{"id":4155,"date":"2017-05-06T15:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2017-05-06T15:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T15:20:38","slug":"spying-made-simple-hackers-use-old-tools-dodge-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/05\/06\/spying-made-simple-hackers-use-old-tools-dodge-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Spying made simple: Hackers use old tools to dodge detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Romanian security firm says it has discovered a ring of digital spies using bottom-rung tools to break into hundreds of government computers. The find suggests that you don\u2019t necessarily need sophistication to steal secrets.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bitdefender analyst Bogdan Botezatu said the previously undiscovered hacking group flew under researchers\u2019 radar by using well-worn electronic espionage techniques, some more than a decade old.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Associated Press the group\u2019s \u201csimplicity is its strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Botezatu wouldn\u2019t reveal the group\u2019s identity or its targets beyond saying that its victims included a slew of government agencies. He said he needed to be discreet to avoid disrupting ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The group, dubbed Netrepser, is dissected in a 20-page report published Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to reach the hackers were unsuccessful.\u2014AP<\/p>\n<p>Image: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Romanian security firm says it has discovered a ring of digital spies using bottom-rung tools to break into hundreds of government computers. The find suggests that you don\u2019t necessarily need sophistication to steal secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4157,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions\/4157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}