Washington, DC (ip-192.com): If the US wants to have a chance surviving a large scale cyber-attack, the government needs to take a more active role in securing the Internet. That’s the essence of what industry experts told Congress, arguing that more government regulations may be the only way to force the public and private sectors [...]
China (ip-192.com): While representatives from Lanxiang Vocational School and Shanghai Jiaotong University denied any involvement in hacking attempts against Google and other western targets, U.S. cyber experts believe they have traced the hacking attack on Google to the two educational institutions in China, several newspapers report today. US investigators also say that they have identified [...]
China (ip-192.com): Two Chinese educational institutions, Lanxiang Vocational School, which has links to the Chinese military, and Shanghai Jiaotong University, may have been involved in a series of cyber-attacks on Google, American enterprises, and government agencies. The attacks (ip-192.com reported here and here) may have begun as early as April 2009, the New York Times [...]
China (ip-192.com): Chinas biggest hacker training site has been shut down by the authorities, according to the China Daily newspaper. At least three people have been arrested, and approximately $250,000 in cash has been sized. The site, called Black Hawk Safety Net, gave lessons in hacking and sold downloads of malicious software. The hacker training [...]
San Diego (ip-192.com): In the second half of 2009, cyber crooks focused on rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report. Search engine optimization poisoning attacks target top searches, enabling hackers to drive traffic to their sites. Crocks in the first half of 2009 focused [...]
San Francisco (ip-192.com): Criminals are using dummy Twitter accounts to spread links to malware infected websites, according to an F-secure labs blog. The tactic seems to be the same that corrupted advertising on the New York Times website recently. Intrusive pop-ups display bogus warnings that a user’s computer is infected with a malicious virus. The [...]
