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U.S. Companies Are Crying Foul Over China's Oversight of Monopoly and Pricing Issues
May 26, 2014U.S. companies are crying foul over China’s oversight of monopoly and pricing issues, as antitrust enforcement threatens to further sour Sino-American business ties already damaged by a row over cyber espionage. The U.S. Chamber of ...
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Suspected Iran-Based Hacking Group Has Shown Increased Ambition Over The Past Few Months
May 14, 2014A suspected Iran-based hacking group known for defacing websites has shown increased ambition over the past few months, targeting U.S. defence contractors and Iranian dissidents, according to a new report from security company FireEye. ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT
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There's a Shortage Computer Hackers Willing to Fight Back Against Cyber Criminals
Oct 16, 2013There's a shortage computer hackers willing to fight back against cyber criminals on behalf of government and businesses, a former White House security chief has warned. "As with anything, it really comes down to human capital and there ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, web security
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What If The Vendor Is One of The World's Largest PC Makers?
Aug 13, 2013If US intelligence agencies ban the computers of a Chinese company from classified networks should companies also avoid the same products? What if the vendor is one of the world’s largest PC makers? Those questions are not academic. ...
Tags: China-Based Lenovo
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The Web Porn Filter Praised by David Cameron Recently Is Operated by Huawei
Jul 29, 2013The web porn filter praised by David Cameron recently is operated by Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications firm that politicians in the UK and US have voiced concerns about. According to the BBC, UK-based employees of Huawei have the ...
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Huawei's Profits for The First Half of The Year Were up 10 Per Cent
Jul 25, 2013Chinese telecoms hardware maker Huawei says that its profits for the first half of the year were up 10 per cent, after posting its operating interim results for 2013. It follows an increase in revenue of almost 11 per cent over the same ...
Tags: Huawei, telecoms hardware
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Government Is to Review Huawei's Cyber Security Evaluation Centre
Jul 23, 2013The government is to review Huawei's Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (the Cell) and will report its findings later in the year. The Chinese telecommunications firm, which has flourished on a global scale in recent years, has been ...
Tags: Computer Products, huawei
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The Gang Has Been Using The Dropbox File-Sharing Service for Roughly The Last 12 Months
Jul 17, 2013The Chinese cyber-spies behind the widely publicised espionage campaign against?The New York Times?have added Dropbox and WordPress to their bag of spear-phishing tricks. The gang, known in security circles as the DNSCalc gang, has been ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Prison Sentences for Hacking and Cyber Crime Are Set to Rise Across Europe
Jul 8, 2013Prison sentences for hacking and cyber crime are set to rise across Europe if a new draft directive becomes law, as the EU looks to combat cyber espionage and cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure. A draft directive set ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The UK Government Has Defended a Deal with Chinese Telecommunications Provider Huawei
Jun 6, 2013The UK government has defended a deal with Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei, which MPs have labelled as a possible risk to national security. The 2005 deal saw Huawei granted permission to provide BT with equipment for its ...
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A Top Chinese Official Claims to Have 'Mountains of Data'
Jun 5, 2013A top Chinese official claims to have ‘mountains of data' showing evidence of hacking originating from the US. Huang Chengqing, director of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, China, US
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Threats Have Both Risen Significantly in The First Quarter of This Year
Jun 3, 2013Threats from malware specifically targeting social media and the number of spam emails have both risen significantly in the first quarter of this year. That's according to the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2013, which reveals that ...
Tags: Social Media Malware, McAfee
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Security Researchers From Trend Micro Have Uncovered an Active Cyber-Espionage Operation
May 20, 2013Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyber-espionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and ...
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China Is Still a Safe Place as a Tech Subcontractor for Foreign Businesses
May 16, 2013China's reputation for security may have been marred by recent U.S. accusations of state-sponsored hacking but the nation is still a safe place as a tech subcontractor for foreign businesses, according to one of China's largest IT ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT, IT outsourcing
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Chinese Cyber Espionage Activities Are Fueling a Rapid Modernization of The Defense
May 9, 2013Chinese cyber espionage activities are fueling a rapid modernization of the country's defense and high tech industries, the Pentagon said in an unusually candid assessment of China's military and security developments last year. In a ...
Tags: Computer Products, Pentagon