http://www.secuobs.com Observatoire de la securite Internet fr webmaster@secuobs.com 2011-06-08 05:27:30 - The Dark Visitor : Mara Hvistendahl has been a very good friend here at TDV and in addition to Mara s extensive knowledge of Chinese hackers, she is pretty much an expert on Asian regional security concerns Some people make me so jealous Mara has just released her new book, Unnatural Selection that deals with the 160 million missing Asian http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/309831.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/309831.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-05-31 05:29:33 - The Dark Visitor - More than two years after Heike s post about the Kapa girl video, a narrow majority of our visitors come to TDV from searches for her video Sadly, I m about to post something that will continue this trend of optimizing our site for desperate porn searchers So apparently the show 非诚勿扰 If you are the one http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/308057.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/308057.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-04-28 16:21:21 - The Dark Visitor - Created with Worlde Also, the online version of the China White Paper on National Defense was so annoying, like 40 pages, created a more manageable word document if you want it White Paper National Defense 2011 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/301384.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/301384.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-04-28 15:33:31 - The Dark Visitor - Very interesting report via the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, in cooperation with the FBI, on unauthorized wire transfers to China When I say interesting, I mean I don t understand it not sure what the implications are, if any Get the basics of the report, just not sure who the perp is supposed to http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/301371.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/301371.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-04-25 19:32:56 - The Dark Visitor - Fallout from Night Dragon Chinese hackers may have inspired memorandum between India and Kazakhstan on cyber security The agreement, specifically mentioned to by Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev during his joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was proposed by the Indian side but found ready accepta nce with the Central Asian government Kazakhstan, an http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/300640.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/300640.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-04-25 19:32:56 - The Dark Visitor - The graphic from Techweb shows the internet shrieking, Water Army The wind up soldiers keys are in the shape of the finance symbol for the Renminbi Besides hackers, we also follow modes of cyber influence inside China such as the 50 Cent Party Little rough-and-tumble viral marketing in the Middle Kingdom from a group dubbed the http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/300639.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/300639.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-04-21 15:39:12 - The Dark Visitor - Two activist websites supporting the Jasmine Revolution are reporting DDOS attacks coming from IPs originating in China Boxuncom, a US based activist website, specified locations in China to hold protests Changeorg is currently hosting a petition to free Beijing activist Ai Weiwei that contains over a 100,000 signatures http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/299985.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/299985.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-31 14:58:19 - The Dark Visitor - Xinhua has just released the full English text of China s White Paper on National Defense 2010 Why do I get so excited when this thing gets published http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/295371.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/295371.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-28 19:59:30 - The Dark Visitor - According to the Sydney Morning Hearld The parliamentary computers of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and at least two other senior ministers are suspected of being hacked Ms Gillard s parliamentary computer, along with those of several cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith were believed to have been compromised, News Ltd http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/294616.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/294616.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-24 12:48:49 - The Dark Visitor - According to the Korea Times One of the victims is itemBay, the nation s largest trading site for online games Last October, Seoul police concluded that hackers located in China s Jilin Province waged attacks on the firm s website for two years from 2008 at the request of its Korean rival The case is only the tip http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293854.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293854.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-23 16:59:26 - The Dark Visitor - Fictional account of cyberwarfare between the US and China in the year 2020 written by Dr Christopher Bronk is the Baker Institute fellow in information and technology policy and a lecturer in computer science at Rice University served as a career diplomat with the US State Department doctorate from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293635.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293635.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-23 13:36:48 - The Dark Visitor - Think the Google vs China gmail debate made the top 10 list in China Nope, according to Baidu s weekly focus, the aftermath of the Salt Panic was on everyone s mind This was due to the mistaken belief that the iodine content in salt could help with the effects of radiation poisoning Prior to that, Chinese http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293584.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/293584.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-14 19:50:00 - The Dark Visitor - People s Daily reports that 4,635 Chinese government websites were hacked in 2010, a jump of 68 percent from 2008 That has to be close to all of them, right http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291513.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291513.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-11 19:29:14 - The Dark Visitor - Quick Translation Rising s report on China s 2010 Corporate Security Threats indicates that government, military, and academic research institutes were significant targets for hackers The report further shows that among all hacker attacks, there were a significantly higher number carried out on institutions dealing with state secrets and financial security such as national agencies, classified units http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291087.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291087.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-11 14:30:50 - The Dark Visitor - Fine, shut down the NYC power grid but leave my phone alone My addiction for downloading every app available has come back to haunt me From TechEye Insecurity outfit Symantec has warned about suspicious code which is under the bonnet of a repackaged security tool Google released last weekend The dodgy code appears in the Chinese version http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291000.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/291000.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-10 19:37:33 - The Dark Visitor - From Bloomberg China said computer hacking attacks against websites of the nation s government agencies jumped 68 percent last year, and called on local regulators to follow the US and the European Union in stepping up Internet policing More than 4,600 Chinese government websites had their content modified by hackers in 2010, according to a report http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290785.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290785.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-09 21:54:58 - The Dark Visitor - From PCWorld The large distributed denial of service DDoS attacks that hit the WordPresscom blog publishing platform last week originated from China, according to the founder of the site A DDOS attack involves harnessing hundreds or thousands of computers to simultaneously bombard a web site with data so it becomes overwhelmed The computers in such http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290542.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290542.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-09 17:48:45 - The Dark Visitor - Link to McAfee s PDF white paper Global Energy Cyberattacks Night Dragon that primarily originated in China http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290481.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290481.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-09 15:17:45 - The Dark Visitor - In January of 2010, a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army attacked Baidu Chinese netizens thought the attack might be in retaliation for Chinese twitter users support of Iranian reformists Not sure I get the connection with Baidu, but there you have the background Running through some videos on Tudou China Youtube and came across the defacement of the http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290428.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290428.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-09 12:59:03 - The Dark Visitor - Hey, if you are going to be the victim of a Chinese cyber attack, it might as well be spectacular From Fox News The French government said Monday that it was the victim of a spectacular cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China who targeted documents on international economic affairs The hackers were http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290396.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290396.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-08 17:12:59 - The Dark Visitor - Green Dam Girl Pure speculation on my part, but I m guessing this was the work of Chinese hackers young male Chinese hackers who were not especially pleased with the website s anti-porn work Seemed to be a crowdsourced form of Green Dam On 5 March, unidentitified hackers launched a DOS attack against China s first non-profit, http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290172.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290172.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-03-08 16:24:08 - The Dark Visitor - A lawmaker in Seoul says that China hacked South Korean networks in order to access plans the nation had to purchase an unmanned spy plane Shin Hak-Yong, a Democratic member of South Korea抯 parliament s defense committee, told local reporters that the Chinese hackers accessed systems used by the defense ministry, in order to access plans http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290154.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/290154.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-10-08 02:10:53 - The Dark Visitor - Via torproject comes a link to a China Digital TImes a site run at Berkeley that gives just a brief notice that some users behind the GFW are having their gmail login attempts redirected to hxxp 124117227201 web gmail where they are asked to enter their password Chinese users reporting this redirect believe that the redirects are being http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/255230.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/255230.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-07-27 03:44:33 - The Dark Visitor - I hate QQ too Just thought I would post something that isn t about LIGATT From one of my favorite sites, Danwei, comes an amusing post covering the China Computer World article cursing Tencent, one of the largest Internet companies in the PRC Tencent is the primary developer of QQ, what may be the most widely http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/244127.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/244127.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-05-20 00:36:19 - The Dark Visitor - Jhaddix posted something that caught my attention on twitter earlier today It mentioned that the well-known cc trading site carderscc had been compromised and that all of the user accounts, password hashes and some IP access logs were exposed here I thought it might be interesting to find out if there were any http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/223771.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/223771.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-04-07 04:09:09 - The Dark Visitor - The researchers at InfoWar Monitor and Shadow Server have released a great research paper that adds to the Ghostnet report from last year TDV gets a plug in the report for our chat with lost33 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/209556.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/209556.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-02-19 17:38:34 - The Dark Visitor - Loyal readers of TDV may remember Heike s post about Peng Yinan, aka Javaphile According to this NY Times article, the school that Yinan went to and occasionally teaches at was discovered to have been involved in the Google compromise revealed last month At this point, it is only the IP addresses that seem http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/193581.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/193581.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-21 06:15:57 - The Dark Visitor - July 26, 2004 In response to accusations that the Chinese government was involved in computer intrusions against ROK government agencies Some media reports that the Chinese government might be behind the hacking incident are groundless Chinese Embassy in Seoul no personal attribution December 15, 2005 Response to SANS comments about China being involved in world wide hacking Work units http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/183916.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/183916.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-16 15:51:03 - The Dark Visitor - One of the Chinese blogs I read had a post about this Baidu dictionary reference Loosely translated Freedom of Speech basically not in China It gives a link to a board where it may have picked up this definition The author, greysign, laments that there are rampant lawless anti-party elements slandering China http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/182392.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/182392.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-14 05:49:49 - The Dark Visitor - This is starting to get boring Lawyers for Cybersitter, the company that claims its intellectual property was ripped off by PRC companies that developed the green dam youth escort in home censorware are now claiming that they have been targeted in spear phishing style attacks Maybe the PRC companies didn t get all of the code the http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181429.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181429.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-13 07:12:55 - The Dark Visitor - In an apparent outrage at the defacing of Baidu, the great national symbol of the PRC interwebz, Chinese hacker have defaced an Iranian site that distributes information about diabetes Take that Iranian nationalist hackers http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181029.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181029.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-13 06:13:21 - The Dark Visitor - In what may be the most significant news posted to this blog in a long time, the Official Google Blog reports that Google will be working with the PRC government to deliver an unfiltered googlecn to users in the PRC If an agreement with the PRC government cannot be reached, googlecn may suspend operations From http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181018.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/181018.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-12 21:24:36 - The Dark Visitor - Several Chinese security bloggers and the Rising AV company are reporting that Chinese hackers are going after Iranian websites Apparently in response to the Baidu DNS compromise http translategooglecom translate sl auto tl en u httppourcents3Apourcents2Fpourcents2Fwwwhackbasecompourcents2Fnewspourcents2F2010-01-12pourcents2F32938html http translategooglecom translate sl auto tl en u httppourcents3Apourcents2Fpourcents2Fwwwhackbasecompourcents2Fnewspourcents2F2010-01-12pourcents2F32926html http translategooglecom translate sl auto tl en u httppourcents3Apourcents2Fpourcents2Fwwwhackbasecompourcents2Fnewspourcents2F2010-01-12pourcents2F32933html http translategooglecom translate sl auto tl en u httppourcents3Apourcents2Fpourcents2Fwwwhackbasecompourcents2Fnewspourcents2F2010-01-13pourcents2F32955html http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/180785.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/180785.shtml Secuobs.com : 2010-01-12 17:48:11 - The Dark Visitor - The Iranian Cyber Army has compromised the DNS records for baiducom by logging into their DNS management portal at registercom You might remember the Iranian Cyber Army from their recent twitter DNS compromise There are many blogs and news outlets reporting on this I know some readers might wonder if this will spark some sort of http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/180710.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/180710.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-12-23 03:14:28 - The Dark Visitor - My 中文 isn t nearly as good as Heike s as demonstrated here but I do believe that this pic posted to sunwear s baidu blog says that the PRC Internet is the most free You might remember sunwear he is the one that arp-jacked metasploitcom http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/175158.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/175158.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-12-23 02:22:32 - The Dark Visitor - The well-known ph4nt0m security group has made their latest edition available here zh-cn google xlate ToC Introduction - by root Flashsky interviews - by flashsky Struts2 framework of the security flaws - by kxlzx To focus on IP spoofing - by papaya Fuzz client-side storage objects, looking for client ddos - by woyigui Point defects in the use of application software http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/175148.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/175148.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-12-20 22:57:28 - The Dark Visitor - So it turns out that the changes CNNIC has made to restrict registration of cn TLD domains to business license holder has had at least a temporary impact on spam tactics Doesn t seem to have made any difference in the volume but spammers are now moving away from purchasing new inexpensive cn domains for spamming http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/174401.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/174401.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-12-14 05:39:14 - The Dark Visitor - Only verified businesses can register cn domains now http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/171607.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/171607.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-11-24 23:37:36 - The Dark Visitor - HT to Sunbelt for this article about the piloyd worm jacking up web pages in the PRC Not enough details yet to determine the vector According to Sunbelt s article, it is 8 41 on virustotalcom I ll update this post if I m able to collect a sample for analysis Here are some details from threatexpertcom http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/164857.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/164857.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-09-09 14:52:34 - The Dark Visitor - The article from Alibaba reports that the website was down on Tuesday but as of a few moments ago when I checked, it was back up and running The post-90 generation teens that run 200990admin com, wrote on their website, We are not Internet attackers, we are just a group of computer fans we are not http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/139119.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/139119.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-09-08 16:06:11 - The Dark Visitor - Taiwanese organizers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan s second largest city, plan to show the controversial film, Ten Conditions of Love next month, sparking outrage in the Chinese hacker community once again Given the fact that it is Taiwan, it is doubly outrageous The film s showing in Melbourne last month sent Chinese hackers on a mini-rampage, see here, here, here http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138690.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138690.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-09-07 17:11:29 - The Dark Visitor - Someone may want to alert Guinness that a new spin record was just set in China Despite its suspicious name, hackbasecom s operators want to let people know it is a legitimate computer school for defensive purposes and not an illegal hacking school We don t train hackers, instead we provide professional training for Internet security It s up to http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138477.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138477.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-09-07 17:11:29 - The Dark Visitor - This was posted by Scott Henderson Trying to comply with the law of the land Green Dam, the censorship software that the Chinese government wanted on all PCs sold in China, turned out to be a flop Beijing s still keen on exerting greater control over the Internet, though, and Jonathan Ansfield has a good story in http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138476.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/138476.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-09-01 09:27:18 - The Dark Visitor - Hong Lei More on Tomato Garden and the arrest of Hong Lei, the author of the pirated software Online polls show massive support for Hong Lei as a nationalist hero The Chinese IT community is abuzz with news of the arrest of Hong Lei, distributor of the popular Tomato Garden pirate version of Windows XP, which means http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/136436.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/136436.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-28 23:46:56 - The Dark Visitor - According to the chief editor of the newly launched Chinese Ministry of National Defense website, since its opening on 20 Aug 09, the site has been under assault from a variety of different types of hacker attacks The report notes that the attacks have not affected website operation http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/135698.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/135698.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-26 16:25:14 - The Dark Visitor - Bingo, the Telegraph sums up the Chinese internet in the title of this article China s internet the wild, wild East When it s fun, the Chinese Net seems like a wonderfully anarchic playground when it turns nasty, it s a nightmare from Lord of the Flies In many ways, the Internet simply reflects the diversity of Chinese society offline http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/134711.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/134711.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-26 16:25:14 - The Dark Visitor - Very good article from the NYT comparing social use of networks between the US and China Chinese broadband users above the age of 13 number 286 million, nearly double that of the US broadband population, says a new report from market analysts Netpop Research In five years, Netpop forecasts, that number will double http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/134710.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/134710.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-23 18:28:48 - The Dark Visitor - Not sure if this article on pirated XP supports or refutes Microsoft s recent attempt to enlist the cooperation of Chinese hackers Four Chinese hackers have been convicted of copyright infringement after pirating Microsoft s Windows XP operating system The hackers modified version of Windows XP, called Tomato Garden, which was downloaded by 10 million people http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133559.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133559.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-23 00:07:19 - The Dark Visitor - Running through the headlines this morning at PLA Daily and saw an article concerning a CNN poll that has angered Chinese netizens The survey asked if Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan s current president, should step down over his administration s handling of typhoon Morakot Over 80pourcents of the people responding felt that he should This poll, which has now been pulled by http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133486.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133486.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-22 12:24:37 - The Dark Visitor - Last year we reported on Xcon 2008, a Chinese hacker conference that is held annually in Beijing Well, for Xcon 2009, it looks like Microsoft, a sponsor of the program, is attempting to reach out to the security researchers attending the meeting Microsoft shared the stage with Chinese security researchers at a Beijing hacker conference on Wednesday, http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133410.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133410.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-21 06:56:52 - The Dark Visitor - Kang Lingyi According to reports, in 1999, Kang Lingyi participated in hacking the US Embassy and the White House over the accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade He then went on to fame founding several natioinalist websites An international controversy has broken out over an article he published on one of his websites called the China http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133037.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/133037.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-20 13:27:46 - The Dark Visitor - From what I can tell, just from a quick glance, the new Ministry of National Defense website isn t much different from the PLA Daily website Actually it has less information but this is a new website so it probably has to develop One interesting thing, the website banners are different for the English and Chinese http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/132728.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/132728.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-18 11:51:17 - The Dark Visitor - Hacker school enrollment advertisements seen all over the streets of Wuhan In the last few days, there have been several articles covering China s domestic hackers and their schools In the past, this type of recruiting activity was confined to the online world and kept out of view of the general public Now it is popping up http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131854.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131854.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-18 06:19:00 - The Dark Visitor - It seems that even prior to the Melbourne Film Festival controversy, Australia s diplomats may have been the targets of e-mail espionage attempts AUSTRALIA S diplomats have been warned about a fake email amid concerns it could be part of a cyber espionage attempt, possibly originating from China The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed yesterday staff had http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131743.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131743.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-15 18:38:08 - The Dark Visitor - Maritime Girl In November of 2008, Chinese hackers used the popularity of the the viral video Kappa Girl to infect an untold number of users In May of 2009, Chinese hackers started using pictures of the Maritime Girl for exactly the same purpose In the Mainland China Internet Security Report for the First Half of 2009, researchers http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131231.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/131231.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-14 15:07:00 - The Dark Visitor - In today s PCWorld, Owen Fletcher provides a comprehensive summary of events surrounding the recent clash of nationalist hackers in connection with the ethnic riots in Xinjiang Owen was kind enough to give the blog a plug and we really appreciate that Searches on Friday revealed a dozen Web sites of local Chinese government offices that had http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130918.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130918.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-14 09:26:46 - The Dark Visitor - China has decided to delay implementing Green Dam software From the WSJ The Chinese government may be waving a white flag in response to all the criticism of its Green Dam filtering software Beijing won t force the widespread installation of the Internet filtering program on PCs and other consumer products, China s industry minister, Li Yizhong, said Thursday http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130874.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130874.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-13 22:19:09 - The Dark Visitor - One of the Chinese bloggers that I follow reported that Uyghur separatists have defaced a handful of Chinese govcn sites The hacker s are known as Spy HackerZ and their handy work can be found with a simple google search for spy hackerz site govcn There are eight results all from different local government sites The Spy http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130687.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/130687.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-11 05:50:22 - The Dark Visitor - An English language news website in Shanghai reported that a denial of service attack had been launched on the site of the Shanghai license auction system on July 22 About 8000 people were hoping to get licenses for their newly purchased cars but were unable to reach the site due to the attack http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129659.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129659.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-09 07:52:36 - The Dark Visitor - More on the internal problems China is facing with its own hackers Hackers activities are now running wild because they have easy access to free online attack tools, he said Also, a majority of crackers are not aware of the dangers of their pranks Hackers, usually computer-savvy geeks who compromise other users computer http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129288.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129288.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-08 15:05:50 - The Dark Visitor - Chinese authorities arrested two people in connection with the hacking theft of approximately 360,000 US dollars from online South Korean bank accounts Since March of 2008, the two hackers had managed to access the accounts of 86 South Korean nationals Piao and Jin, both aged 27, were residents in Yanji, capital city of the prefecture http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129221.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129221.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-08 15:05:50 - The Dark Visitor - CCTV excerpt from Defense Review Week interview with network specialists Major General Hu Xiaofeng Deputy Director for the National Defense University Department of Information Warfare and Training Command and Professor Meng Xiangqing National Defense University Institute for Strategic Studies Program introduction Hackers suddenly break into the US Atlantic Fleet s command system, they instantaneously take control of http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129220.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/129220.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-07 14:28:45 - The Dark Visitor - Chinese hackers have once again attempted to disrupt the Melbourne International Film Festival but went left of target and defaced the Melbourne International Arts Festival website Hey, those sites have darn near the same name, could happen to anyone Meanwhile, Melbourne International Arts Festival general manager Vivia Hickman said it received reports from patrons that its http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128891.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128891.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-05 08:51:10 - The Dark Visitor - Thanks to everyone who showed up to the Dark Visitor meetup at DEFCON 17 It was a lot of fun and I had a great time joking around and talking shop with everyone The only gambling that I did was deciding on the Korean BBQ place close to the con hotel the food was http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128065.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128065.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-05 08:51:10 - The Dark Visitor - The picture seen above is an advertisement for a Chinese hacker training course Now I know many of you are struggling to process this information something seems wrong with the picture The reason your brain is having trouble with the image, is that it is located in a place called, the outdoors Like me, many http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128064.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/128064.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-08-01 15:23:55 - The Dark Visitor - Online sales for the Melbourne Film Festival s showing of the Ten Conditions of Love have been halted due to an attack on the website ticketing system by Chinese hackers According to AFP Chinese hackers crashed the website of Australia s biggest film festival, organisers said on Saturday, escalating tensions over a visit here by the exiled leader http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/127180.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/127180.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-30 06:50:41 - The Dark Visitor - Oh my, Chinese hackers may have cracked Windows 7 No need to connect to Microsoft activation server It must have been a complicated process, but in a nutshell, hackers reportedly used the leaked ISO file to get hold of the activation certificate that Microsoft digitally signed for the original equipment manufacturer, or OEM version of Windows http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/126368.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/126368.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-28 10:17:14 - The Dark Visitor - The Chinese hacker who defaced the Melbourne Film Festival website signed his message of protest with the sid Oldjun To obscure his online identity, he named his personal website Oldjuncom Some people just don t care about their chosen profession and it shows Even the people who have stopped by Oldjun s blog are dismayed by his total disregard http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125683.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125683.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-27 08:22:43 - The Dark Visitor - They were unhappy with the Melbourne Film Festival showing a documentary of Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer Chinese hackers sabotaged the website of Australia s biggest film festival over plans to screen a documentary about a Uighur activist China accuses of stirring unrest, a report said Sunday Hackers attacked the Melbourne International Film Festival website on Saturday, replacing information http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125260.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125260.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-27 08:22:43 - The Dark Visitor - Several news outlets are reporting that some Chinese hackers defaced with vile language the website of the Melbourne international film festival because they were reportedly screening a documentary film about Rebiya Kadeer, the president of the World Uyghur Congress I m looking for a defacement screenshot now http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125259.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/125259.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-23 15:15:44 - The Dark Visitor - Looks like we are going to have to add a new category to the blog at least until this damn mobile phone fade is over F-Secure s senior security response manager, Chia Wing Fei, explained that the Trojan would have allowed attackers to simply send a link via text message to a malicious Web site and prompt http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123941.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123941.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-23 05:19:10 - The Dark Visitor - Now for a break from the Adobe zero day stream The censors in the PRC are now apparently blocking searches and taking down articles related to a recent bribery scandal over a multi-million dollar contract in Namibia The censors at baiducn got a little ambitious and briefly blocked any searches that contain the word Namibia so http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123782.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123782.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-21 12:59:05 - The Dark Visitor - According to Yangtze River News, the author of the virus Panda Burning Incense, is due to be released from prison at year s end and plans on working in computer security Li Jun, also known as the Virus King, designed the Panda Burning Incense virus that wreaked havoc across the Chinese internet from December of 2006 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123010.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/123010.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-20 20:50:36 - The Dark Visitor - A recent online poll asked Chinese netizens Given a 100,000RMB month salary, what criminal job would you prefer the largest percentage of respondents chose Freelance Hacker over Human Trafficker, Assassin, Drug Dealer, Gambler, Gang Leader, Spy and Robber This reminds me a little bit of this report about a survey that indicated that many middle-school aged http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/122708.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/122708.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-19 20:23:13 - The Dark Visitor - In April of 2008, we reported Revenge of the Flame s plan to carry out a DDoS attack on the CNN website A series of events during that time period enraged the Chinese online community European nations harshly criticized China s response to the Tibetan uprising pro-Tibetan independence protesters in Paris tried to snatch the Olympic torch http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/122310.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/122310.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-16 16:24:44 - The Dark Visitor - Quantity has a quality all its own -Joseph Stalin China Daily reporting the new numbers from CNNIC on internet growth in China - 338 million internet users, 134pourcents increase since end of 2008 - 1296 million websites holding cn domain - 155 million people access the internet via their mobile phone - 8788 million people shopping online, an increase of 14 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/121402.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/121402.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-15 06:44:09 - The Dark Visitor - It is being reported that on 14 July 2009, more than ten police officers entered the China Hacker Union 77169com and took away members in order to question them about their role in breaking the Green Dam filtering software The head of China Hacker Union, Strange Dog, was taken away by police, while company personnel were http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120727.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120727.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-15 06:44:09 - The Dark Visitor - On 11 July 2009, Turkish hackers defaced China s National Satellite Meteorological Center website Even though the motivations behind the attack were unclear, Chinese netizens viewed it as the opening salvo in an online war over Xinjiang On 13 July 2009, a Chinese hacker calling himself the Mafia Baron defaced the Turkish Embassy in China and http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120726.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120726.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-15 01:51:25 - The Dark Visitor - The poster in the background above reads, recruiting hackers and was actually just meant to be humorous in order to attract the top IT applicants at the 2009 Spring Jobs Fair There were more than 300 companies offering 4,000 positions The same graphic also accompanied a different article but this was an interview with Chinese Air http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120608.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120608.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-15 01:51:25 - The Dark Visitor - Chinese hackers are annoying, it s a fact You ask them a simple question trying to establish if they were the person responsible for hacking the Turkish Embassy website and you get the run around Our hacker in question responds with the standard, I ve got no idea what you re talking about ANNOYING Then in our comments section, http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120607.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120607.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-14 06:15:04 - The Dark Visitor - According to Tang Xiang, special correspondent for the World Times, a friend of the publication informed him that the Turkish Embassy in China had been hacked on the 13th The hacker left his message in the website s headline demanding that the Turkish government not interfere in China s internal affairs After receiving the information, the reporter went http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120206.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/120206.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-10 05:47:04 - The Dark Visitor - The guy who arrives late to the party and starts rehashing what everyoneelse has been talking about for the last hour, that would be me Thisonline poll for the establishment of a Chinese Cyber Command is alittle over a week-old but I just saw it today, so you guys may haveto http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/118576.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/118576.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-10 05:47:04 - The Dark Visitor - UPDATE: Well, this update didn’t take long According Stanza: Uhhhh nopeThe site is back as of today Yesterdays news buddy Chop ChopHiiiii-ya Chinese hackers love the Milw0rm portal, so I follow itevery now and then Found out today that the site has been closed downby the owner Str0ke: Str0ke does not explain http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/118575.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/118575.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-08 14:11:09 - The Dark Visitor - It appears recent DDoS attacks on South Korean and US government websitesare linked The attacks occurred over the 4th of July weekend andcontinued for several days after the US holiday Speculation hasfallen squarely on either North Korean or Chinese hackers as the mainculprits; perhaps even a combination of the two As I http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/117986.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/117986.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-04 23:39:01 - The Dark Visitor - Nations develop defense capabilities and weapon systems based on threatperception While it is extremely difficult to predict future war, itis something each country must take seriously You don’t spend all ofyour military budget on coastal defense if estimates show it is morelikely you will engage in land warfare If military decision-makershttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116949.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116949.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-03 15:43:02 - The Dark Visitor - If you don’t read Chinayouren, you should Hell, I didn’t even know that“anonymous” netizens had planned an attack on Chinese censorsChinayouren is one of those people who is not only a fantasticlinguist but also very well attuned to the current social issues onthe Chinese net He certainly knows more about the http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116732.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116732.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-03 06:44:45 - The Dark Visitor - KnowSec is sharing the database and also reports finding more than 100trojan downloaders a day The database covers more Chinese Web sitesand provides more up-to-date information about their security than anyother, Zhao said in the interview China produces the majority of theworld’s malware, he said A history for each site in the databasehttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116599.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116599.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-02 17:09:26 - The Dark Visitor - During the Olympics Games, a secret organization was formed by a Chinesehacker named Wang Zi to protect Olympic websites against foreignhackers and while they won’t say, reprisals were probably takenagainst offenders This article, from the People’s Daily, details WangZi’s efforts to bring back the patriotic spirit of the Red HackerAlliance “The Tao http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116313.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116313.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-02 04:38:23 - The Dark Visitor - H/T: Mark Received an interesting e-mail from one of our readers namedMark who suggested I take a look at an article dealing with Chinesefears of US hackers and the possible threat to its cyber sovereignty:In that context, the article I came across in the English-languageChina Daily was an eye-opener The title was “China http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116095.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/116095.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-07-01 11:45:09 - The Dark Visitor - First, thank you to everyone who sent an e-mail asking if everything wasokay Yep, we are fine with the exception of a few missing images thatwill be replaced as time permits Second, Chinese hackers did not takeus down, it was a combination of the upgrade to WP 28 and GodaddyLong story http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/115757.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/115757.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-27 07:03:57 - The Dark Visitor - Hey Guys, This is something we here at TDV strongly support and hope youwill as well: Project Grey Goose is seeking to continue itsall-volunteer work in cyber warfare intelligence collection andanalysis by creating a non-profit entity to fund furtherinvestigations The Company will be called GreyLogic Jeff Carr, thefounder, is trying to raise funds http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/102061.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/102061.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-25 02:24:12 - The Dark Visitor - While placing the US flag in front of the house today, I thought of allthat it meant and those who sacrificed so much to defend it Soldierswere giving out poppies in front of the PX and my little one got astuffed “Buddy Poppy” A little dog covered with red poppies, it http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/101231.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/101231.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-23 21:57:32 - The Dark Visitor - Well, a large portion of it anyway A DDoS attack on one domain servercreated a cascade reaction that left five provinces struggling to getonline: This is what happened during the DNSPod incident, however, ittriggered a chain of unexpected events, which led to networkcongestions for the carrier networks DNSPod’s servers happen to behttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/101041.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/101041.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-22 18:44:19 - The Dark Visitor - Hey guys, just got back from China and picked up a couple of books thatshould be of interest The book on the right is InternationalSituation and Security Strategy by General Xiong Guangkai I readabout the book in China Daily and went all over Beijing to finallyfind it General Xiong is considered http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/100543.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/100543.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-19 12:21:04 - The Dark Visitor - So… There has been a lot of hype about the supposedly securemade-in-China OS called Kylin I’d like to take a moment of your timeto explain the backstory and provide some of the details that I wasable to find out after downloading it and taking it for a spin Thisall started with a http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/98208.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/98208.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-13 16:24:34 - The Dark Visitor - First, I want to thank JD Abolins for taking the time this week toschool me on cyber warfare Needed to get up to speed on the latestand greatest in current thinking on the subject and JD provided mewith chapter, line and verse As I recall, he was also one of thefirst http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/95697.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/95697.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-12 08:44:39 - The Dark Visitor - Robert McMillan, from PCWorld, was kind enough to give us a link in hisarticle on China strengthening its cyber laws However, the paperconcludes that the country’s laws are still in the early stages ofdevelopment “Gaps and inadequacies exist in traditional offenseprovisions,” said Qi, a senior lecturer in the Department of Computingat http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/94785.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/94785.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-09 06:19:46 - The Dark Visitor - In the last few days, the story of Yinghacker, “the most beautiful femalehacker in China,” has been making the rounds in Chinese news outletsand blogs Her exploits and earnings, in this male dominated society,have been posted by numerous online sources The number of malefriends added to her blog since the story http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/93908.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/93908.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-05-06 07:17:51 - The Dark Visitor - On May 1, a zip file was posted to wikileaksorg that contained severalinternal files that appear to be from Baiducn, the most popularsearch engine in the PRC There is an html file within the zip thatcontains several sections with a list of key phrases that will causethe search engine to filter the results This post contains anautomated translation of the categories and the block listhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/92547.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/92547.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-30 16:12:56 - The Dark Visitor - Mr Thomas has done extensive research into PLA cyber warfare and is thebest in the business on PRC strategy Understanding China’s strategicapproach to cyber warfare is essential to defending the United Statesfrom hackers, Timothy Thomas, an analyst at the Foreign MilitaryStudies Office at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, said in a lecture onhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/90522.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/90522.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-27 05:51:43 - The Dark Visitor - Some Chinese hackers have been arrested for performing DDoS extortionattacks The hackers launched a successful denial of service attack ona well-known website and then send an SMS text message asking for30,000RMB about 4,400 USD At least one of the hackers was arrestedon April 7th in Changsha City, Hunan Province See the rest http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/88476.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/88476.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-24 16:03:30 - The Dark Visitor - Best hobby in the world It was absolutely my privilege to spend a fewdays talking with Mara Hvistendahl on the subject of Chinese hackersShe is such a fantastic lady and I couldn’t have enjoyed our timemore While linking to our interview may seem a bit of shamelessself-promotion, I mainly wanted it on http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/87740.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/87740.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-24 13:13:12 - The Dark Visitor - H/T our friend: Wipe that smile off your face Very funny article on 10easy steps to writing the scariest cyberwarfare article ever, hits waytoo close to home With daily reports of severe breaches in nationalcybersecurity and devastating cyber-attacks on governmentinfrastructure, many journalists are in dire need of a manual toenlighten their writing http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/87711.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/87711.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-14 07:45:34 - The Dark Visitor - LEAD: On July 6th, 1776, the local New York press announced independenceThree days later George Washington read the document to his soldiersIn a rush of patriotic exuberance, militiamen and civilians rusheddown Broadway and at Bowling Green, mobbed a gilded equestrian statueof George III Underneath the gilded gold statue, lay 4,000 pounds ofhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/82985.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/82985.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-14 07:45:34 - The Dark Visitor - Nart Villeneuve reminds me once again why I shouldn’t post articles thatseem too hyped Responding to the recent story from the WSJ on Chineseand Russian hacker attacking critical infrastructure, Nart gives thema full blast: Articles like this are very irritating They are shortof detail and long on hype And when that hype http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/82984.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/82984.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-10 06:30:13 - The Dark Visitor - I’m originally from down south and a local expression suddenly came backto me tonight We had this crazy guy named George, lived a couple ofhouses down the road, always doing really strange things I remembermy uncle stopped by the house one day and said, “You know OleGeorge…law done come and got http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/81839.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/81839.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-09 04:51:19 - The Dark Visitor - Found this on D0mber’s Basecamp and I think they are right: Lost33’s logoon his blog: And a character from Warcraft III, called footman: Nowall the links are all completehttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/81339.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/81339.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-08 13:24:29 - The Dark Visitor - In the past, I’ve avoided posting articles on potential damage to USinfrastructure from Chinese hackers and others because they seemed toohyped in my opinion However, this report on critical infrastructurefrom this WSJ is a tad bit better, even though they don’t name all oftheir sources…understand why but I still don’t http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/80958.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/80958.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-08 13:24:29 - The Dark Visitor - Busy couple of months for Chinese hackers Using e-mail to targetpotential victims might not be sophisticated but it is effective:SEOUL, Apr 08, 2009 AsiaPulse via COMTEX — Chinese hackers targetingSouth Korean government computers gained access to classifiedinformation and financial policies, officials here said Wednesday Thecompromised computers, located at the finance ministry http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/80957.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/80957.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-04 17:22:56 - The Dark Visitor - Remember the fable about the Scorpion and the Frog Well, we got stung…Lost33 did not make contact with Jumper last night In fact, it seemshe spent the night changing his QQ number and deleting all info fromhis blog The website is now completely empty, except for a change tohis personal data Lost33 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/79718.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/79718.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-04 01:07:28 - The Dark Visitor - Yep, that would be us… According to researchers at IWM, Lost33’sinformation was only included in the GhostNet report because hismalware was found on two computers associated with the Dalai Lama’snetwork However, it was different from the remote control access toolgh0stRAT that made up the backbone of GhostNet From the report byRobert Lemos http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/79330.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/79330.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-02 19:44:43 - The Dark Visitor - First, hats off to the researchers at IWM They did great work on theGhostNet project and we owe them a debt of gratitude for sharing itwith us The Hunt One aspect skipped over in the GhostNet report werethe e-mails associated with the websites, losttemp33@hotmailcom andopanpan@gmailcom For the last two days, Jumper and I http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/78528.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/78528.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-02 13:20:37 - The Dark Visitor - I posted this yesterday on a Chinese blog and Jumper has been trying toreach him via QQ: The note asks the owner of the website if he wouldbe willing to discuss the GhostNet matter with us He logged on forseveral hours after the question had been posted but has not respondedas of this http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/78366.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/78366.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-04-01 15:51:29 - The Dark Visitor - Ashok Sharma, from the AP, asked me this question yesterday and here wasmy response from his article Dalai Lama condemns hacking of computers:Scott Henderson, author of The Dark Visitor, a self-published bookabout Chinese hackers, said he thought it was feasible that theattacks described in the report could have been carried out by http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/77959.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/77959.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-29 18:27:34 - The Dark Visitor - The group Information War Monitor conducted a 10-month investigation intothe activities of Chinese hackers and their final report will bereleased on Monday: A China-based cyber spy network has hacked intogovernment and private systems in 103 countries, including those ofmany Indian embassies and the Dalai Lama, an internet research groupsaid here Saturday The Information http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/76535.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/76535.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-28 17:54:00 - The Dark Visitor - Just damn, damn, damn When a reporter makes several attempts to contactyou, get back with the guy The author of this article, Oded Yaron,tried numerous times to get in touch with me and we missed each otherMy fault, not his He still gave our website a plug without mentioningthat one of the http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/76327.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/76327.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-26 13:49:27 - The Dark Visitor - H/T Vinh The 2009 Annual Report to Congress on the Military Power of thePeople’s Republic of China is out Yes, it does talk about cyberwarfare and hacking, enjoy Here is your link to the PDF filehttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/75512.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/75512.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-25 13:34:18 - The Dark Visitor - Hackers gotta eat too Robert McMillan, from IDG News Service, providesanother great article looking at the Chinese cybercrime industry: WithChina’s economy cooling down, some of the country’s IT professionalsare turning to cybercrime, according to a Beijing-based securityexpert Speaking at the CanSecWest security conference last week, WeiZhao, CEO of Knownsec, a Beijing security company, http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/75026.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/75026.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-25 07:30:22 - The Dark Visitor - This was provided via Terri at Tipping Point a must read blog: I’vebeen out of the loop for a bit but the real world has been callingTerri makes a great point that this is an important article tounderstand: A veteran Chinese intelligence officer who defected to theUnited States says that his country’s civilian http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/74943.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/74943.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-21 18:08:12 - The Dark Visitor - Zhao Wei, CEO of Knownsec aka icbm, formerly with Venustech and McAfeegave a presentation at the recent Cansecwest security conference Thepresentation was covered by securityfocuscom yesterday In thepresentation, Mr Zhao asserts that all of the attacks that are comingfrom China are the result of its many compromised computers Further,any country http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/73433.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/73433.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-11 04:43:11 - The Dark Visitor - From Techspot: Apple may have a big problem on its hands with iTunes giftcards According to Chinese record industry consultancy firm,Outdustry, the algorithm behind the cards has been cracked and as aresult $200 voucher codes are being sold for as little as $260online Read the rest herehttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69986.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69986.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-09 21:28:34 - The Dark Visitor - Things that freakin’ haunt you Once when I was in Beijing, a teacherasked me about the meaning of the phrase, “dressed to the nines” Shewas using the Madonna soundtrack, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” to helpher class learn English: Me: Oh, it means to be well dressed Her:Horror What is the origin of http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69237.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69237.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-09 21:28:34 - The Dark Visitor - If your potential pool of competitors includes Chinese hackers, you maywant to rethink canceling their competition The Secretary General ofthe Chinese Computer Association announced that they were not going tohold the National Olympiad in Informatics Competition and someone tookit poorly In one day the hacker defaced the websites of the ChinaComputer Federation, http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69236.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69236.shtml Secuobs.com : 2009-03-09 21:28:34 - The Dark Visitor - Warnings are going out from Chinese anti-virus companies to use cautionwhen shopping online for women’s clothing International Women’s Daywill be celebrated around the world on 8 March and security personnelhave issued a warning that fashion websites are highly attractivetargets for Chinese hackers Who knewhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69235.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/69235.shtml