Security News

Marriott Hack Reported as Chinese State-Sponsored
2018-12-13 12:37

The New York Times and Reuters are reporting that China was behind the recent hack of Mariott Hotels. Note that this is still uncomfirmed, but interesting if it is true. Reuters: Private...

U.S. Believes Chinese Intelligence Behind Marriott Hack
2018-12-13 02:36

The United States said Wednesday that China was behind the massive hack of data from hotel giant Marriott, part of an ongoing global campaign of cyber-theft run by Beijing. read more

Super Micro Says Its Gear Wasn’t Bugged By Chinese Spies
2018-12-12 15:17

The news comes amid reports that a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort was behind the massive Marriott hotel data breach.

EU Should Worry About Huawei, Other Chinese Firms: Official
2018-12-07 15:06

The European Union and its citizens should be "worried" about telecoms giant Huawei and other Chinese firms that cooperate with Beijing's intelligence services, a senior EU official warned Friday....

Chinese Government Suspected in Marriott Hack: Report
2018-12-06 17:08

The massive Marriott data breach affecting as many as 500 million individuals may be the work of hackers sponsored by the Chinese government, Reuters learned from several people investigatin read more

Hackers Earn $1 Million for Zero-Day Exploits at Chinese Competition
2018-11-19 11:42

White hat hackers earned more than $1 million for exploits disclosed at the Tianfu Cup PWN hacking competition that took place on November 16-17 in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan...

Chinese Hackers Target UK Engineering Company: Report
2018-11-14 17:06

Recent attacks on an engineering company in the United Kingdom were attributed to a China-related cyber-espionage group despite the use of techniques usually associated with Russian threat actors....

US Panel Warns Against Government Purchase of Chinese Tech
2018-11-14 14:44

A congressional advisory panel says the purchase of internet-linked devices manufactured in China leaves the United States vulnerable to security breaches that could put critical infrastructure at...

Chinese Cyber Threat: NSA Confirms Attacks Have Escalated
2018-11-12 16:18

'Defending Forward' Is New Military Mantra for Defending Government NetworksWith cyber espionage attacks from China escalating over the past year, the NSA's Rob Joyce says the U.S. government is...

VMware Patches VM Escape Flaw Disclosed at Chinese Hacking Contest
2018-11-09 15:21

VMware informed customers on Friday that patches are available for a critical virtual machine (VM) escape vulnerability disclosed recently by a researcher at the GeekPwn2018 hacking competition. read more