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China to launch first ‘hack proof’ quantum communication satellite China is stealing march on United States in the field of communications with a launch of hack proof quantum communication satellite. According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the prime body behind Chinese space program, the world’s first experimental quantum communication satellite in July. CAS added […]
The IDs and passwords of about 18 million Internet users have been found on a computer server set up by a Tokyo company, which was found in November to have allegedly provided its relay server to parties in China for illegal access, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday. The total includes member information of 1.78 million […]
Scarlet Mimic Espionage Malware Campaign Targets Activists and Minorities like Uyghur and Tibet — The Campaign Also targets Indian and Russian government agencies. Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 researchers have been following the four-year-long espionage campaign quite intensely, which was instigated by a group of hackers dubbed as Scarlet Mimic by the research team. As per their […]
A hacker who claims to be the ally of the ISIS terrorist group managed to hack the official website of Tsinghua University, China’s one of the most high-profile universities. The hacker left a deface page containing Arabic language verses from Islamic scripture accompanied by Arabic music. The website (tsinghua.edu.cn) otherwise displays links to departmental information and […]
You have heard about phishing but now you will learn about Smishing. Hackers use phishing messages and compromised websites to steal credentials of users but, Chinese banking users are facing a new kind of threat in the form of phishing texts. These text messages seem to be sent from a leading bank’s official number. The GSM […]
Missing Bookseller Case Compels Anonymous’ Hong Kong division to attack Chinese police websites The infamous hacking group Anonymous’ Hong Kong division has vowed to hack Chinese police official websites as well as government websites. This statement has arrived by the international hacktivist collective to show resentment towards the alleged abduction of Hong Kong’s bookseller by […]
No, you are not the only one, Sony’s PlayStation network is down worldwide. Sony’s PlayStation network on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 are down and the irritating fact for gamers is that the company has not given any time frame when the service will be back online. The service went down this morning when […]
After many years, Microsoft admitted that Chinese authorities hacked thousands of Hotmail accounts, belonging to China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities. After many years, Microsoft finally concluded that Chinese authorities indeed hacked thousands of Hotmail accounts, belonging to China’s Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, but at the time did not warn the users, allowing the victims to […]
Okay. This one’s quite a shock… According to a recent Reuters report, the Chinese government was supposedly behind a hacking campaign that targeted the Tibetan and Uighur leaders who were also users of Hotmail, Microsoft’s email system. Reuters also alleges that Microsoft probably knew about this hacking campaign all along, but was mum about it. […]
Android Malware poses as Google app to infect Android Devices and to Block Security Apps. Recently, security researchers at Symantec Corp identified a malware family that attacks Android devices located in China and blocks security apps along with transferring private data from the device to its command servers. The malware has been named Android.Spywaller and […]
China’s legislature unanimously passed a controversial anti-terrorsim law on Sunday despite months of objections from major tech firms and Washington alike. Among other requirements, the new rules state that telecom operators and internet service providers must “provide technical support and assistance, including decryption” to Chinese authorities to help prevent and investigate terrorist activities. The new […]
Anonymous hacker collective has attacked the official website of Asia Pacific telecommunity and defaced it in protest against growing plans for internet censorship in Asia. The hackers gained access of the website’s admin panel (running Drupal) and from there, leaked all the data stored on the website along with defacing the site with one of their […]
A group of Chinese hackers have targeted a Taiwanese news organizations and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party in order to get the information on upcoming presidential and legislative election like the policies and speeches from the leaders participating in the elections. This report is the second part of the one revealed by FireEye last week […]
TuneCore, an online music distribution/record label service on Friday, revealed that its database was breached by the hackers and they have been working with security experts and federal authorities for tracking down the criminals. TuneCore is the latest in the list of high-profile attacks that has been carried out in recent times. Already hackers have […]
The government of France is in discussions on blocking Tor anonymity network and also the shared and free wifi network during a state of emergency. These proposals may be laid down in 2 pieces of legislation, one state of emergency and other in relation to counter-terrorism. According to the documents, the reason for blocking wifi in […]
FireEye Threat Intelligence analysts have discovered a new phishing attack carried by a Chinese group using legitimate service like dropbox. Analysts found the cyber group (which is unnamed at the moment but some researchers term them as “admin@338”) sending emails with links to dropbox containing documents. The documents in reality were having payload malware known […]
The Chinese Government says it has arrested the hackers responsible for breaching the Office of Personnel Management database (OPM). The Chinese government has arrested hackers accused of breaking into the Office of Personnel Management databases, According to The Washington Post, the Chinese government has arrested the hacking crew that breached the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). “The Chinese […]
It is easy to hack a domain and set up scams for visitors but using a government email address to run a phishing campaign is a bit odd. Recently, I received an email which of course went straight to spam. I wouldn’t care if it was a random email but, in fact, it was from a state […]
Short Bytes: At the 2015 World Robot Conference in Beijing, a Chinese firm has unveiled three armed robots that are equipped with grenade launchers and rifles to fight the “global terror”. Notably, in the wake of recent attacks on Paris, China is on national alert and the officials are asked to work more on terrorism prevention measures. […]
Short Read: China is working on developing its own smartphone for government officials to avoid snooping from the enemy side. China, one of the world’s largest smartphone markets, has started working on its own smartphones. The smartphones which will have everything developed domestically, even the operating system. The upcoming smartphone will be made in China […]
How dare they demand we do exactly what we demand of them! The foreign rotters. A report laid before the US Congress yesterday encouraged lawmakers to allow American companies responding to Chinese miscreants pilfering their data to hack those companies back to save their info. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission was established by […]