Persistent Cyber Spies Try To Impersonate Security Researchers

An anonymous reader writes: Rocket Kitten, a cyber espionage group that mostly targets individuals in the Middle East, has been spotted attempting to impersonate security researchers. "We feel fairly certain that Rocket Kitten's prime targets are not companies and political organizations as entire bodies but individuals that operate in strategically interesting fields such as diplomacy, foreign policy research, and defense-related businesses. We believe the espionage factor and political context make their attacks unique and very different from traditional targeted attacks," researchers noted in a recently published new paper (PDF).

The Israelis ?

[Anonymous Coward]

If the group is targeting 'strategic individuals in the Middle East one can't help but wonder if the Israelis are behind the cyber spying group

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[Schmorgluck]

Interesting theory, but while I haven't much sympathy for anything coming from the government of Israel since Yitzhak Rabin has been assassinated by an Israeli terrorist, I think the Mossad would be more subtle and competent than that.

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[tehcyder]

Please give us a hint as to how you determine that the Mossad is most likely involved.

Well, they haven't issued a statement denying it, have they?

Whats that...

[drunk_punk]

Old saying? "impersonation is the sincerest form of pwnage."

something like that...

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[davester666]

more like "we've already used up our credibility, let's start using up other peoples"

Spies are impersonating researchers

[fustakrakich]

say the researchers...

Help me out here. Who should I believe?

More like

[ThatAblaze]

More like "persistent streams of junk articles try to impersonate real news."

Cyber Spies!

[QilessQi]

Rocket Kitten, a cyber espionage group that mostly targets individuals in the Middle East...

Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1573/ [xkcd.com]

Rocket Kitten is Windows only ..

[nickweller]

No serious security researcher would use Windows ..