For hire: Elite “cyber mercenaries” adept at infecting Windows and Macs

For hire: Elite “cyber mercenaries” adept at infecting Windows and Macs.

-- Tom

 

aka "samurai." Blackhats have been doing corporate espionage and such for a while.

(BTW I love taglines like "samurai" and "cyber mercenaries." They just sound so pompous and childish.)

 

'Become a secret hacker in the military intelligence.
Military Intelligence seeks warriors for digital battle-fields '
Required qualifications :
Applied knowledge of 'Black-Hat' techniques and SQL-injections

http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article1783428.ece

(Of course, the actual job-advert is no longer available on-line !!
In Denmark everybody has a unique identifying number, kinda like they had
in Nazi-Germany !)

 

Or a social security number in the USA?

Definitely sick, comparing a coward behind a keyboard to a warrior or soldier.

 

See also:
Icefog Espionage Campaign is ‘Hit and Run’ Targeted Operation
http://threatpost.com/icefog-espionage-campaign-is-hit-and-run-targeted-operation/102417

'Icefog' spying operation targeted Japan, South Korea
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242691/_Icefog_spying_operation_targeted_Japan_South_Korea