vulnerability with a bypass vulnerability in Microsofts ASLR technology for Internet Explorer, which Microsoft has patched today.
The researchers found that the attack occurred over a couple of days following the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.
The specific nature of their targets is what lead the researchers to believe that the attackers might be Chinese.
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The hackers seem to be targeting Chinese dissident groups, defense sector firms and other political and commercial targets.
So whats really interesting about this is it separates a lot of cyber espionage activity from say criminal activity.
They dont want anybodys information.
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What they want is information associated with the requirements that they have.
These two groups share similar techniques, but researchers believe them to be two separate groups.
Hultquist says:
You may remember in 2010 the prize was actually awarded to a noted Chinese dissident.
As mentioned, the group was surprised to find an attack targeting specific people.
He also adds, that this attack is unique due to its use of a chaining of zero-day exploits.
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source: www.techworm.net
