Given the attention that the recent McAfee's report has generated, and in light of the fact that the report was not generally available when I wrote my post "Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered," I have decided to do an updated post describing my personal response to the report. Following are excerpts of the report - together with my observations. I will … [Read more...] about McAfee’s Report on Operation Shady RAT
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Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered
News of the uncovering of the "biggest-ever" series of cyber attacks by McAfee seems to be spreading through the media like wildfire. In thisWashington Post article, it is reported: A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and government organizations over many months, and experts familiar … [Read more...] about Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered
Knockoff? Maybe, but it says more about what the Chinese thinks of the American newsroom
Interesting story here. The truth is it says more about the American newsroom. As the Colbert Report revealed here, news can come out of American journalists' asses, and they often do. See highlighted text below; so very true. Hence, newsrooms across America are going bankrupt. The only way to buck the trend, frankly, is to do real reporting and more truth! … [Read more...] about Knockoff? Maybe, but it says more about what the Chinese thinks of the American newsroom
Fact Checking NYT’s Qi Chonghuai Jailed Journalist Story
Recently New York Times published a story on a jailed Chinese journalist Qi Chonghuai, and made some fairly severe, usual allegations (corruption, official misconduct, torture), and a new one - double jeopardy violation in resentencing Qi to more jail time for the crime he served 4 years already, because he vowed to continue to expose official graft. Since it was written by … [Read more...] about Fact Checking NYT’s Qi Chonghuai Jailed Journalist Story
China Bullet Train Crash, and the organic nature of public relations
PR, as in public relations, is an art. Over the last few days I have been watching Wang Yongping (王勇平) addressing the Chinese press on the bullet train crash. On one hand, I feel bad for him, for he was genuinely trying to relay facts. On the other hand, I thought he really bungled on certain issues which created controversies that shouldn't have been in the first place. For … [Read more...] about China Bullet Train Crash, and the organic nature of public relations