The IWM dubbed the system GhostNet, after the ghOst RAT Trojan horse malware at the heart of it and which the researchers traced back to commercial Internet access providers on Hainan, an island ...

Last weekend, a report by researchers at the Munk Center of the University of Toronto revealed "GhostNet," a computer espionage virus that had infected around 1,300 computers worldwide--including ...

Dubbed GhostNet, the operation is notable. Not only can it phish for information, it has remote access capabilities that can quickly and easily turn any computer into a giant listening device.

It's widely assumed that the Chinese government orchestrated the infamous GhostNet spy system that breached over 1,000 computers of military, political, economic, and diplomatic targets worldwide.

The high-profile disclosure over the weekend of the GhostNet cyberespionage ring that targeted 1295 computers in more than 100 countries underscores how highly targeted and sophisticated attacks ...

That’s just the cost of doing business in today’s world. Whoever the GhostNet operators are, they’re using much the same tools as the run-of-the-mill phishers and identity thieves are.

According to the paper, GhostNet consisted of at least 1,295 compromised computers in 103 different countries. Many of the affected computers are said to belong to foreign ministries and embassies, as ...

The investigation grew out of GhostNet in two ways. As part of their efforts to help the Tibetan exile community secure its systems, the researchers were monitoring the network used by the OHHDL.

The German government is constantly the target of hackers seeking to insert spy programs into its computer systems. The attacks, often originating in China, are becoming more and more sophisticated.

GhostNet has apparently infiltrated over 1000 computers in 103 countries, with a report from Cambridge called 'The Snooping Dragon: Social Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement' suggesting ...

The high-profile disclosure over the weekend of the GhostNet cyberespionage ring that targeted 1,295 computers in more than 100 countries underscores how highly targeted and sophisticated attacks ...