Feb
06
2009
Yesterday, Jiangmin released their 2008 Computer Virus Epidemic report showing the top 10 viruses for 2008. The report further noted that online organized crime elements were forming underground industrial chains to manufacture and disseminate viruses.
In 2008, there were 1.09 million viruses intercepted, representing an increase of over 200% from 2007. The report also stated that over 28 million computers had been infected by viruses and this reflected a drop of 18.39% from 2007 due to enhanced security awareness.
Trojans accounted for 78% of all viruses intercepted, backdoor programs 10%, malicious advertisements 4%, worms 6%, and all others 2%. Presenting the biggest problem, trojans and backdoor viruses increased 10% when compared to 2007 statistics.
China’s Top 10 Viruses for 2008
- Trojan/PSW.OnLineGames
- Trojan/PSW.GamesPass
- Trojan/Agent
- Checker/Autorun
- Backdoor/Huigezi
- Trojan/PSW.QQPass
- Exploit.CVE-2007-0071
- Trojan/StartPage
- Trojan/DogArp
- Win32/Infectrpcss
Jan
20
2009
January 20th, 2009
On Tuesday, China released its new White Paper on National Defense in 2008. The full text in English can be viewed at china.org.cn and the full text Chinese version can be viewed at the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China.
We will be posting more on this after we have a chance to review.
Quick Update: Here are few snipets on information operations
…Regarding RMA with Chinese characteristics as the only way to modernize the military, it put forward the strategic goal of building an informationized military and winning informationized wars.
…It has accelerated the composite development of mechanization and informationization, vigorously conducts military training in conditions of informationization, and boosts innovation in military theory, technology, organization and management, to continuously increase the core military capability of winning local wars in conditions of informationization and the capability of conducting MOOTW.
…and create a scientific system for military training in conditions of informationization.
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Jan
14
2009
I wish they would just release the whole CNNIC report (in English) all at once, this daily stat count is getting a little tiring. If you are wondering where all these numbers are coming from it is CNNIC’s 23rd Annual Report. The report is 128 pages long, so I’m not about to attempt to translate it. If you want the Chinese, I’ve provided the links to the PDF and Word documents:
CNNIC PDF
CNNIC Word
