4 ms·
Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?
Israel Unit-8200 is an APT
Iran has like 4 APT's under its army
Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?
APT definition: APTs are state-run, organized, and stealthy.
The NSA fits this definition.
Can someone explain this?
Is it only politics?
- webagent255 6mo ago[dead]
- mhb 6mo agoWTF is an APT?
- sheunl 6mo ago[dead]
- AnimalMuppet 6mo agoAdvanced Persistent Threat. It's a cyber security term.
- sloaken 6mo agoThanks. Well that answers the question. Opponents are threats, your tools to counter are not. As in: Your gun is a threat to me, my gun is how I defend against YOUR gun.
- cochinescu 6mo ago[flagged]
- rithdmc 6mo agoThat and the big question over, if they do detect a domestic agency's APT, will they even report it? Warning: Top Secret / NoForn leaks below. Allegedly, - McAfee reached out to the FBI about Magic Lantern, - Kaspersky were believed by the NSA to not detect Russian-affiliated malware, - and I can't find any sources for this, but I remember reading about and having chats earlier in my career with folks in AV companies mulling over what to do in this situation.
- KomoD 6mo agoSure they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group
- tim-tday 6mo agoRemember the Snowden leaks? They are.
- rl1987 6mo agoBecause it's not wrong when "we" (i.e. those naming who counts as APT) are doing it.
- sloaken 6mo agoIt is perspective. From the Iranian stance, NSA is an APT and theirs is not. Likewise the UK version, Russian versions etc. Them / Us.