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Re: APT definition
From: RL Vaughn <rl_vaughn () baylor edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:22:27 -0500
On 4/11/11 7:20 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
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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- Re: APT definition Joel Esler (Apr 11)
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- Re: APT definition Rich Kulawiec (Apr 12)
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