Adam Taylor Business Insider In next week’s Businessweek cover story, investigative reporters Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley take a deep dive on Chinese hackers, coming up with some fascinating details. It’s a big story given the recent accusations about Chinese hackers that have come from the New York Times and other news …
Read More »Chinese Hackers Attack NY Times Over Wen Investigation
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Over the past four months, Chinese hackers have penetrated computers belonging to the New York Times and its staff. The hackers appeared to be intent on hunting down and identifying newspaper sources involved in the investigation of a top Chinese leader. China’s Defense Ministry …
Read More »Chinese Hackers To Blame For One Third of Global Cyberattacks
Michelle Florcruz International Business Times Though the story of computer network attacks by Communist spies sounds like a plot line from a Hollywood action film, a new report has found that one-third of cyberattacks actually originate in China. According to Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), a digital technology platform developer, China …
Read More »Operation “Red October” is Spying on Governments Worldwide
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat.com, Contributing Writer Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a cyber espionage campaign that is targeting diplomatic and government agencies around the world. The campaign has been dubbed “Rocra”, short for “Red October”. As of this writing the malware at the heart of the attack is actively sending data to …
Read More »Google’s Vice President Says Chinese Hackers Won’t Stop
Yasmin Tadjdeh National Defense Magazine Charleston, S.C. — The military, the government, the private sector and private citizens are underprepared for growing cyberthreats from Chinese hackers, said a top Google executive. “Security needs to be everybody’s concern, and it needs to be much more pervasive not only in the Defense …
Read More »Chinese Hack White House Military Network Holding Nuclear Codes
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Sources within the White House and U.S. military partially confirmed that Chinese attackers hacked the White House Military network. The White House Military Office (WHMO), is in charge of the network that holds the commands for the President’s nuclear “Football”. A White House national security …
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