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GhostNet

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Name: GhostNet

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are making cyberspace unfit for human habitation

I reviewed Ronald Diebert's new book Black Code in this weekend's edition of the Globe and Mail. Diebert runs the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and has been instrumental in several high-profile reports that outed government spying (like ... [Published Boing Boing - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cyberspace, Citizen Lab, Ronald Deibert, Koobface

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

GhostNet – Part II

Behind the GhostNet notion stands an entire international worldwide network of infected computers belonging to places having high political, economic, media, or emblematic importance. One result...Go on to the site to read the full article ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: GhostNet

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

GhostNet – Part I

Introduction Several years after the revelation of GhostNet, a massive case of cyber exploitation directed mostly against the Tibetan community, in terms of originality, this contribution appears as...Go on to the site to read the full article ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: GhostNet

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

Without Evidence, Cyber-Attacks Pinned on China

The War Party never sleeps: there are always new variations of war propaganda coming ’round the bend. With the coming of the internet, the latest manufactured "threat" to rear its head is "cyber-warfare," which is now being touted by the Obama administration ... [Published Antiwar.com - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Mandiant Corp, Computer Hacker, China, Intrusion

First reported Feb 06 2013 - Updated Feb 06 2013 - 1 reports

Symantec Corporation

New York Times Hacked by China

This was big news last week, and I spent a lot of time doing press interviews about it. But while it is an important story -- hacking a newspaper, looking for confidential sources is fundamentally different from hacking for financial gain -- it's ... [Published Schneier on Security - Feb 06 2013]

Entities: Symantec Corporation, Computer Hacking, China

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 1 reports

The New York Times Company

The Wild West of the Internet: Reflections on The New York Times hack

By Shyam Sankar and Gabe Rosen The Internet is the new Wild West, a frontier big enough for every pioneer and outlaw to roam free. Today, The New York Times revealed that hackers in China had spent the last four months infiltrating its ... [Published TED Blog - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: The New York Times Company, Shyam Sankar, GhostNet, Tenzin Gyatso

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Tenzin Gyatso

New 'Dockster' Apple malware found on site dedicated to Dalai Lama

A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk.The malware, nicknamed "Dockster," is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the ... [Published Techworld.com - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: Malware, Tenzin Gyatso, Intego

First reported Nov 25 2012 - Updated Nov 26 2012 - 1 reports

Hi-tech leap drives China’s second boom in the hinterland

The 14m-strong city is now pole-vaulting up the technology ladder. ChengduAircraft Corporation (CAC) manufactures China’s stealth fighter, the J-20Black Eagle. Washington and Moscow were stunned when it took to the skies in2010. More prosaically, ... [Published AdBanks.net - Nov 25 2012]

Entities: Chengdu, China, Ge Honglin

Quotes

...of this, it is an extremely difficult piece of malware to analyse," Kaspersky Lab researcher Alexander Gostev said at the time of discovery. "Overall, we can say Flame is one of the most complex threats ever discovered. In addition, the geography of the targets (certain states are in the MiddleMiddle East) and the complexity of the threat leave no doubt about it being a nation state that sponsored the research behind it."

a new cold war [Published SC Magazine UK - May 04 2013]

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Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are makin... [Published Boing Boing - May 18 2013]
Chinas Response to Pentagon Report Baseless, Co... [Published Jamestown Foundation - May 10 2013]
a new cold war [Published SC Magazine UK - May 04 2013]
GhostNet – Part II [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 29 2013]
GhostNet – Part I [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 24 2013]
Without Evidence, Cyber-Attacks Pinned on China [Published Antiwar.com - Feb 20 2013]
New York Times Hacked by China [Published Schneier on Security - Feb 06 2013]
The Wild West of the Internet: Reflections on T... [Published TED Blog - Jan 31 2013]
New 'Dockster' Apple malware found on site dedi... [Published Techworld.com - Dec 04 2012]
Goodbye Catalonia. [Published London Irvine Report - Nov 26 2012]
Hi-tech leap drives China’s second boom in the ... [Published AdBanks.net - Nov 25 2012]
The many faces of Gh0st Rat [Published Norman Blog Security Research - Aug 29 2012]
Reading Notes: "Reverse Deception: Organized Cy... [Published Matthijs R. Koot's notebook - Aug 15 2012]

Blogs

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Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are makin... [Published Boing Boing - May 18 2013] I reviewed Ronald Diebert's new book Black Code in this weekend's edition of the Globe and Mail. Diebert runs the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and has been instrumental in several high-profile reports that outed government spying (like ...
GhostNet – Part II [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 29 2013] Behind the GhostNet notion stands an entire international worldwide network of infected computers belonging to places having high political, economic, media, or emblematic importance. One result...Go on to the site to read the full article ...
GhostNet – Part I [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 24 2013] Introduction Several years after the revelation of GhostNet, a massive case of cyber exploitation directed mostly against the Tibetan community, in terms of originality, this contribution appears as...Go on to the site to read the full article ...
New York Times Hacked by China [Published Schneier on Security - Feb 06 2013] This was big news last week, and I spent a lot of time doing press interviews about it. But while it is an important story -- hacking a newspaper, looking for confidential sources is fundamentally different from hacking for financial gain -- it's ...
The Wild West of the Internet: Reflections on T... [Published TED Blog - Jan 31 2013] By Shyam Sankar and Gabe Rosen The Internet is the new Wild West, a frontier big enough for every pioneer and outlaw to roam free. Today, The New York Times revealed that hackers in China had spent the last four months infiltrating its ...