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. [...] -- Get your CEH, CISSP or ISSMP with ExpandingSecurity.com Live OnLine classes that will not wreck your schedule. Come to a free class and see how good our program really is. Free weekly PainPill: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Thu Oct 11 2012 - 00:23:36 PDT
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