Defending Against High-End Threats

Tech @ FTC 2013-03-15

Summary:

Most attacks are pretty mundane.  Some aren’t, though, and we can learn a lot from them.  Let’s consider the recent case of the New York Times being hacked, allegedly by China. Several things stand out from the article.  For one thing, it was a targeted attack.  Most hacks, even very serious ones, are opportunistic, in [...]

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new york times apt hacking tech@ftc

Authors:

Steve Bellovin

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:24

Date published:

02/05/2013, 11:10