China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published new security and advertising provisions for regulating the Internet information service market, effective March 15, 2012.

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.

Chinese anti-virus software provider Rising has announced that its first Internet client product, Rising security browser, has started beta tests.

Chinese Internet security software provider Qihoo 360 and social networking site Renren.com have jointly announced that the two parties have formed a strategic partnership for Internet security and open platform cooperation in China.

Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft Network and Wi-Fi service provider WiWide have announced that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud security Internet services to 6,000 business users across China.

Chinese Internet companies Kingsoft and Tencent have announced their intentions to join Baidu's recently launched campaign to make the Chinese Internet a safer place.

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.

With online and wireless security more important than ever, the Communications Network Security Professional Committee of the China Association of Communications Enterprises has been created in Beijing to address issues surrounding spam, hacking, and phishing activities.

German anti-virus software Avira has announced its formal entry into the Chinese market.

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China, an association based in Beijing comprised of journalists representing non-Chinese media, has issued an alert because some of its members have reportedly had their email accounts hacked.

Amidst news of a major security breach and the fleeing of its chief technology officer, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has managed to post increased profit for the end of 2009.

McAfee's "Q4 Threats Report", issued today, shows that China is not the sole origin for zombie computer hacking attacks at the same time as Chinese authorities trumpet the arrest of a hacking gang.

Days after it was reportedly attacked by Iranian hackers and the company's chief technology officer quit, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has tried to change its wayward momentum with a newly inked joint venture with a Japanese e-commerce website.

Chinese Internet security software provider 360 has announced plans to acquire Msafe.com.cn, a Chinese mobile phone security manufacturer, to explore the mobile phone security market.

One week after the company's Chinese search engine website was apparently hacked, Baidu.com's chief technology officer has resigned.