Hacking the Beijing Olympics

The South China Morning Post reports:
The Beijing Olympic Games will spark an outbreak of aggressive hacker activity, topping a wave of intense malicious internet attacks expected next year, according to security experts.
They said Beijing Olympics-related websites were prime targets for so-called large-scale denial-of-service attacks. These actions prevent legitimate users from accessing a site’s information or [...]

Review: China in Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report

IT security vendors generate a lot of research on threats to secure computing. While it can be self-serving (fear is a potent sales tool), the reports generally provide a reasonable insight into security on the internet. Many (if not most) people and organizations are often unaware of security breaches, and when they do [...]

As Long As You’re Going After the Pornography…

Shanghai Daily reports:
CHINA blocked access to 18,401 illegal Websites during a nationwide campaign against online pornography that started in April, an industry newspaper reported today.
The campaign also required major Chinese portals, including sina.com, sohu.com, 163.com and qq.com, to conduct self-examinations and shut down problematic channels.
It’s not my place to criticize what or what shouldn’t be [...]

Busted! Put the Joss Sticks Down and Move Away from the Computer

Shanghai Daily reports that four men have been charged in a court in Hubei with writing and disseminating the Panda worm. Sophos has an excellent rundown of the virus here. In summary the virus replaces the normal icon of a Windows executable with an image of a panda with three joss sticks and [...]

China’s Internet Growth: The Bad News

China has experienced growth in its internet population that even exceeds its overall economic growth. According to Internet World Stats China’s growth in internet population has grown 620% since 2000. With an internet population of 162 million, China is only surpassed by the United States at 211 million, again according to Internet World [...]