Tag Archives: China

China makes VPNs illegal to tighten its Great Firewall

China is long known for its strict Internet censorship laws through the Great Firewall of China – China’s Golden Shield project that employs a variety of tricks to censor Internet and block access to various foreign websites in the country by its government.

The Great Firewall has blocked some 171 out of the world’s 1,000 top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, and

China Passes Cybersecurity Law to Tighten its Control over the Internet

China has long been known for its strict censorship policies, which has already made it difficult for foreign companies to do business in the world’s most populous country of more than 1.35 Billion people.

Now, the Chinese government has approved a broad new controversial cybersecurity regulations that would further strengthen the country’s censorship regime, making it more difficult for

China Launches World's 1st 'Hack-Proof' Quantum Communication Satellite

China has taken one more step forward towards achieving success in Quantum communication technology.

China has launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite into orbit aboard a Long March-2D rocket earlier today in order to test the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics at space.

‘Hack-Proof’ Communications System

The satellite, dubbed Quantum Science Satellite, is designed

China Orders Apple to Monitor App Store Users and Track their Identities

China has long been known for its strict censorship which makes it difficult for foreign technology companies to do business in the world’s most populous country of over 1.35 billion people.

Now, the new law issued by the Chinese government will expand its strict Internet monitoring efforts into mobile apps, targeting operators including Apple. However, Google currently doesn’t operate its

China wants Apple's Source Code, but the Company Refused

In Brief
Apple’s head of legal has denied all rumors about providing its complete source code or any backdoor to the Chinese government.

Apple officially confirmed that the Chinese government has asked Apple twice in the past two years to hand over the source code for its operating system, but the company refused in both the cases.

In a Tuesday hearing entitled “Deciphering the Debate Over

Chinese ISPs Caught Injecting Ads and Malware into Web Pages

China has gained a considerable global attention when it comes to their Internet policies in the past years; whether it’s introducing its own search engine dubbed “Baidu,” Great Firewall of China, its homebrew China Operating System (COP) and many more.

Along with the developments, China has long been criticized for suspected backdoors in its products: Xiaomi and Star N9500 smartphones are

The security review: Nemucod malware, Star Wars and China on cyber sovereignty

Our latest recap of the last seven days in information security includes the spread of the Nemucod trojan, the importance of improving awareness of online safety in children and young people and how Star Wars offers plenty of top cyber advice.

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