Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm? 315tweetsretweet What does a young Chinese hacker do once he’s achieved legendary status for developing Microsoft Office zero-day exploits and using them to hoover up piles of sensitive data from U.S. Defense Department contractors? Would you believe: Start an antivirus firm? That appears to be what’s happened at Anvisoft, [...]
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Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm?
December 1st, 2012 
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Elite Chinese hacker rumored to be running Anvisoft antivirus firm
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Antivirus startup linked to infamous Chinese hacker
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Report: Obama Signed Secret Cyberwar Directive In October
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Stuxnet and the New Era of Cyber-Warfare
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November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom China Criticizes US For Cyber Warfare Report And the Chinese Foreign Ministry had more to say. After a US Congressional advisory panel earlier today released an in-depth report on Chinese cyber warfare, Spokesperson Hong Lei criticized the US for its “Cold War mentality”. [Hong Lei, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson]: “The relevant commission has not let [...]
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