According to Symantec, China’s hacking scene is growing rapidly, having become second in the world, after the US. Chinese Internet users appear interested in criminal hacking and government spying. “China’s hacking scene is clearly an active one”, “These individuals and groups are known for discovering vulnerabilities, writing exploit code and developing sophisticated hacking techniques” as the report states.
By analyzing the IP addresses of active SPAM mail servers show that US was the 1st, distributed 36% of global malware followed by china 17.8% and Romania at 16.5%. A main reason for making US first in malware is that most web based e-mail servers are hosted in US (e.g Gmail, Yahoo). Analyzing the actual IP addresses found in the e-mail’s headers revealed China as the country of origin. “When considering the true location of the sender rather than the location of the email server, fewer attacks are actually sent from North America than it would at first seem.”
More about Symantec’s research can be found here
