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Phishers Keep Up Their Antics on Social-Networking Sites, Online Classifieds, Gaming Industries
Published on 24 Sep, 2010 at 11:05 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 68 times | No Comments
A report reveals phishing gangs continue increasing their efforts against brands in the social networking, online classifieds and online gaming industries.
Researchers of the APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report found that attacks on brands in the online retail, auction and financial…
Scammers Exploit Anti-Japanese Sentiments to Make Money
Published on 21 Sep, 2010 at 13:11 in Cloud | Viewed 52 times | No Comments
Cyber scammers are taking advantage of anti-Japanese sentiments to lure visitors to sites posing as a Japanese government website purportedly under attack, according to Global Times.
Posts have been discovered on Chinese social networking sites, claiming the site of the Japanese Ministry of Defense has been hacked, anti-virus company Rising announced yesterday. These posts were said to contain a link ending with the Japanese domain…
Return of the Aurora Attackers?
Published on 14 Sep, 2010 at 10:36 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 180 times | 1 Comment
Researchers at Symantec say a new round of targeted web assaults appear to come from the same group responsible for last year’s attacks against Google and other major U.S. businesses.
Writing on the Symantec Security blog, researcher Karthik Selvaraj said evidence collected on the new targeted attacks have many of the…
Senators Highlight Supply-Chain Management Concerns in Letter to Administration
Published on 24 Aug, 2010 at 12:50 in Cyber | Viewed 122 times | No Comments
The possibility of a Chinese firm providing equipment to Sprint Nextel has caused some senators to raise their concerns regarding supply-chain integrity, in an open letter to administration officials.
In a letter addressed to DNI Jim Clapper, Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, eight senators raised their concerns that the possibility that…
US Openly Fingers China for Cyber Probes
Published on 20 Aug, 2010 at 11:10 in Cyber | Viewed 210 times | No Comments
Earlier this week, the Department of Defense submitted its annual report to Congress on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.” The report, designed to discuss current and future military-tech developments by the Chinese military, has openly accused China of involvement in cyber espionage on U.S. government networks.
“In 2009, numerous computer systems around the…
China Hosts Cybersecurity Conference
Published on 4 Aug, 2010 at 10:02 in Cyber | Viewed 190 times | No Comments
Cybersecurity experts from around the world are meeting in Beijing, China this week to discuss cyber issues, according to Chinese news agency Xinhuanet. Around 300 individuals from countries including the United States, Japan and Australia are attending the event, hosted by XFOCUS, a Chinese information security society.
The conference is designed to allow security…
Android App Steals Info and Sends It to China, Researcher Says
Published on 30 Jul, 2010 at 10:28 in Cloud | Viewed 71 times | No Comments
A wallpaper app for the Android which collects a user’s information and sends it to a site in China has been downloaded millions of times, according to a researcher with Lookout, a mobile security firm.
Jackeey Wallpaper, available from the Android Market, which offers wallpaper-themes like Star Wars and My Little Pony, collects a user’s phone number, currently entered voicemail number and subscriber identifier, according to Lookout. The data is…
Couple Indicted for Stealing Hybrid Technology to Sell to China
Published on 26 Jul, 2010 at 8:59 in Cloud | Viewed 76 times | No Comments
A couple from Michigan have been charged with carrying out economic espionage on hybrid cars made by GM and attempting to sell the information to a car manufacturer in China.
Yu Qin, 49, and his wife, Shanshan Du, 51, of Troy, Mich. have been charged with four violations, including wire fraud, unauthorized possession of trade secrets, conspiracy to possess trade secrets and obstruction of justice, according to an indictment unsealed…
Court Approves Baidu Lawsuit Against Domain Register for Iranian Cyber Army Hack
A U.S. judge has approved the lawsuit filed by Chinese search engine giant Baidu against its domain register following a cyber attack which occurred in January.
The suit follows the attacks in January which were attributed to a group calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army.” Baidu alleges that Register.com gave the hackers access to Baidu’s account when the hackers called…
International Agreement on Cyber Moves Forward
A group of 15 countries have agreed to engage one another in ways to combat the growing threats on the Internet. The new agreement is a set of recommendations, it is still representative of a change in U.S. tactics, Robert Knake of the Council on Foreign Relations told the Washington Post.
The group of countries, which includes the United States,…
