The quiet threat: Cyber spies are already in your systems

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Tue Jul 27 17:29:28 BST 2010


Security experts believe that a growing number of companies are being
spied upon electronically
<http://www.infoworld.com/t/business/cyber-espionage-moves-b2b-546> by
sources from other countries, most notably China
<http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/researchers-track-cyber-espionage-ring-china-552>.
What makes these attacks so troublesome is that their techniques are
often undetectable by the usual security tools. Electronic spies try to
get into systems without causing disruptions, so they can quietly gather
information over a period of time.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/the-quiet-threat-cyber-spies-are-already-in-your-systems-404?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2010-07-26




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