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..

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Bill Hagestad

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

International Cyber Situational Awareness for the Beginning of July 2013

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Bill Hagestad

Good day Folks;

My apologies for the late entry – international travel will do that to a person once in a awhile –

Nonetheless, here is a lengthy compilation of some of the latest International Cyber Situational Awareness for the Beginning of July 2013 –

Remember to search for “OP Middle Kingdom”…

Enjoy!

U.S. to press People’s Republic of China on cyber theft: Lew

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-treasury-china-idUSBRE96009X20130701

People’s Republic of China Accuses U.S. of Hypocrisy on Cyberattacks |

http://world.time.com/2013/07/01/china-accuses-u-s-of-hypocrisy-on-cyberattacks/?

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei’s Best-Kept Secret: An Army of Engineers

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/07/01/huaweis-best-kept-secret-an-army-of-engineers/?

U.S. Is a ‘Hacker Empire,’ Says Chinese Military Analyst

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/u-s-is-a-hacker-empire-says-chinese-military-analyst/?

U.S. Prism, Meet People’s Republic of China’s Golden Shield

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/u-s-prism-meet-chinas-golden-shield/?

LAP Green & the People’s Republic of China’s Huawei ink settlement agreement

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/07/01/lap-green-huawei-ink-settlement-agreement/?

The Willie Suttons of the Cyberage – Can we stop bad guys from getting into U.S. networks? |

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/26/the_willie_suttons_of_the_cyberage_cybercrime?page=full

JFQ-70: Unpacking Cyberwar: The Sufficiency of the Law of Armed Conflict in the Cyber Domain
http://www.ndu.edu/press/unpacking-cyberwar.html

Awaiting Cyber 9/11

http://www.ndu.edu/press/awaiting-cyber-9-11.html

Snowden spy row grows as US is accused of hacking People’s Republic of China

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/22/edward-snowden-us-china

EXCLUSIVE: NSA targeted People’s Republic of China’s Tsinghua University in extensive hacking attacks
“…Tsinghua University, widely regarded as the mainland’s top education and research institute, was the target of extensive hacking by US spies this year.”
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1266892/exclusive-nsa-targeted-chinas-tsinghua-university-extensive-hacking

EXCLUSIVE: US hacked Pacnet, Asia Pacific fibre-optic network operator, in 2009

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266875/exclusive-us-hacked-pacnet-asia-pacific-fibre-optic-network-operator

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Booz Hamilton NSA Contractor safe in Hong Kong, more US cyberspying details revealed

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266777/exclusive-snowden-safe-hong-kong-more-us-cyberspying-details-revealed

US hacks Chinese mobile phones: Booz Hamilton Contractor: US National Security FAIL

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/us-hacks-chinese-mobile-phones-snowden/story-fn3dxix6-1226668185301

Civic Party demands the US respond to hacking claims

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266716/civic-party-demands-us-respond-hacking-claims

Edward Snowden alleges US hacking People’s Republic of China phone firms

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/edward-snowden-alleges-us-hacking-china-phone-firms/story-fnd11ay0-1226668186230

People’s Republic of China completes internet monitoring scheme in Tibet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/china-internet-monitoring-tibet

Xi Jinping’s Decade And The Future Of Sino-American Relations – Analysis

http://www.eurasiareview.com/22062013-xi-jinpings-decade-and-the-future-of-sino-american-relations-analysis/?

People’s Republic of China’s Xi harks back to Mao in party ‘cleanup’

http://wanderingchina.org/2013/06/20/chinas-xi-harks-back-to-mao-in-party-cleanup-ap-risingchina-corruption/

What to Make of Xi Jinping’s Maoist Turn

http://wanderingchina.org/2013/06/22/what-to-make-of-xi-jinpings-maoist-turn-wsj-risingchina-newleadership/

Hagel Vows to Prioritize Cyber, Nuclear Capabilities…Si vis pacem, para bellum
US DoD Defense.gov News Article…矽對海洋和平，帕拉戰爭

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=120339

People’s Republic of China: U.S. should not hold multiple standards in cyber world – People’s Daily Online

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90786/8290745.html

People’s Republic of China ~ Snowden spying claims rejected – People’s Daily Online

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8287831.html

U.S. charges Snowden with espionage

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-charges-snowden-with-espionage/2013/06/21/507497d8-dab1-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html

Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and People’s Republic of China for years

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259508/edward-snowden-us-government-has-been-hacking-hong-kong-and-china

Snowden’s Leaks on People’s Republic of China Could Affect Its Role in His Fate |

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/world/asia/ex-nsa-contractors-disclosures-could-complicate-his-fate.html?

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs sets up cyberdiplomacy office

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1261181/chinese-ministry-foreign-affairs-sets-cyberdiplomacy-office

People’s Republic of China asks U.S. to explain Internet surveillance

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-usa-security-china-idUSBRE95G06R20130617

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei, ZTE see vindication amid US cyber-spying scandal

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1263200/huawei-zte-see-vindication-amid-us-cyber-spying-scandal

People’s Republic of Acquisition: Nokia stock rises on rumors of Huawei acquisition
Operation Middle Kingdom – Finalnd technology now acquistion target of People’s Republic of China’s HUAWEI

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/nokia-stock-rises-on-rumors-of-huawei-acquisition/2013/06/18/3aca3fba-d83a-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html?

People’s Republic of China completes Internet, phone monitoring scheme for Tibet

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/china-tibet-idUSL3N0EV1W920130619

People’s Republic of China’s Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia

http://www.crn.com.au/News/347193,huawei-says-has-no-plans-to-buy-nokia.aspx

Soft Power: A U.S.-China Battleground?

http://thediplomat.com/china-power/soft-power-a-u-s-china-battleground/?

People’s Republic of China’s tyranny of uniqueness

http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/06/14/33486/

Reforming the People’s Republic of China’s State-Owned Enterprises

http://thediplomat.com/2013/06/19/reforming-chinas-state-owned-enterprises/?

People’s Republic of China lands three astronauts on Tiangong-1 space station

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/china-astronauts-tiangong-1-space-station

Home Office Throws £4m At Educating Britain On Cyber Security
Awareness push from government celebrated by industry

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/home-office-4m-cyber-security-awareness-119696?

Report: UK spies hacked foreign diplomats

http://www.news.com.au/technology/report-uk-spies-hacked-foreign-diplomats/story-e6frfro0-1226665303140

GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa?CMP=twt_gu

People’s Republic of China diversifies UK interests as Dalian Wanda invests £1bn in luxury brands

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/19/china-uk-interests-dalian-wanda-luxury-brands

Use Tor, Get Targeted By the NSA –

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/06/21/1443204/use-tor-get-targeted-by-the-nsa?u

What the NSA Does With the Data It Isn’t Allowed to Keep

http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2013/06/what-nsa-does-data-it-isnt-allowed-keep/65324/

Schneier on Security: US Offensive Cyberwar Policy

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/us_offensive_cy.html?

The keyboard: The weapon of choice in new type of warfare

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/the-keyboard-the-weapon-of-choice-in-new-type-of-warfare-234768.html

Iran oil ministry denies cyber attack

http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2164035.html

Semper Fi,

謝謝紅龍

Australian Defence Magazine (ADM) Cyber Security Summit Day One…

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Bill Hagestad

G’Day from Canberra, Australia – truly down under…

So here we are the Red Dragon back in Australia in less than 3 weeks – trust me there is no honor in all the air miles…just dehydration, sleep deprivation and lousy food…

Nonetheless, here are some of the latest cyber threat news items related to Operation Middle Kingdom which the People’s Republic of China’s worldwide political, military and economic colonization of the Western world…please note that the complete colonization of the United Kingdom has taken place…Australia is not far behind although at least their political leadership is being open and not hiding the fact that Huawei wants in on the national broadband initiative…

NSA’s ultra-secret China hacking group…Report from Asia 12 JUN 2013

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1259175/inside-nsas-ultra-secret-china-hacking-group

How Ordinary Chinese Saw the Xi-Obama Summit

http://thediplomat.com/china-power/how-ordinary-chinese-saw-the-xi-obama-summit/?

Inside the NSA’s Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group – No Longer Ultra thanks to Booz Allen Hamilton Massive National Security FAIL

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/10/inside_the_nsa_s_ultra_secret_china_hacking_group?page=full

Inside the NSA’s Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/06/inside-the-nsas-ultra-secret-china-hacking-group/?

Can Apple Conquer the People’s Republic of China With iOS7?

http://thediplomat.com/china-power/can-apple-conquer-china-with-ios7/?

Realpolitik and Spinning the U.S.-China Summit

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/opinion/global/realpolitik-and-spinning-the-us-china-summit.html?

People’s Republic of Hacking…Adopting Technology, but Not the Freedoms, of the West

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/world/asia/13iht-letter13.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0&pagewanted=all

OP Red Star (紅星): Another advanced hacking crew from the People’s Republic of China is revealed

http://i-hls.com/2013/06/red-star-another-advanced-hacking-crew-from-china-is-revealed/

OP Middle Kingdom and Colonization of Australia…Chinese hackers linked to attack on Australian spy agency

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5ed43574-c768-11e2-be27-00144feab7de.html#axzz2Uh0epN59

U.S., Australia reports allege new spying by People’s Republic of China hackers –
Blueprints of new Australian spy headquarters stolen, report says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/05/28/australia-china-hacking.html

Canadian CIRC Anti-hacking agency slow to learn about Chinese cyberattack
People’s Republic of Hacking efforts to colonize Canada…Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre fails to understand sophistication of Chinese hacking efforts….

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/02/22/pol-weston-chinese-hackers-telvent.html

Operation Red Star (紅星): Another advanced hacking crew from the People’s Republic of China is revealed

http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/06/04/red_star_another_advanced_hacking_crew_from_china_revealed

NSA surveillance: The US is behaving like the People’s Republic of China

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china

Edward Snowden breaks silence to defend himself over NSA surveillance leak –

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/10116117/Edward-Snowden-breaks-silence-to-defend-himself-over-NSA-surveillance-leak.html

Inevitable: US Spy Program Leaker Escapes to Hong Kong, Other Aftermath, How It Might Play Out

http://blog.hiddenharmonies.org/2013/06/inevitable-us-spy-program-leaker-escapes-to-hong-kong-other-aftermath-how-it-might-play-out/

Booz Allen National Security Fink Snowden Is in Hong Kong. Chinese Don’t Care.
Yes and they hire only te best national securty risks at Booz Allen Hamilton…:-)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-10/snowden-is-in-hong-kong-chinese-don-t-care-.html

How the People’s Republic of China’s Huawei can dial down the fear factor –

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/12/huawei-fear-factor/

People’s Republic of Chain’s Huawei opens Reading HQ as part of UK investment
Colonization of Britain under Operation Middle Kingdom now complete

http://news.techworld.com/networking/3452105/huawei-opens-reading-hq-as-part-of-uk-investment/

People’s Republic of China Prepares Longest Ever Manned Space Mission

http://www.techinasia.com/china-longest-manned-space-mission-shenzhou10-in-2013/

Beijing, We Have a Space Program |
China’s latest launch of a three-person spacecraft shows the East moving well ahead of the once dominant West

http://science.time.com/2013/06/12/beijing-we-have-a-space-program/

Chinese spacecraft blasts off from Gobi desert
Shenzhou 10 takes three astronauts to experimental space laboratory where they will give a lecture to students on Earth

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/chinese-spacecraft-shenzhou-10-gobi-desert

Intelligence: World War II LST Threatens People’s Republic of China

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20130612.aspx

How Sony Won the Next-Gen Console War in the Poeple’s Republic of China

http://www.techinasia.com/sony-won-nextgen-console-war-country-consoles-illegal/

Colonization of Nicaragua waterway to dwarf Panama canal…OP Middle Kingdom continues unabated…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/nicaragua-canal-waterway-panama

Nicaragua fast-tracks Chinese plan to build canal to rival Panama

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/nicaragua-chinese-plan-canal-panama

Edward Snowden vows not to ‘hide from justice’ amid new hacking claims
Booz Allen hiring practices…NATIONAL SECURITY FAIL…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/edward-snowden-us-extradition-fight

Why Don’t More Chinese Internet Companies Expand Overseas?

http://www.techinasia.com/chinese-internet-companies-expand-overseas/

Apple’s iOS 7 is Copying Other OS, Say Chinese Net Users

http://www.techinasia.com/chinese-net-users-apples-ios-7-copycat-os/

Why the People’s Republic of China May Limit “Carrier-Killer’s” Range

http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/06/12/why-china-may-limit-carrier-killers-range/?

Internet Gurus Fear Iranian Assassins

http://www.strategypage.com/%5Chtmw%5Chtiw%5Carticles%5C20130611.aspx

Canada: Nation continues as growing breeding ground for malware

http://www.scmagazine.com//sc-congress-canada-nation-continues-as-growing-breeding-ground-for-malware/article/298414/?

Talking cyber security with the UK government

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/talking-cyber-security-with-the-uk-government/article/297212/

UK banks fear cyber-attack more than euro crisis

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/382411/uk-banks-fear-cyber-attack-more-than-euro-crisis

Enjoy!

Semper Fi…

謝謝
紅龍