The precedence of Cyberwar from China APT-3
Yet another Chinese APT, it seems like china is getting ready with cyberwarfare . Like APT-1 and APT-2 this thread also started with phishing email, but it targets were limited to public, defense, private, Supply chain sectors, Non-profit, Biotechnology, Construction, Education and Energy. In 2013 Chinese based thread actors thought of creating threads for stealing information using Java, Adobe and Internet Explorer ( default browser for XP and 2007 ). Bug Hunters who were really working hard found various enumeration techniques to exploit java with minimum user interferences. This was bad news for the thread actors. So they planned to espionage and steal information from the above sectors using Adobe and Internet Explorer. Numerous mails to employees were drafted and sent to the Defense and Aerospace Industry. Some sample e-mails are shown below Sample-1: Save between $200-450 by purchasing an Apple Certified Refurbished iMac through this link. Refurbished ...