Hackers Ramping up Attacks Against Tibetan Activists
Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro.
During the last couple of months, there have been reports from several security vendors about targeted attacks that distributed malware designed to steal confidential information from people or organizations supporting the Tibetan cause.
"No organized group receives targeted attacks with a higher volume or more regularity than Tibetan activists," FireEye senior systems engineer Alex Lanstein said in a blog post on Friday. "Not USG, not US DIB, not Taiwan ... Tibet." "Everyone, from the personal envoys to the Dalai Lama to student activists in San Francisco, gets hammered day in and day out, often times with pretty high octane stuff," Lanstein said.
