> 3. Why are people treating targeted attacks as a new threat model? > Their > threat models are just old.
It's certainly nothing new, but it's the first time that a global player stepped up the plate and admitted their were a victim. That's why it suddenly is big news. That, and that a number of big companies were hit by the same attack. Usually it's only the security vendors and federal organisations that are warning that such attacks are going on > Oh yeah, and this is espionage, not cyber war. Computers are just new > tools/weapons for an old motive. > Espionage unlike cyber crime and cyber war is well established in law > and diplomacy both. Security experts should not spread fear, and they > definitely shouldn't be the ones people look to for answers on this. Fully agree, but who was talking about cyber war? Firmensitz: Muenchen Amtsgericht: AG Muenchen Handelsregister: HRB 144340 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Emmet Russell, Keith Krzeminski, Douglas Rice Bankverbindung: ABN-Amro Bank N.V. Konto 671 211 9006 UST-ID: DE168122444 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
