Slashdot Mirror
Persistent Cyber Spies Try To Impersonate Security Researchers
An anonymous reader writes: Rocket Kitten, a cyber espionage group that mostly targets individuals in the Middle East, has been spotted attempting to impersonate security researchers. "We feel fairly certain that Rocket Kitten's prime targets are not companies and political organizations as entire bodies but individuals that operate in strategically interesting fields such as diplomacy, foreign policy research, and defense-related businesses. We believe the espionage factor and political context make their attacks unique and very different from traditional targeted attacks," researchers noted in a recently published new paper (PDF).
Rocket Kitten, a cyber espionage group that mostly targets individuals in the Middle East...
Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1573/
Koans and fables for the software engineer
Now you went and did it. Bringing up the Israelis and the Mossad in the same comment means it must be true. And of course you are posting this as anonymous over the Tor network so no one discovers your secret identity. You never know who could be watching like the NSA, FBI, or dare i say the Mossad. Where should I send the bit coins to for your brilliant analysis. And of course you have all the proof that the Israelis are behind.....what am I saying of course you have proof. It's right there in this YouTube video you just found. It's all one big conspiracy between the illuminati, the Knights templer, the Mossad, Microsoft, pinky and the brain, bob the builder and the secret decoder ring I got in my cracker jack box. Please give us a hint as to how you determine that the Mossad is most likely involved.
Don't worry I took all my meds today, at once, and then spit them up, and saved them for later because they taste like chicken.