China: hacking gets industrial
China has long been known for cheap mass production. Now an arrest made by the Beijing police has revealed that this business model has taken root even in Chinese cybercrime. A man surnamed Zhao has...
View ArticleAn awful lot of file sharing in Brazil
When the US Justice Department shut down Megaupload.com on January 19, it must have expected a furious reaction. Under the banner of hacker collective Anonymous and using the slogan Mega Tango Down,...
View ArticleCybercrime: hacking away at EM fortunes
Internet and mobile technology provide new opportunities in emerging markets – not least for crime. This year Russia, China and South Africa have recorded the highest rates of cybercrime globally....
View ArticleCEE tech: Cisco snaps up Czech security group Cognitive
Nicholas Watson of bne John Chambers is true to his word. Just weeks after the Cisco Systems chief executive said he had written a blank cheque to beef up its security business, the US technology giant...
View ArticleAmcham China: data theft is rife
More than a quarter of US companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in China say they have had trade secrets stolen or compromised through cyber-attacks on their China operations, adding...
View ArticleIndia’s star cricketers: cyberlures
On Sunday evening, the Mumbai Indians beat the Chennai Super Kings by a 23-run margin to win the sixth Indian Premier League cricket tournament. But the championship has ended not with pomp and glory...
View ArticleS Korea – China: best of cyber friends
While other countries – the US in particular – are incresasingly wary of Chinese telecoms and cyber activity, no such problems for Korea. It has emerged as a new area of cooperation between the two...
View ArticleRussia’s silent war against the west
As revelations about cyber-attacks launched against the US last autumn show, Russia is engaged in a relentless intelligence war against the west. Other targets of Russian cyber-warfare have included...
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