Chinese Virus Wins the Space Race
vnunet reports:
A computer virus has made it onto the International Space Station (ISS), but Nasa says there is no danger to critical systems.
Nasa has confirmed that a computer on the ISS has been infected by the Gammima.AG. virus, which tries to steal login names and passwords to popular online games like Maple Story, HuangYi Online [...]
Googlepack Goes Native
Pacific Epoch reports:
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) China released a Chinese version of the “Google Pack” free software bundle on August 15, reports DoNews. The Chinese version of the downloadable bundle includes China-specific offerings including Google and Kingsoft’s (3888.HK) co-branded version of translation software PowerWord, Google’s Chinese pinyin input software, Rising’s anti-virus software and Google’s toolbar for [...]
Handy Advice for the Inevitable Olympic Email Scam
Mark Hofman, the handler on duty over at the Internet Storm Center (ISC), has some good advice to protect users from the expected tsunami of Olympic-related phishing attacks:
Don’t click any links when:
* the email was sent by someone you do not know.
* the email was sent by [...]
Let 1.24 Million Viruses Bloom
China Tech News reports:
According to a report released by Kingsoft, in the first half of 2008, the company intercepted 1.24 million new computer viruses and trojans.
This number increase by 338% compared with the total number in 2007 and it is more than the total virus number of the recent five years.
The report says that in [...]
A Digital Epistle from One PRC to Another
Stopbadware (hat tip Computer Crime Research Center) reports:
The majority of the Internet’s malware-infected websites are located on Chinese networks, finds a new report released today by StopBadware.org, the university-based research initiative aimed at protecting users from dangerous software. The report also identifies the 10 network blocks that contain the largest number of badware sites. Six [...]
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