Vendor warns of 'Chinese' website attacks
News The attackers appear to be avoiding compromising Chinese government websites, while the attack code contains the text string "Silent love China", wrote ScanSafe researcher Mary Landesman in a blog post.
[May 20, 2008, 16:54]
Microsoft's 'freedom and democracy' row in China
News According to the FT, the MSN website is blocking anti-communist phrases by sending an error message to anyone using the words, in a bid to avoid upsetting the Chinese government. Microsoft may have banned the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from...
[June 13, 2005, 17:30]
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]
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. Chinese government news agency Xinhua reported that Jinhui Computer System Engineering, which...
[June 12, 2009, 14:56]
Chinese MSN: Microsoft admits to censoring 'list of words'
News Microsoft dodged the question of censorship earlier this week, after an article in the Financial Times accused it of scrubbing the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from the Chinese version of its MSN website.
[June 16, 2005, 15:10]
Intel may start making chips in China
News Numerous organisations, including The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, reported on Tuesday that Intel and the Chinese government have signed an agreement that would see Intel build a $2.5bn chipmaking plant in the northeast port city...
[March 14, 2007, 9:07]
Amnesty: ISPs must protect free speech
News Yahoo has been accused of helping the Chinese government catch cyber-dissidents, while Google has admitted that it may have been a mistake to launch a censored version of its search engine for the Chinese market.
[February 19, 2007, 12:15]
Enemies of the internet named
News They should know that Cisco is collaborating with the Chinese Government. Cisco supplies routers to the Chinese Government, which are used to maintain the "great firewall of China". It inspects web traffic for certain keywords that the Chinese...
[November 8, 2006, 13:09]
UN agency investigates curbs on internet anonymity
News Leaked documents suggest a United Nations telecommunications agency is drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of internet communications and potentially curbing the...
[September 15, 2008, 13:31]
Parliament to discuss child porn regulations
Talkback I fear that if the technology is implimented as it is, there can be no end to what other people decide should and should not be permitted by internet users.people also need to remember (in reference to the child porn area) the internet is a global...
[July 27, 2005, 0:57]
Did Chinese install spyware on Indian government computers?
Blog There has been speculation that this spyware attack may be linked to China, however it's important to realise that even if Chinese servers are involved that they may not necessarily be under the control of the Chinese authorities.
[February 16, 2009, 13:44]
Huawei-3Com merger suffers setback in US
News The Financial Times also reported on Thursday that Chinese authorities have appealed to the US government asking for "fair and legal" treatment. The proposed merger between networking company 3Com, private-equity firm Bain Capital and Chinese...
[February 26, 2008, 15:19]
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. Jinhui on Monday told the People's Daily, an officially sanctioned Chinese publication, that the company had been ordered by a government...
[June 16, 2009, 15:42]
North and South Korea unite over Linux
News They also promised to work to iron out differences in IT terminology between South and North Koreans and Korean Chinese. The idea was suggested by Hee-tak Moon of the Korea Open Source Software Association (Kossa) in South Korea, and approved by...
[November 30, 2007, 15:31]
Internet best practice contest launched
News Nominet's policy director, Emily Taylor, pointed out that last year's inaugural IGF meeting in Athens had seen the Chinese authorities speaking with Amnesty International, a scene she described as remarkable, although "not comfortable".
[June 6, 2007, 13:56]
