GhostNet and computer spying on Tibet. It's just Spear Phishing.

Gary Warner covers the recent GhostNet story, where the New York Times told of academic research, uncovering a computer spy network using Trojan horses to spy on Tibet and the Dalai Lama, with fingers pointed at China.

While interesting as a case study and the researchers did good work... It's not new, it's really just old news called Spear Phishing. Using a "technology" called RAT.

You can read more about what Gary has to say here:
http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2009/03/ghostnet-or-gh0st-rat-cyber-persecution.html

Gadi Evron,
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