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LA Times (October 23)

2011/ 10/ 26 by jd in Global News

Lurid Downloader “has been systematically and silently stealing data from carefully targeted government computers in 61 countries.” Advanced persistent threats (APTs), such as Lurid Downloader, are “the latest trend in cyberattacks.” Because the Internet was designed to be open, it is now creating massive risk as so much vital infrastructure and communication depends on it. “As modern society leans ever more heavily on the Internet…, its fragility becomes an ever greater concern.” Unfortunately, the “only answer to the persistent problem of malware may be to rebuild the Internet from scratch.”

 

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