Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8m (£6.8m) over a multi-million dollar insider trading scam. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) said Iat Hong, 26, Bo Zheng, 30,…
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US trade lobbying group attacked by suspected Chinese hackers
The lobbying group has pledged to work on U.S.-China trade issues with President Trump By Grant Gross A group of what appears to be Chinese hackers infiltrated a U.S. trade-focused…
Chinese hackers go after third-party IT suppliers to steal data
The hacking group APT10 has been blamed for the global cyberespionage campaign. By Michael Kan Companies that choose to outsource their IT operations should be careful. Suspected Chinese hackers have…
Chinese Trojan Spreads Via Fake Base Stations
By Phil Muncaster Security experts have uncovered a sophisticated cyber-attack campaign in China designed to spread Android malware via fake mobile base stations. The “Swearing Trojan” malware – so named…
185,000-plus Wi-Fi cameras on the web with insecure admin panels
Just unplug them now before someone writes a botnet, okay? By Richard Chirgwin Get ready for the next camera-botnet: a Chinese generic wireless webcam sold under more than 1,200 brands…
UK targeted by 'dozens' of serious cyber attacks each month
Britain’s security has been threatened by 188 high-level cyber attacks in the last three months, according to a government security chief. Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the National Cyber Security…