PRC Malware Attacks on Tibet Protests
An interesting attack vector presumably coming from PRC sources to gather intel on the Tibet protesters and their allies: using pro-Tibet mailings to get people to open usually safe attachments (.pdf, .doc) which install a keystroke logger on the target computer.
This is particularly interesting given the PRC’s stated IW strategy of developing “human wave” cyber attacks. Interesting because this is
- A) not a human wave attack (it would have required a very small group of “information warriors” [1]) and
- B) an example of a type of attack that could be used to hamper an “info militia.”
[1] If a spy is a con man who works for the government, then an “information warrior” is a hacker who happens to get a government paycheck.
