China
Operation Aurora hack was counterespionage, not China picking on Tibetan activists
Claims are made that the Aurora hackers weren't just Chinese-sponsored hackers bent on messing with Tibetan activists.
Rather it was a Chinese counterintelligence operation that sought to discover if the US had uncovered the identity of clandestine agents operating within its borders.
China blamed for EADS and ThyssenKrupp hack attacks
EADS, maker of the Eurofighter, says that Chinese hackers attacked its computer network last year.
Is your company prepared reducing the likelihood of a successful targeted attack?
Unit 61398: A Chinese cyber espionage unit on the outskirts of Shanghai?
Security researchers at Mandiant have published a lengthy report, which appears to track a notorious hacking gang right to the door of a building belonging to the People's Liberation Army of China.
Botnet master abuses Facebook for pocket money, researchers reveal
A Chinese hacker's main job may well be running a botnet of malware-clotted zombie PCs, but there's always time left in the day for selling fake Likes, apparently.
Monday review - the hot 27 stories of the week
Just in case you missed any of our stories last week, here's a little recap.
China is still hacking the Wall Street Journal, claims Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch claims that the Wall Street Journal is still being troubled by hackers, after a week of Chinese hacking revelations.
US Department of Energy hacked, employees' personal information stolen
The US Department of Energy has been hit by a "sophisticated cyber attack" in the last few weeks, which resulted in the personal information of several hundred employees being compromised.
Was China behind the attacks, or not?
Chinese hackers break into the New York Times, steal every employee's password
Chinese hackers have been infiltrating the newspaper's networks, broken into the email accounts of senior staff, stolen the corporate passwords for every Times employee and used those to gain access to the personal computers of 53 employees.
Internet Explorer zero-day exploit found on more websites. Fingers point towards Elderwood Project
SophosLabs, has uncovered two new sites which have been hit by the recently discovered Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability - a community seeking independence from China, and an Iranian oil firm's website.
Google: Government surveillance of the internet is on the rise
Google has released its semi-annual Transparency Report, saying that it received more than 20,000 requests for user data in the first half of 2012 - a sign of greater government surveillance.
Tipsy Twitter apologises for password reset frenzy, but a real hack sparked it
While it did get a little tipsy with password-reset gusto, plenty of Twitter accounts were in fact hacked.
Fingers of blame are pointed towards eastwards, with China watchers well-represented on the list of accounts hacked, but perpetrators of such attacks are tough to pin down.
National security threat or not? Huawei offers Australia unrestricted access to code
The company blames its own poor communications for what it calls "myths and misinformation" that have led to multiple countries banning its equipment.
But reports of Huawei's almost-sale of banned telecom equipment to Iran underscores fears that the company is sloppy at best, a vector for cyber attack at worst.
Huawei UK makes a blunder with its online careers page
Chinese technology giant Huawei, under the spotlight following US concerns that its technology could be used for undercover surveillance, has made an elementary mistake in regards to its UK careers page.
US investigators will call for ban on Huawei, ZTE over spying concerns
The US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee will issue a report Monday that recommends that Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE should be barred from the American market because their products could be used to undermine domestic cyber security.
Monday review: the hot 21 stories of the week
In case you missed anything, here's a list of every story we've written in the last week, for your reviewing pleasure.
Microsoft settles lawsuit against 3322 dot org, reveals scale of Nitol botnet in China
Just over two weeks ago, we wrote enthusiastically about Microsoft's legal action against 3322 dot org.
That lawsuit has now been settled, with 3322 dot org's operator agreeing to a range of security-related conditions to get his domain back.
How a single spam from China ended up as an attack on the White House
FoxNews leads today with a story entitled "Washington confirms Chinese hack attack on White House computer."
It sounds very dramatic, but which computer? What attack? Where in China? Find out the story behind the story.
DDoS attack stymies vote in Miss Hong Kong beauty contest
Residents of Hong Kong were up in arms after a popular, online vote to select the next Miss Hong Kong was sabotaged by a distributed denial-of-service attack, forcing the pageant’s judges to pick the winner on their own.
357 arrested in massive cybercrime sting in Philippines
Police in the Philippines have arrested more than 350 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in a massive sting operation against a phone-based account takeover scam.
What the FBI didn't tell us about the hotel malware threat
Do you use the internet in hotels when travelling abroad? Do you think it's safe to do so?
The FBI thinks you should be careful.. but is being surprisingly coy about the details.
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