Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

China hosting cybersecurity conference

|
|
 
  
Published: Aug. 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM

BEIJING, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Top cybersecurity analysts gathered in Beijing Wednesday for a two-day conference focusing on improving Internet security, a Chinese security society says.

The 300 participants at the conference include experts from the United States, Japan and Australia, China Daily reported.

Conference organizers said analysts from IT giant Microsoft has been invited to attend.

The conference was initiated by XFOCUS, a Chinese information security society.

Security analysts said the XFOCUS meeting has drawn wide attention partly because China has become the country with the biggest Internet population.

As a result, China is subject to frequent cyberattacks, the newspaper said.

Chief Executive Officer Fang Xing of information technology cooperative Vulnhuntonone said conference members don't want to be confused with "black hat" hackers who attack systems.

"Although many people call us hackers, we actually are the 'white hats' who have conducted deep research on hackers' technologies to help enterprises and users defend themselves against hackers," Fang said.

Recommended Stories
© 2010 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Father's Day: Celebrity dads The 2012 Miss USA competition Faces of the 2012 French Open
2012 MTV Movie Awards Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Notable deaths of 2012
Additional U.S. News Stories
1 of 20
Lil Niqo arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California
View Caption
Rapper Lil Niqo arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on June 3, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
Police believe a mother strangled herself and her son to death, though not necessarily in that order...
Batshiat crazy former employee convinced Dollar Tree out to 'get him' - sets fire to store, destroying...
Some of the world's weirdest ice cream flavors. Come for the octopus and stay for the pink peppercorn...
Nearly half of Americans believe in Creationism, sex in the Champagne Room
Armed robbers break into video store and leave emptyhanded, proving once again that there just isn't...
Finally, a fantasy league for the entertainment tab that doesn't involve Christina Hendricks mudwrestling...