What Is APT and What Does It Want?

January 16th, 2010 admin

This has been the week to discuss the advanced persistent threat , although some people are already telling me Google v China with respect to APT is “silly,” or that the attack vectors were what everyone has been talking about for years, and were somewhat sloppily orchestrated at that. I think many of these critics are missing the point. As is often the case with sensitive issues, 1) those who know often can’t say and 2) those who say often don’t know. There are some exceptions worth noting! One company that occupies a unique position with respect to this problem is Mandiant. Keep an eye on the APT tag of their M-unition blog . Mandiant’s role as a consulting firm to many APT victims…


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