Re: APT definition

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:19 PM, security curmudgeon
<jericho () attrition org> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>
> : On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
> : Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> :
> : > APT relativity is such that for any attacker there exists a victim for whom the
> : > attacker is more advanced and/or persistent
> : >
> : > https://twitter.com/#!/imaguid/status/57522111857700864
> :
> : Ha! I like that one.
> :
> : Generally I hate the term "APT" because the definition of "Advanced" is
> : misleading.
>
> As is "persistent".. sending a couple PDFs to employees over a one day
> period got the foot in the door of RSA. That is not "persistent" as far as
> anything I have seen or done.

Yes, but it *is* persistent as we have seen these same targeted,
socially-engineered attacks for years now.

- ferg

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