Security News > 2013 > October > Re: Now the Chinese Are Hacking Us Through Our Limos

Forwarded from: security curmudgeon "Us"? Or just Mandiant for very obvious reasons... On Tue, 15 Oct 2013, InfoSec News wrote: : http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/11/always_watching_how_chinese_hackers_combine_old_and_new_espionage_tactics : : By John Reed : Foreign Policy : October 14, 2013 : : Kevin Mandia, CEO of the cybersecurity company Mandiant, takes a lot of limo : rides. Normally, his limo company emails him PDF copies of his invoices after : every trip. Recently, though, something changed. : : "I've been receiving PDF invoices not from them, but from an [advanced : hacking] group back in China; that's awesome," said Mandia in D.C. recently. : He only caught the attack when the hackers sent receipts on days when he : hadn't used the car service. "I forwarded them to our security service, and : they said, 'Yup, that's got a [malicious] payload.'" : : Emailing a malicious file from a fake or hijacked email account belonging to : the acquaintance of a hacker's target is a famous cyber-espionage tactic : called spearphishing. : : Hackers often search Google or social media to find the names of their : target's friends and co-workers. They then create a fake email address in the : name of a friend or coworker and fire off carefully written emails containing : malware to their target. [...] -- Find the best InfoSec talent without breaking your recruiting budget! Post a Job, $99 for 31 days. Hot InfoSec Jobs - http://www.hotinfosecjobs.com/

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