Cyber-Mania & Situation Awareness in the Binary Worlds…

Good Friday Afternoon Folks;

In today’s issue of the latest cyber news we have quite a bit in the way of Cyber-Mania & Situation Awareness in the Binary Worlds…

Pay particular attention to the immediate section below and the latest items of interest from the People’s Republic of Cyber Espionage…er, sorry, China…
There are a couple of interesting items regarding cuber attacks and a cuber timeline from NATO…yeah OTAN…go figure!
And yes the F-B-I is looking for Hacker love…be sure to use a condom … or those executable files ail ruin your weekend…:-)

People’s Republic of China allows spies to plunder companies
http://www.news.com.au/business/chinese-inaction-over-industrial-spies/story-e6frfm1i-1226693898798
Slight shift seen in official Chinese attitude on cybersecurity
http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/slight-shift-seen-official-chinese-attitude-cybersecurity/2013-08-07
People’s Republic ofChina firmly pursues peaceful development: defense minister
http://english.qstheory.cn/news/201308/t20130801_255078.htm
How America Is Fighting Back Against Chinese Hackers |
http://gizmodo.com/how-america-is-fighting-back-against-chinese-hackers-754599685
President Xi inspects Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing _ Qiushi Journal
http://english.qstheory.cn/news/201307/t20130718_250255.htm
People’s Republic of China’s Huawei Looks to Build Up Enterprise-Network Business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323977304578654840024408084.html

NATO History of Cyber Attacks – A Timeline
http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2013/Cyber/timeline/EN/
Fitting cyber attacks to jus ad bellum — Consequence-based approachPart III
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/fitting-cyber-attacks-to-jus-ad-bellum-consequence-based-approachpart-iii/?
Cyberattacks devastated my business!
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbusiness/2013/05/28/cybercrime
NSA behind cyber attacks the took down ‘Dark Web’ used by online pedophiles
http://bbb-news.com/blog/2013/08/09/eric-eoin-marques-nsa-behind-cyber-attacks-the-took-down-dark-web-used-by-online-pedophiles/
Defendant in Romanian Cyber Crime Ring Convicted of Wire Fraud and Identification Document Fraud Conspiracies
http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2013/defendant-in-romanian-cyber-crime-ring-convicted-of-wire-fraud-and-identification-document-fraud-conspiracies?

Are Black Hats and White Hats Really Grey Hats?
http://www.digitalcommunities.com/articles/Are-Black-Hats-and-White-Hats-Really-Grey-Hats.html

FBI director calls on private sector to help with cyber threat
I’ll be sure to send him a .pdf with an executable file in it – oh wait the Minneapolis Cyber Field Office already received it….Nyarch!
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/fbi-director-calls-on-private-sector-to-help-with-cyber-threat/
CIA, FBI and NSA Leaders Ask for Help Fighting Cyberattacks
http://mashable.com/2013/08/08/cia-fbi-nsa-cyberattacks/?
The Government Wants to Create Cybersecurity Insurance
http://gizmodo.com/the-government-wants-to-create-cybersecurity-insurance-1046375980
IPv6 is latest tool for stealing credit card numbers and passwords
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2286734/ipv6-is-latest-tool-for-stealing-credit-card-numbers-and-passwords

Semper Fi,

謝謝
紅龍

8/8…八/八 Cyber Situation Awareness…People’s Republic of Hacking…

Good day Folks;

Today is usually considered an auspicious day in the People’s Republic of China…八八…8/8 ~ the number 8 being lucky, auspicious while the eight day of the eighth month doubles your good fortune…unfortunately for a couple of our favorite state owned enterprises (SOE), Huawei and Sinovel are in today’s issue of Chinese Cyber SA as they have been linked to economic cyber espionage … naughty, naughty…

People’s Republic of China’s Sinovel charged with cyber espionage in US…|
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130808000097&cid=1206
Chinese inaction gives technology thieves a shield…FACT: People’s Republic of China supports commercial economic cyber espionage
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Chinese-inaction-gives-technology-thieves-a-shield-4716698.php
Breaking Down the China Chopper Web Shell – Part I – 推酷
http://www.tuicool.com/articles/zURZnm
Report: Joint U.S.-China Aviation Ventures Are More Prone to Cyber Intrusions than U.S. Firms
Hey – infosec boyz @ Boeing in Seattle – you paying attention to this….!?

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/08/report-joint-us-china-aviation-ventures-are-more-prone-cyber-intrusions-us-firms/68225/?oref=ng-skybox
People’s Republic of China has a massive Windows XP problem
How do you say ‘cyber target rich environment’? Outdated OS in China….

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241429/China_has_a_massive_Windows_XP_problem
NSA spy server in Chongqing could be used to bury Bo Xilai: Duowei
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130808000136&cid=1101

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei: We’re not a security threat, we’re just a pawn | Digital Trends
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/huawei-were-not-a-security-threat-were-just-a-pawn/
People’s Republic of China’s Huawei Seeks Foothold in Enterprise Market
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/08/huawei-seeks-foothold-in-enterprise-market/
People’s Republic of China’s Huawei unveils SDN programmable switch, taking aim at Cisco | PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046185/chinas-huawei-unveils-sdn-programmable-switch-taking-aim-at-cisco.html#tk.rss_all
Taiwan’s animators ridicule People’s Republic of China over cozy SOE relationships…ZTE & Huawei
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/08/08/taiwans-animators-ridicule-china-over-pr-smear-campaign-against-apple-inc

Rumor: Apple planning development center in Taiwan for future iPhones…Bye-Bye People’s Republic of China…
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/08/08/rumor-apple-planning-development-center-in-taiwan-for-future-iphones

Time to break the hegemony of western discourse – People’s Daily Online
From News of the Communist Party of China…
http://english.cpc.people.com.cn/206972/206977/8353120.html
Reflections on “The China Threat”
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/index.cfm/articles/Reflections-on-The-China-Threat/2013/08/01
Where There is Smoke, There is Fire: South Asian Cyber Espionage Heats Up
http://www.threatconnect.com/news/where-there-is-smoke-there-is-fire-south-asian-cyber-espionage-heats-up/

DNS Servers of 3 Dutch Hosting Firms Hijacked, Thousands of Sites Serve Malware
http://news.softpedia.com/news/DNS-Servers-of-3-Dutch-Hosting-Firms-Hijacked-Thousands-of-Sites-Serve-Malware-373308.shtml

Special Ops Mined Social Media for Data to Advance Mission
http://www.nextgov.com/defense/whats-brewin/2013/08/special-ops-mined-social-media-data-advance-mission/68216/

U.S. Cybersecurity Policy: Problems and Principles
http://heartland.org/sites/default/files/08-01-13_titch_policy_brief_cybersecurity.pdf

Enjoy!

Semper Fi,

謝謝

紅龍

People’s Republic of China Cyber Situation Awareness for 7 AUG 2013

Good day folks;

Today’s edition of the People’s Republic of China Cyber Situation Awareness for 7 AUG 2013 includes some very interesting tidbits on the more claims of Intellectual Property theft by Chinese State Owned Enterprises…Sinovel for example…stay tuned for some interesting analysis regarding the world’s largest wind farm in Panama and the ties to the People’s Republic of China via the good ‘ol USA…

People’s Republic of China SOE SINOVEL, paid insider ‘to kill my company…’ 謝謝您, @zenrandom 紅龍
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/06/19566531-chinese-firm-paid-insider-to-kill-my-company-american-ceo-says#comments
Chinese Comment Crew caught taking over a fake Water Plant
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/16961/hacking/chinese-comment-crew-caught-taking-over-a-fake-water-plant.html
Flipboard is Now Blocked In China, But Chinese Edition Of App Is Left Unmolested
http://www.techinasia.com/china-great-firewall-blocks-flipboard/?
People’s Republic of China’s evolution on North Korea…”…No more petulance or obstinate behaviour…”
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2975673
Is the People’s Republic of China a challenge to the existing international order? |
http://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/jiangnan-zhu/is-china-challenge-to-existing-international-order
People’s Republic of China funding development of Gwadar Port in Pakistan
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1871210/report-china-funding-development-of-gwadar-port-in-pakistan-antony
Fighting corruption in the People’s Republic of China backfires by driving resistance
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/frank-ching/2013/08/07/385770/Fighting-corruption.htm
People’s Republic of China’s Huawei recruiting City workers for new London finance centre
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3462369/huawei-recruiting-city-workers-for-new-london-finance-centre/
China’s People’s Daily continues attack on US constitution
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294861/peoples-daily-continues-attack-us-constitution

Cybercrime as a Service
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/cybercrime-as-a-service/

Enjoy Folks!

Semper Fi –

謝謝

紅龍

Cyber Situational Awareness (SA)…People’s Republic of Hacking, Cybercrime and so much more….

Good day Folks;

Today’s post about Cyber Situational Awareness (SA)…includes the People’s Republic of Hacking, Cybercrime and so much more….please particular attention to China’s Number One State Owned Enterprise (SOE), Huawei…they cannot seem to get out of their own way when comes to cyber espionage and claims of compromise…
Another story of note is the post about a Chinese Professor teaching Offensive Security…discovered this interesting gem from a French website in Ghana…go figure…
Finally – way at the bottom is a post about BLACKHAT 2013…if you dare read that far…

Enjoy!

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei Strikes Back at Ex-CIA Head
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/01/huawei-strikes-back-at-ex-cia-head/?mod=WSJBlog
In-Depth: People’s Republic of China’s Huawei Strikes Back at Ex-CIA Head
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/01/huawei-strikes-back-at-ex-cia-head-2/
People’s Republic of Chain’s Huawei hunting Australian ICT companies
http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/govenrment-tech-policy/60958-huawei-hunting-australian-ict-companies
The Real U.S.-People’s Republic of Chinese Cyber Problem | The National Interest
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-real-us-chinese-cyber-problem-8796

Offensive Cyber Security taught by Chinese Professor….
Taught by a Chinese professor – learn Offensive Cyber Security from the Master….Prof. Xiuwen Liu (homepage: http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~liux/)

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~redwood/OffensiveSecurity/
Why Chinese Companies Should Take the Rest of the World Seriously
http://www.techinasia.com/sina-weibos-failure-chinese-companies-rest-world/?
People’s Republic of China – Hong Kong Technical Hub Number 1
http://www.techinasia.com/hong-kong-chinas-number-tech-hub-infographic/

Mail from the (Velvet) Cybercrime Underground — Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/07/mail-from-the-velvet-cybercrime-underground/
A 30 Year-Old Hacker Just Cursed At The Most Powerful Man In Global Surveillance
http://www.businessinsider.com/keith-alexander-gets-heckled-at-black-hat-2013-7
5 scariest cybersecurity threats @ BlackHat DEFCON…
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57596263/5-scariest-cybersecurity-threats-at-black-hat-defcon/
NSA XKeyscore Tool ‘Could Crack VPNs And Expose The Anonymous’
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/nsa-xkeyscore-vpn-cracking-123499?
NSA chief: Snooping is crucial to fighting terrorism
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/tech/web/nsa-alexander-black-hat/index.html
Ex-USAF Chief Scientist Likens U.S. Cybersecurity Challenge to Whac-A-Mole: Scientific American |
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=usaf-cybersecurity-drones-qa-maybury

Britain ‘Not Winning War on Cyber Crime’ MPs Warn
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/495541/20130730/britain-winning-cyber-crime-war-home-affairs.htm
UK report: Banks let e-criminals pinch gobs of money underneath the law’s nose |
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/30/uk-report-banks-let-e-criminals-pinch-gobs-of-money-underneath-the-laws-nose/?

Ghana Government develops cyber security policy |
http://www.modernghana.com/news/478715/1/government-develops-cyber-security-policy.html

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Major Communications Websites
http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/cyber-exploits/2013/07/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-major-communications-websites.html?
Cyber Jihadists, State Department Now In Full-Blown Twitter War
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/29/jihadis_ape_state_department#.UfgW1Rss8CI.twitter

2013 BLACKHAT Presentations….
https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Healey

Semper Fi;

謝謝
紅龍

People’s Republic of China’s Foreign Ministry sets up cyber security office – as Australian Defence Mag Day Three Cyber Security Summit concludes…Canberra…Red Dragon Rising & the People’s Republic of Hacking…err, China..

Good Day from the Front Line of Cyber – Here are today’s top Chinese Cyber Threat Stories from an international perspective….your daily dose of Cyber Threat Situational Awareness (SA)….

Codan network hacked by Chinese

http://www.electronicsnews.com.au/news/codan-network-hacked-by-chinese

Report: Australia spy plans hacked by Chinese

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/05/20135284536511454.html

Cybersecurity and the Limits of Leader Summits

http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/06/28/cybersecurity-and-the-limits-of-leader-summits/

Trial flight photos of China’s J-31 stealth fighter – Xinhua | English.news.cn

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-07/02/c_132502418_4.htm

InterDigital loses first round of U.S. case against People’s Republic of China’s Huawei

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-interdigital-huawei-patent-idUSBRE96019420130701

Former Nokia head of sales takes his expertise to Huawei (updated)

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/02/colin-giles-huawei/?

Nokia doubles up in networks to fight People’s Republic of China

http://blogs.ft.com/businessblog/2013/07/nokia-doubles-up-in-networks-to-fight-china/?

GCHQ claims British networks hit by 70 cyber attacks a month |

http://www.itpro.co.uk/security/20106/gchq-claims-british-networks-hit-70-cyber-attacks-month

NSA hacking and spying on EU officials

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15169

U.S. intelligence community is out of control |

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/opinion/rothkopf-surveillance-revelations/index.html?

Why the Story on Snowden and the NSA Doesn’t Add Up |

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/nyt-snowden-was-hacker-nsa

The danger of what Edward Snowden has not revealed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-the-danger-of-what-edward-snowden-has-not-revealed/2013/07/01/67f95a18-e251-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html?

HACKED!

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/05/27/3766576.htm

People’s Republic of China: US should ‘explain hacking activity’ – People’s Daily Online
Uh oh – NSA has compromised US National Security as the People’s Republic of China demands to know why it is being hacked by the Top US Spy Agency….


http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8284267.html

People’s Republic of China’s Foreign Ministry sets up cyber security office – People’s Daily Online

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8285401.html

提醒大家新的APT高峰期即將出現, 新 PDF Exploit CVE-2013-2729 已經用在 APT Email 攻擊中

http://blog.xecure-lab.com/2013/06/apt-pdf-exploit-cve-2013-2729-apt-email.html

Will People’s Republic of China Offer Snowden Freedom in exchange for Information?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/06/14/edward_snowden_reveals_details_of_hong_kong_and_china_nsa_hacking.html

Booz Allen’s Snowden Smuggled Documents From NSA on a Thumb Drive |

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/snowden-thumb-drive/

“Snowden is a ‘card’ that People’s Republic of China never expected… But China is neither adept at nor used to playing it.”

http://althouse.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/snowden-is-card-that-china-never.html

Who’d You Rather Be Watched By: People’s Republic of China, or the U.S.?

http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/06/whod-you-rather-be-watched-by-china-or-the-us/276898/

Chinese Telecoms ‘A Security Risk’ To Britain

http://news.sky.com/story/1100187/chinese-telecoms-a-security-risk-to-britain

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei faces UK heat over cyber-attack fears

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/huawei-faces-uk-heat-over-cyber-attack-fears/story-fnb64oi6-1226658100939

OP Middle Kingdom: People’s Republic of China Becoming The Most Important Factor In Global Gold Markets

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1502512-china-becoming-the-most-important-factor-in-global-gold-markets?

Operation Middle Kingdom ~ Canada…Ottawa delaying Wind Mobile deals on national security concerns

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/security-concerns-delay-wind-deal/article12538800/

PRISM Whistle-Blower: US Has Been Hacking the People’s Republic of China For Years

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/prism-america-hacking-china-119004?

People’s Republic of China newspaper: Booz Allen’s Snowden could be useful to China

http://www.kimt.com/2013/06/14/china-newspaper-snowden-could-be-useful-to-china/

U.K. Warns on People’s Republic of China’s Huawei Cyber Security Risk

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578529141741985244.html

UK defends China telecom firm deals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22795226

Can N.S.A. Surveillance Be Likened to Chinese Spying?

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/can-n-s-a-surveillance-be-likened-to-chinese-spying/?

People’s Republic of China: U.S. in “Awkward Position” After Latest Hacking Claims

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/06/netizens-on-us-hacking-what-a-hypocrite/?

Booz Allen Whistleblower Edward Snowden claims US targets Chinese computers for cyber attacks

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10117690/Whistleblower-Edward-Snowden-claims-US-targets-Chinese-computers-for-cyber-attacks.html

Pressure builds on US over Hong Kong civilian hacking allegations

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/hong-kong-demands-us-answer-hacking-allegations

Booz Allen’s Edward Snowden claims US hacks Chinese Military & Political targets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10117478/Edward-Snowden-claims-US-hacks-Chinese-targets.html
Chinese State Media Suggest That N.S.A. Disclosures Will Hurt U.S. Ties

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/asia/chinese-media-suggest-nsa-disclosure-will-hurt-us-ties.html?

Australia gets ‘deluge’ of US secret data, prompting a new data facility…Recall Aussie Company Codan was haced by the People’s Republic of China….

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/australia-gets-deluge-of-us-secret-data-prompting-a-new-data-facility-20130612-2o4kf.html

Calls Grow in People’s Republic of China to Press Claim for Okinawa…Now that US Marines are gone to Austraia…we know the PLA will overrun the USAF Base @ Kadena…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/asia/sentiment-builds-in-china-to-press-claim-for-okinawa.html?&pagewanted=all

Taking the West’s Technology, Leaving its Freedoms – China Digital Times

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/06/taking-the-wests-technology-leaving-its-freedoms/?

How China Got There First: Beijing’s Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=40994&cHash=4be1b6f4d1da712a29057d94f181c32c#.UbpnRPaG1JE

Thousands of Iranian Gmail Users Targeted in Attempted Hacks Before Election

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/iran-hack-election/

OWASP Top 10 for 2013 has been released! “Injection” tops the chart again. Download your copy here:
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top10

Enjoy –

Semper Fi,

謝謝
紅龍