Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News Experts have warned of serious security flaws in the Chinese government's censorship software, which could open the door to hackers creating huge botnets. Programming errors in the Green Dam Youth Escort software, which the Chinese Ministry of...
[June 12, 2009, 14:56]
Windows Live to get censorware
News Microsoft expects to release a first version of new, no-cost parental control software for Windows XP by the end of June, the company said on Monday. As reported earlier, the software, called Windows Live Family Safety
[March 14, 2006, 8:35]
Green Dam exploit in the wild
News An exploit for a flaw in censorware mandated by the Chinese government has been made publicly available for download on the internet. The Chinese government has ordered Green Dam censorware, billed as a pornography filter, to come preinstalled on...
[June 25, 2009, 17:09]
Peacefire throws Web-filter grenade
News One group, the Censorware Project, decided it would disseminate information about filters, but would not release code or applications to disarm them, said Censorware member Jonathan Wallace. Porn-blocking Web filters from Net Nanny, CyberSitter...
[December 19, 2000, 9:24]
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government has ordered the makers of the Green Dam Youth Escort censorware to rush out a patch. The censorship software has been downloaded over 3.5 million times since August 2008, according to its makers Jinhui Computer System...
[June 16, 2009, 15:42]
Chinese gov't in further Green Dam concessions
Blog PC makers will no longer have to pre-install Green Dam censorware on PCs in China, the government has announced. The official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday that Li Yizhong, China's minister of industry and information technology, had...
[August 13, 2009, 17:54]
Porn outsmarts search filters
News Search companies are increasingly turning to censorware to court G-rated customers such as corporations, schools and parents, but they're still showing too much skin. The shortcomings of porn filters were on display last week when Google launched a...
[July 2, 2001, 14:11]
