Posts Tagged ‘spam’
China Blocked 28,000 Mobile Malware Apps In 2014
March 12th, 2015
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China tracked over 5.4 million mobile phone apps from 135 Chinese app stores in 2014 and discovered 28,000 apps were malware. According to the ministry’s website, those 28,000 malware apps were banned and removed from the app stores, and 155 other “bad software” were exposed. MIIT said […]
China Mobile Doubles Down Against Porn And Mobile Spam
June 16th, 2014
China Mobile is focusing on better customer support as it integrates its disparate services into an online platform at two provincial call centers. A representative from China Mobile confirmed that the company will establish a business support organization targeting customer services. The online service company will integrate China Mobile’s 10086 and 12580 hotline businesses, and […]
Alibaba Throws Money At Internet Privacy
April 15th, 2014
Hu Xiaoming, Alibaba’s vice president for small- and micro-financial group and chief risk officer, announced in Beijing that the company will invest CNY40 million to establish a security fund. The security fund will be used to fight Internet phishing, trojans, money laundering, malicious attacks, and to protect user information. The security fund will cooperate with […]
Baidu Boasts Over 10 Million Antivirus Software Users
October 4th, 2013
Chinese search engine provider Baidu Inc. formally launched its system tool software named Baidu Guard 1.0 and the company also announced that its anti-virus software has gained over ten million users. On April 18, 2013, Baidu started the public beta test of its anti-virus software in China and the product was officially launched in June. […]
China Mobile Builds Largest Internet Information Security Center In Luoyang
October 4th, 2012
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced the formal launch of a new Internet information security operating center in Luoyang, provincial capital of Henan. This is reportedly the first operating center targeting mobile Internet information security established by a telecom operator in China. In its initial stage, the operating center will have 500 seats, making it […]
China’s Rising Introduces Mobile Security Software Into Japan
September 9th, 2011
Chinese security software provider Rising has started selling its security software for Android smartphones in Japan at the price of JPY2,980, which is about CNY247, and it plans to team with local mobile phone makers for market expansion in the future. According to reports in Chinese local media, the Japanese-language Rising mobile security software is […]
APAC: 4,000 Fake "Taobao" Websites Closed By July 2010
August 20th, 2010
The Anti-Phishing Alliance of China has announced that by the end of July 2010, the alliance had received 19,817 reports related to phishing websites, and e-commerce websites were the most imitated ones. According to APAC, the number of phishing website reports in the first seven months of 2010 was more than double compared with the […]
