China
China is targeting smaller nations with Cyber Attacks
Microsoft released its Digital Defense Report of 2022, in which it clearly specified that China was targeting smaller nations with intense digital attacks to gather intelligence via cyber espionage. Its actual aim behind this activity is to internationally strengthen the nation’s stand both economically and to attain an utmost position in military influence. Most of […]
USA blacklists two more Chinese Telecom firms for data security concerns
In the year 2018, Donald Trump, the then US President, issued an executive order to block Huawei, as the company’s activities on the American soil were deemed to be suspicious and posed as a threat to National Security. Now, during the regime of Joe Biden as the President, the white house based on the recommendation […]
US NSA hacks Chinese Aviation University
For the first time in the history of cyber attacks, a China-based university serving Aviation industry has accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for hacking into its servers to steal intelligence related to aviation, aerospace and navigation study material. According to ‘The Global Times’, Northwestern Polytechnical University based in Shaanxi Province of China […]
Now Russia and China companies face data breaches
Russian streaming platform ‘START’ has admitted that a portion of data from its 2021 database was stolen by hackers, who are now distributing some samples to affirm their claims. START has acknowledged the cyber attack that could have led to the leak of info such as email ids, usernames and phone numbers. The only good […]
China was spying on Australian defense servers for months
In what seems to be a startling revelation made by Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, China has been conducting espionage on Australian defense and energy servers for months, thus stealing intelligence and spying on the activities conducted by the officials. It was a well-planned attack conducted by a hacking group named Red Ladon, say experts from the […]
Is banning Chinese products in the name of National Security working for countries
Donald Trump, during his regime as President of America, imposed a ban on the use of Huawei and Dahua products across the states as the two companies are alleged to be conducting corporate espionage to steal intellectual property. And western countries like Australia, the UK, Canada, and Europe followed the same. But is this ban […]
China to indulge in data security assessment for cross border data transfers
The Cyberspace Administration of China has implemented security assessments for all data transfers that are taking place across borders. That means, any data that is being transmitted to foreign servers, irrespective of the reason, will be analyzed and then permitted to other borders. The measures were outlined by the CAC regarding the China’s Personal Information […]
China can Cyber Attack 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Election UK
There is a high probability that Chinese hackers could target the 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Election of the UK, as Britain’s spy chiefs warn that the online postal voting scheme of Tory Leadership Election this year is vulnerable to multiple cyber-attack campaigns. We have seen Russian infiltrating the government networks of Ukraine from January 2022 […]
Hackers targeting journalists across the World
All these days we have seen hackers targeting companies, individuals, politicians and celebrity stalwarts. But now, security research conducted by Proofpoint says that APT groups are now after journalists across the world and are interested in gaining access to classical information, n sources, manipulate their news drafts and postings and use their credentials to get […]
China accuses India of launching Cyber Attacks on Pakistan
For the first time in history, China has openly criticized India for launching cyber attacks on Pakistan’s critical infrastructure using a Chinese code name. It also accused the Indian Subcontinent of terrorizing cyberspace by weaponizing IT for some objectives. India has counter-attacked its neighbor, saying it was falsely attempting to malign the image of the […]
