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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Persistent_Threat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Persistent_Threat
by mukyu 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Persistent_Threat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Persistent_Threat
- Groxx 16y agoAh, many thanks :) It was being thrown around all over, but no explanation. >Threat – means that there is a level of coordinated human involvement in the attack, rather than a mindless and automated piece of code. The operators have a specific objective and are skilled, motivated, organized and well funded. Seems odd to specify "mindless and automated piece of code". Does this mean Stuxnet wasn't a "Threat"? I'd say it fit all those requirements - specific goal, wide-ranging tech use, and everyone saw it coming but nobody managed to stop it.
- trotsky 16y agoStuxnet definitely fits the definition (with a bullet). It's wikipedia with all the associated baggage. I'd guess what they meant to draw a distinction from was the automated bots/worms out there that just rattle the windows of hundreds of thousands of sites with for known vulnerabilities. Then they install something relatively innocuous like an ad for scareware AV similar to the current huge SQLi attack.