http://www.thedarkvisitor.com Tracking the history, organization, exploits and government affiliation of Chinese hackers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:54:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One thing that has always interested me is the types of targets Chinese hackers seek out for attack. Since it is impossible for us to protect everything, or be everywhere, understanding the most likely targets should be a high priority. Of course this is only part of a comprehensive ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/five-favorite-targets-of-chinese-hackers/ Skimming through the news today and came across an article in pr-inside.com, on Iranian hacker attempts to disrupt Jewish American leader's message to Iran. A small blurb in the piece suggested that there was some evidence of Chinese fingerprints or assistance: In the month since Hoenlein's message was posted, Rosen ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/chinese-and-iranian-hacker-connection/ On May 29th, we posted a profile of Cn Girl Security Team, an organization of female hackers. A reporter from the Daily News and Analysis, Venkatesan Vembu, picked up the story and called for an interview. Not sure how widely the story was circulated in the western press ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/leader-of-chinese-female-hacker-security-team-not-happy/ Received an e-mail today from www.blogged.com that has rated us as follows: We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style. After carefully reviewing each of these criteria, your site was given its 8.0 score. An 8.0...I mean WTF? I strongly ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/this-blog-is-at-least-a-solid-81maybe-an-82/ I swear people have to sit around and think of phrases like this...from the WSJ: In addition to cybersecurity threats in other countries, "so many people are going to the Olympics and are going to get electronically undressed," said Joel Brenner, the government's top counterintelligence officer. He tells of one computer-security ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/getting-electronically-naked-at-the-beijing-olympics/ Bruce Schneier is a well-known security and cryptography researcher.  He has a popular blog where he posted his recent article detailing "The Truth About Chinese Hackers", which was written for Discovery Channel. This article is not particularly insightful and sort of lumps all of the Chinese hackers into a single group ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/bruce-schneier-the-truth-about-chinese-hackers/ Chinese hacker candy is dandy... Hat tip: To you know who http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/liquor-is-quicker-but/ UPDATE: Dominic reminds me that some people might not be as Chinese hacker obsessed as myself and suggests I give some links as to why Withered Rose is important.  Whoops on my part! For some background on rose, read here and here. As mentioned yesterday and updated today, Withered Rose (Tan ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/chinese-hacker-withered-rose-returns/ UPDATE 13 JULY 08: Still doing some research but at this point it is kind of a moot question... CHINESE HACKER WITHERED ROSE HAS RETURNED! Why I don't do things the simple way is one of those questions that may never be answered. Did you checked his blog site? ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/withered-rose-ncphnet-active-again/ Remember Crouching Powerpoint, Hidden Trojan?  Maarten VAn Horenbeeck will be giving a presentation at the SANS Fire conference in DC later this month. Is Troy Burning? An analysis of targeted cyber attacks. - Maarten Van Horenbeeck, SANS ISC - Thursday, July 24, 2008 * 7:00pm The use of trojans in targeted attacks has been ... http://www.thedarkvisitor.com/2008/07/maarten-van-horenbeeck-speaking-at-sans-fire-dc/