On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Cristian Rodríguez
El 04/05/13 12:52, Carlos E. R. escribió:
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On Friday, 2013-05-03 at 13:03 -0400, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
For economic reasons, exploits will take the more cost effective vector (that is the easier to exploit, wider availability and can be used to cause as much damage as possible)
Damage... or profits.
More in the vein of profits.
Past years seemed to be primarily about profits, although DOS attacks did get a lot of press attention. The last couple years have been a lot more sabotage heavy: - The attack on Iran's nuclear centrifuges (apparently by Israel / US secret services) - The attacks on US Banks (many different banks) - The attack on Saudi Aramco (iirc, 30,000 computers wiped out in one massive attack. Thought to be sponsored by the Iranians.) http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/16/were_last_years_cyber_a... - The Internet's largest DDOS attack against Spamhaus (This article is just a month old): http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Largest_DDoS_Attack_Ever_Is_Over__Used_Unsecured_DNS&story_id=0020002HERM0&full_skip=1 "According to Spamhaus, the attacks at their peak were about 300 gigabits per second, compared with attacks against major banks that average in the 50 Gbps range." Overall there is an unbelievable amount of both Sabotage and IP theft going on in addition to the financial theft that many people think about. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org