[ISN] RSA Europe 2012: Cyber crooks and state hackers work together on threats

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:23:36 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2216038/rsa-europe-2012-cyber-crooks-and-state-hackers-work-together-on-threats

By Alastair Stevenson
The Inquirer
Oct 10 2012

CRIMINAL AND STATE SPONSORED HACKERS are starting to collaborate to 
create ways to steal data, according to RSA executive chairman Arthur 
Coviello.

During a conference at RSA Europe 2012 on Tuesday, Coviello claimed that 
the company has already seen evidence that criminals are not only 
learning from attacks like Flame and Gauss, but are working with the 
state sponsors behind such attacks.

"Criminals are starting to cooperate with nation states," said Coviello. 
"We're seeing criminals adopting the [Advanced Persistant Threat (APT)] 
techniques of the nation state."

The collaboration stems from the emergence of common goals between 
criminals and state hacker teams.

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