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Beware the Crouching Tiger at the Watering Hole says Context

State sponsored hackers turn to stalking tactics to snare prey

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Researchers at Context Information Security warn that watering hole cyber attacks are increasingly being used by state sponsored hackers to compromise large target groups within the same industries. Rather than chasing victims with spear phishing techniques, attackers compromise popular trusted websites to trap visitors and infect their machines with malware.

While Facebook, Apple and Twitter are among the major names that have already fallen victim to watering hole attacks, Context is seeing more activity aimed at commercial and financial sites. Researchers recently detected an attack on the IHS.com website that belongs to US-based Information Handling Services Inc., the parent
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