Advanced Persistent Threats
In 2009, Operation Aurora rocked the web as reports of a cyber attack against Google, which the company publicly blamed on the Chinese government, reportedly done to spy on human rights activists inside the nation. For Google, the cyberespionage was a wakeup call, and a near-end to its business in China. McAfee reports that companies of any size that deal with national security or global economic activities should be on the look out for APT attacks that target e-mail archives, intellectual property repositories and other company databases.
