Cyberespionage For Everyone

Mephistophocles writes "A chilling article by Darkreading's Kelly Jackson Higgins describes how the growing accessibility of hacking tools like RATs (Remote Access Trojans) have made cyber-espionage possible for more than just those financially backed by large nation-states, and speculates on what the implications of this may be: 'Researchers at Norman Security today revealed that they recently analyzed malware used in phishing emails targeting Israeli and Palestinian targets and found that attackers used malware based on the widely available Xtreme RAT crimeware kit. The attacks, which first hit Palestinian targets, this year began going after Israeli targets, including Israeli law enforcement agencies and embassies around the world. Norman says the same attacker is behind the attacks because the attacks use the same command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure, as well as the same phony digital certificates. This attack campaign just scratches the surface of the breadth and spread of these types of attacks around the world as more players have been turning to cyberspying. "We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg," says Einar Oftedal, deputy CTO at Norman.'"

Norman != Norton

[rgbrenner]

Norman was founded in 1984 and is based in Norway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_(company) [wikipedia.org]

Norton was started by Peter Norton in 1990 and is now owned by Symantec:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Internet_Security [wikipedia.org]

So, as you can see.. Your experience with Norton Clone has nothing to do with Norman.