http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Perhaps they are good enough at spreading emails out over various locations and/or hiding their tracks?
Maybe they are the number 1 but the number of emails they send is barely a blip in the overall percentage of emails that get sent in a day?
(Partially tied in to last one) - Maybe they are number 1 by far, but then there are 5-50 in the Romanias of the world that dwarf that number by 3-30X?

Dunno, but interesting to hear that rumor.]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/The NSA isn't phishing for Americans or and other nation's peoples credit card info and nude photos of Anna kornikova.

The NSA looks into tracking the numerous terrorist cells, tracking hackers foreign and domestic, nuclear arms manufacturing, biological weapon information and other info.

I also don't think the amount of work the NSA does even compares to the millions of hacking attempts that are placed each day by citizen and militaries of other countries.

Are you liberal by choice, spouting info you heard from the liberal media to sound "smart", or just plain ignorant?

Part of me wonders if the liberal agenda was created to weaken our country and allow our enemies to attack us with greater ease...]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/You call allston ignorant and yet believe that the NSA only tracks terrorists and other criminals when they are not busy giving candy to orphans?

Oh, yeah, right, the NSA never, ever uses their considerable power for questionable things, just like school districts would never dream of using webcams of school-issued laptops to spy on students...

This has nothing to do with being liberal, hey, if they catch even one terrorist before he/she blows something up, they have my full support.
But believing they are god's angels sent to save us is quite another story.]]>Mar 29th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Well, you have two blips near DC, first must be CIA, the other likely NSA.

And lets all be honest here. Regardless of how much our agencies hack, china will do more because they have a dictatorship on morals and public opinion. They let things fly there much more than they would here.]]>Mar 29th 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
You get all preachy about liberal / ignorant / etc, but you sound naieve. Really. I'll explain why. Before you start crowing, I'm not liberal... I am so far to the left of you, that I am probably on your far right by now.

The governments that be don't really care at all for your welfare any more than they can make some profit off you. Do you really think any country cares for its citizens such that they are protecting you? Dream on. They are protecting their golden goose, and as soon as you're worthless to them, they might just kill you. If the governments really cared for its citizens, there would be no homeless people or people starving to death. Hello. Does that not seem obvious to you?

That goes for any country... USA, China, Russia, European nations too. Sure, there may be some minor semblance of morality somewhere, but lets hope they don't spare any on you. As soon as you're costing them, they'll find a way to get rid of you.

So before you start blathering about how the NSA is protecting your sweet ass from the big bad terrorists, you should think before you react and consider that they're protecting their own interests, and you just happen to be part of that baggage.

Think about it. The police aren't protecting you because they like you... otherwise, police brutality / riot control / oppression would not occur. Do you think the blacks in the 60's felt the police were protecting them? Anti-war protesters in the late 60's early 70's? Do you think the Chinese freedom fighters in Tianamen square felt that the Chinese Military was protecting them in that instance? The police / national guard / military work for the monied classes and control the behavior of the peasants. They do not protect you because of concern for your wellbeing, they protect you because you are worth a lot more to them alive than dead, most of the time... but as soon as you start causing them trouble, destabilizing their peaceful society, start making noises they can hear, you're more valuable gone. Capiche?

Good god, sometimes, I wonder what you people must have to drink to avoid looking at the facts. In addition to all I've said above, it goes a few steps deeper. Governments are really nothing more than the lackies of the banking / corporate cartel which runs the international markets. The bankers / corporations decide what's going to go down so that their profits are preserved, and the lawmakers oblige. War here, insurgence there, black op over there, regime change that MF.

The left / right is just a charade, much like pro wrestling. Sure there are a couple of genuine people thrown in there, with real concern and passion, but for the most part, most of them are just tools. Now, the issue is, do you want to continue to be manipulated by the propaganda machine that serves the banking / corporate cartel, or do you want to start thinking for yourself? I can tell you hate your fellow man because they may take something precious from you... don't worry, nobody wants your hate. Why not start thinking about the things that don't make sense and don't add up neatly, and you might start to see the deeper truths behind the superficial lies. Hint... there is no reason to be concerned about left and right because that's just a divide created by the upper class to keep us divided and manageable. As soon as you can see that, you might realize, that we are on the same side, and they need to be stopped.

Re the story re Symantec pointing out the activity... I'm surprised that some city in China that I've never heard of is actively trying to take down the world. Must be the long awaited response to the Opium War. I knew the Rumanians were hacking their way to infamy... but who would have thunk it... good ol USA and their buddies the UK... trying to take control of the world, 1 puter at a time. How sweet. ]]>Mar 29th 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Yeah what ever happened to those "You have won a cash prize from a prince in Nigeria.]]>Mar 29th 2010 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
That's spam fraud, this list is about malware, actual software that gets installed on your computer.]]>Mar 29th 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
That's spam fraud, this list is about malware, actual software that gets installed on your computer.]]>Mar 29th 2010 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Nigerian Scam 419 has been outsourced to China...]]>Mar 29th 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/]]>Mar 29th 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Maybe because I like to complain about the UK so much :D now it has a major worldwide criminal city too :)

(And malware is criminal)]]>Mar 29th 2010 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/As a Romanian, fuck yeah!!! /s
On a more serious note, shit, that's a lot... with those kind of numbers I'm surprised I don't know anyone involved in that kind of thing.

]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Ask anybody nearby to guess the figure. Everyone seems to think emails are rife with viruses (even experienced users would probably guess higher than 0.2%)]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Agreed though that I'd think most of this stuff is now preying on less protected users through Facebook and the like ("install this app to see who views your profile" - idiocy!)]]>Mar 29th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Well, it's one in 358.3 messages (as the article states), which is probably much less than once a month for most users.

And then, of course, viruses won't be uniformly distributed among people with email accounts. Viruses from emails are still pretty rare, no matter how you look at it.

I'm pretty sure that's not how Symantec wanted anybody to read that.]]>Mar 29th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
it's actually a pretty high occurrence. Don't let the small decimal and low number fool you.

Consider that many professionals and executives receive around 300-600 emails per day (I'm guessing, since that's how many I receive as a design manager), a 1 in 350-odd malicious mail is pretty significant. top Management could possibly receive far more. My VP receives 1000 odd emails per day.

When you consider the sheer number of emails that are sent and received per day, that small amount reported by symantec is rather signifigant.]]>Mar 29th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
You mean the fictional game where China nuked themselves twice? Not likely.]]>Mar 29th 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
I don't know if they are talking about the same thing but their findings seem totally different

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2010/03/10/businesswire136500431.html]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Oh, come on...someone had to say it!]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
I don't want to turn this in to a Mac/Windows thing, but Windows really needs out-of-the-box PDF viewing and creating (printing). OSX can do it, and it's epically convenient.]]>Mar 29th 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/nice!]]>Mar 29th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
The map looks a bit like in the movie ;-)]]>Mar 29th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
what's so bad about something being made in china? Has it ever occured to your Yank or where you come from mind that most shit you use is made in China. Honestly, stop wathcing too much CNN/Fox or whatever broadcaster/blog has brainwashed your mind to make you think all is bad in another country. Maybe we should send you to Iran/Eygpt/North Korea/Saudi Arabia/Pakistan/Yemen/Syria/India/Burma/Sri Lanka.]]>Mar 29th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
yeah, why don't we withdraw from Afghanistan whilst we're at it too?]]>Mar 29th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Where come their time to make malwares?.... Unless someone was drunk when coding those malwares.....]]>Mar 29th 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
And I'm from Singapore....]]>Mar 29th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Mar 29th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/Because that has no importance in a site about technology.]]>Mar 29th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/symantec-names-shaoxing-china-worlds-malware-capital/
Yeah, airports and infrastructure have nothing to do with technology...

@mattlau

you'll just have to get over it. the US is suffering from a wave of anti-Chinese sentiment right now. Fear is the mindkiller, and white americans have always seemed to fear Asians]]>Mar 29th 2010 2:26PM