. The crackdown has resulted in the closing of more than 100,000 unlicensed establishments over the past five years.

By the end of last year, China had around 130,000 registered Internet cafes, an unnamed official with the State Administration…

Adm. Mike Mullen: China Not the Only Cyber Threat

A top military officer warned Wednesday of the “substantial” and complex threat to the United States of cyber attack, and the potential for withering impact, according to CNN.

“We’ve got to come to a place where those threats are diminished, if not eliminated,”…

New ‘Geinimi’ Trojan Targets Android Devices

A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China, and security researchers say the malware can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user’s phone and send it to remote servers.

Dubbed “Geinimi,” this Trojan is the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities, according to smartphone security company Lookout. Once the malware is installed on a user’s phone,…

China’s E-Commerce Development Takes Nosedive

More than half of Chinese web users believe online transactions are unsafe, which has had a significant negative impact on China’s e-commerce development, according to industry experts.

The China Internet Network Information Center said a recent survey found 50.3 percent of Chinese Internet consumers said they do not believe in making…

Rodney Joffe: In 2011, Look Out for Web Traffic Hijacking

Businesses should brace themselves for Internet traffic hijacking and sophisticated attacks on computerized control systems in 2011, according to a cybersecurity expert.

In an interview with ComputerWeekly, Rodney Joffe, senior vice president and senior technologist at Neustar, said those two trends are indicated by the discovery of Stuxnet and China’s…

Richard Stiennon: Cyber War Has Already Happened

Don’t call Richard Stiennon a cyberwar alarmist. While his new book, Surviving Cyberwar, is the latest in a series of recent books about the global online threat, he told The New New Internet he’s not just another voice in the “sky is falling” cyber chorus. Instead, Stiennon, who serves as…

Jeff Carr: China ‘Most Likely Candidate for Stuxnet’s Origin’

Swirling speculations about  possible culprits behind the Stuxnet worm have mostly focused on  Israel or the United States. But a cyber expert says there is another key suspect involved.

In an post on Forbes The Firewall, cybersecurity expert and author Jeff Carr argues that discussions about the creators of Stuxnet never…