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Hackers Breach Systems of 5 Multinational Oil Companies - NYTimes.com
by janelane at 2:39 pm EST, Feb 10, 2011

According to the report, the intruders used widely available attack methods known as SQL injection and spear phishing to compromise their targets.

Wait, there's a version of phishing called spear phishing? And NYT knew about it? Crazy.

-janelane


 
RE: Hackers Breach Systems of 5 Multinational Oil Companies - NYTimes.com
by Decius at 6:59 pm EST, Feb 11, 2011

janelane wrote:

According to the report, the intruders used widely available attack methods known as SQL injection and spear phishing to compromise their targets.

Wait, there's a version of phishing called spear phishing? And NYT knew about it? Crazy.

-janelane

Basically it means they send you a targeted email that is custom crafted to appeal to you and entices you to click on a malicious link or something similar.


 
 
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