Chinese Hackers Set to Hack the World !!

Hey guys,  its time for us to have proper security updates and tight firewalls. China is targeting India and other countires with Cyber hacks . The Chinese hackers have started targeting the Indian netizens as well.

Many blogs, websites , email accounts have been hacked by the Chinese. Recently, the search engine giant Google had also declared their stand to leave China, as they were facing severe attacks. Many news giants all over the world reported that, the Chinese military supports hacking in order to know the latest confidential Military technology and Army upgrades in the top most defending nations like US, India etc.

Look at what FoxNews says. The code that was used to hack Gmail accounts in China is now publicly available on the Internet, and security experts are urging computer users throughout the world to be highly vigilant until a patch can be developed.

The hack involves Internet Explorer 6, the browser that came with the Windows XP operating system that, while outdated, still powers millions of businesses and home computers and is now dangerously compromised.

Hacks based on this security flaw led Google to threaten to drop its www.google.cn Web site and leave China last week. The Internet behemoth believes these security intrusions are a quest not just for political knowledge but also for intellectual property. Experts warn that as many as 30 other companies have been hacked, ranging from software firms like Adobe and Juniper Networks to Northrop Grumman — a major U.S. defense contractor and manufacturer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and the Global Hawk unmanned drone.

Microsoft has yet to patch the hole in IE 6, a flaw so serious it’s prompted the German government to suggest citizens avoid IE. Microsoft has posted a security advisory detailing the problem, and urging users to upgrade to newer browsers.

The main strategy or process that these hackers are following is said to be known as Spearphishing. They target the user with an e-mail  that would appeal to them, one that leads to a site that launches malicious code onto your system. And the IE 6 exploit makes it particularly easy to slip that code on your computer.

India’s security chief, M.K. Narayanan,  is claiming that Chinese hackers have attempted to hack into India’s most sensitive government office. Tensions between China and India have been resizing lately ever nice India’s relationship with the U.S. has improved to the point that the U.S. is poised to be selling them billions of dollars worth of weapons. Although there is no way for the Indian office to now for sure, they are pretty sure that the attacks originated from China.

Narayanan claims that the attacks occurred on December 15th, the same day that U.S. companies reported cyber attacks from China.
“This was not the first instance of an attempt to hack into our computers,” Mr Narayanan told.

The attack came in the form of an email with PDF attachment containing a Trojan virus. Meanwhile, China is denying any role in these attacks. “Hacking in whatever form is prohibited by law in China,” said Jiang Yu, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.

So, let us have some temporary tips in-order to defend from the damn Chinese hackers. They are as follows,

Staying on top of current security patches, using firewalls, updating Web browsers and running intrusion detection software is the first part of staying safe. But since most attacks rely upon spearphishing or some similar end-user exploit, PCgamersera suggests that even if an e-mail link looks too good to be true, it probably is fake ,check the link twice before u click it click on .

By:  M.Abhiram