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U.S. Labor Dept. Website Hacked by Chinese Hackers, Serves Malware

A group of Chinese hackers going with the handle of DeepPanda have hacked the official sub-domain (sem.dol.gov) of US Department of Labor, as a result the site has been redirected to another link that serves visitors with malware. A security firm Alienvault writes that Company’s director Jaime Blasco discovered the threat and suspect that it is a state-sponsored attack. At this moment, he […]

Aspen Institute hacked by Chinese spies, spied on emails for over two months

The FBI has announced that International nonprofit organisation Aspen was hacked for last two months by Chinese hackers spying on Aspen’s employees emails. The Huffingtonpost reports that Aspen Institute was unaware of the breach until FBI detected the suspicious activity traced back to China. After this breach, Aspen has marked itself among the list of companies hacked by Chinese hackers. […]

Bill Shocker Malware controls 620,000 phones, Zombifies to sends expensive messages

NQ Mobile,a mobile security company that provides solution for protecting mobile device from malware, spyware, theft, and loss has found a new malware the “Bill Shocker” that has already infected over 620,000 users in only China and now posing a serious threat to all unprotected Android devices globally.  Net-Security reports that the Bill Shocker is a (SDK) developed by […]

Phys.Org Hacked, Google Issues Malware Warning

PhysOrg, a famous portal providing news related to the subjects of science, research, technology physics, space and earth science, biology, chemistry, electronics, nanotechnology and technology was hacked few hours ago.  The unknown hackers installed a malware on the website which was quickly noted by Google, which issues a warning to Chrome followed by FireFox users.  Eduard Kovacs […]

Hackers Steal 3,000+ Classified Documents from Japan’s Agriculture Ministry

The group of unknown hackers have hacked into the Japan’s Agriculture Ministry server and left with over 3,000 classified documents. The compromise documents are of high value, specially the documents related to Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade pact. Japan’s national site Yomiuri, reports that a malicious malware Htran was found in the Agriculture Ministry’s server. Malware developed by Chinese hackers of the Honker Union of China group.  […]