Smartphone security gap exposes location, texts, email, expert says

latimes.comJust as U.S. companies are coming to grips with the threats to their computer networks emanating from cyber spies based in China, a noted expert is highlighting what he says is an even more pernicious vulnerability in smartphones. Dmitri Alperovitch, the former McAfee cyber security researcher who is best known for identifying a widespread China-based [...]

Chinese Telecoms May Be Spying on Large Numbers of Foreign Customers

theatlantic.comA U.S. Congressional probe is investigating whether China’s state-linked firms, which built much of the communications infrastructure in several Asian countries, is using its access for snooping. Two Chinese telecommunications giants are under scrutiny by a US congressional committee. The outcome of the probe could have revealing implications for Central Asian states, which have used [...]

Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery

Note: Having recently traveled to China, I can attest to Mr. Lieberthal’s concerns….Do yourself (and your company) a favor, Just accept the fact that you “will” be collected against…and take Mr. Lieberthal’s advice…very seriously.  JDL nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO — When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he [...]

U.S. Headed For Cyberwar Showdown With China In 2012

forbesThe new year is likely to bring a distinct shift in U.S. national security priorities, as the Obama Administration and Congress sharpen their response to China’s continuous assault on U.S. information networks.  Although intelligence-community analysts believe the most sophisticated intrusions are being executed by a relatively small number of agents linked to the general staff of China’s Peoples [...]

Chinese Computer Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

foxnews WASHINGTON –  A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar with the matter. The break-in at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of the boldest known infiltrations [...]

Chinese hackers hit Boston Scientific

massdevice.comBoston Scientific is one of 760 firms hit by China-based cyber attacks.Med-tech titan Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) was one of 760 companies hit by Chinese cyber attacks that also targeted U.S. government agencies, research universities and Internet providers. It’s not clear whether the Natick, Mass.-based medical device maker lost any sensitive information in the attack. “We’re [...]

China ‘Incredibly Aggressive’ in Cyber Theft

cnbc.comChina is stealing online information from the United States and feeding the data to homegrown companies for commercial benefit, Michael Hayden, Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency said at the Black Hat Technical Security Conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. He pointed out that as an intelligence officer, he was “impressed” with the sophistication [...]

U.S. Calls Out China and Russia for Cyber Espionage Costing Billions

foxnews Hey, China and Russia, get off of our clouds. That’s the warning from a new U.S. national intelligence director’s report to Congress released Thursday that states China and Russia are the biggest perpetrators of economic espionage through the Internet.  The report, Foreign Spies Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace, also warns that the efforts to calculate the cost [...]

Cyber spy campaign targets chemical industry: Symantec

(AFP) SAN FRANCISCO — US Internet security firm Symantec on Monday exposed a cyber spying campaign targeting trade secrets at top chemical firms and linked the industrial espionage to a man in China. At least 48 companies, including some that make advanced materials for military vehicles, were targeted in a campaign Symantec dubbed “Nitro” given [...]

FBI: Tech firms face spy risk

democratandchronicle.com Kexue Huang, a scientist and native of China, pleaded guilty last week in a federal court to swiping millions of dollars worth of trade secrets from Dow Chemical Co. and Cargill Inc. for other people doing research in Germany and China. A federal jury last month ordered South Korea’s Kolon Industries to pay DuPont [...]