On 4/11/11 7:20 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:19 PM, security curmudgeon
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>>
>> : On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon&
>> : Hannah<[email protected]> wrote:
>> :
>> :> APT relativity is such that for any attacker there exists a victim for
>> whom the
>> :> attacker is more advanced and/or persistent
>> :>
>> :> https://twitter.com/#!/imaguid/status/57522111857700864
>> :
>> : Ha! I like that one.
>> :
>> : Generally I hate the term "APT" because the definition of "Advanced" is
>> : misleading.
>>
>> As is "persistent".. sending a couple PDFs to employees over a one day
>> period got the foot in the door of RSA. That is not "persistent" as far as
>> anything I have seen or done.
>>
>
> Yes, but it *is* persistent as we have seen these same targeted,
> socially-engineered attacks for years now.
>
> - ferg
>
So, repeating the same message over and over again may eventually
build up an undeserved perception of trust?
It'll never work.
Randy
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