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Hong Kong 2nd biggest cyberattack target worldwide

By Elmer W. Cagape Wed, Nov 09, 2011 1:05PM UTC View Comments

Do you live in Hong Kong and often receive emails that look suspicious? Beware, as the city gets the tag as second biggest target of malicious email messages, someone could steal your identity or gain unauthorized access to your financial records online. Symantec, an Internet security company, revealed that one out of every 180 e-mails...

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SKorean military hit by 2,770 hacking attempts

By AP News Wed, Sep 28, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A ruling party lawmaker says South Korean military websites have been hit by more than 2,770 hacking attempts in the past year. Kim Ok-lee said in a statement Wednesday that no damage was reported and it’s not known where the attacks originated. She says information provided by the Defense Ministry...

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China says it was targeted in 500,000 cyberattacks

By AP News Tue, Aug 09, 2011 11:52PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — Nearly 500,000 cyberattacks were aimed at computers in China last year and almost half originated overseas, the government said Tuesday, following recent suggestions Beijing might be behind long-term security attacks internationally. The vast majority of the attacks a Chinese monitoring agency reported were in the form of Trojan horse malware that installs...

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Taiwan opposition says computers hacked by Chinese

By AP News Tue, Aug 09, 2011 5:30AM UTC View Comments

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s main opposition party said Tuesday its headquarters has been the target of a sustained hacking attack from China and one instance of hacking from the government in Taipei. Deputy Director Alex Huang of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Policy Research Committee linked the computer attacks to Taiwan’s quadrennial presidential and legislative...

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Chinese paper says hacking claim ‘irresponsible’

By AP News Fri, Aug 05, 2011 7:38PM UTC View Comments

This screen shot shows the McAfee website. Pic: AP

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese state newspaper on Friday rejected suggestions Beijing might be behind global cyberattacks over the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonprofit groups and corporations. The ruling Communist Party flagship People’s Daily said it was “irresponsible” to link China with Internet hacking attacks reported by computer security firm...

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