[funsec] Chinese attacks

[Les Bell]

I presume you all have seen the US-China Economic and Security Review
Commission's report, "Capability of the People's Republic of China to
Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation", which was
prepared by Northrop Grumman last October? If not, hie thee to
http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_Cyber_Paper_FINAL_Approved%20Report_16Oct2009.pdf.

There's also an interesting foreshadowing of these attacks in the article
"Anatomy of a Structured Attack" by Michael Shinn, pp 24 - 29 of the IA
Newsletter Vol 12 No 3. See http://iac.dtic.mil/iatac/IA_newsletter.jsp.
What's particularly interesting is the way specific victims were targetted,
based on their reading patterns - a very labour-intensive approach.

Best,

--- Les Bell
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]
Tel: +61 2 9451 1144