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Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network

 
 
 
 
 
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This report documents the GhostNet - a suspected cyber espionage network of over 1,295 infected computers in 103 countries, 30% of which are high-value targets, including ministries of foreign affairs, embassies, international organizations, news media, and NGOs.

The capabilities of GhostNet are far-reaching. The report reveals that Tibetan computer systems were compromised giving attackers access to potentially sensitive information, including documents from the private office of the Dalai Lama. The report presents evidence showing that numerous computer systems were compromised in ways that circumstantially point to China as the culprit. But the report is careful not to draw conclusions about the exact motivation or the identity of the attacker(s), or how to accurately characterize this network of infections as a whole. The report argues that attribution can be obscured.

The report concludes that who is in control of GhostNet is less important than the opportunity for generating strategic intelligence that it represents. The report underscores the growing capabilities of computer network exploitation, the ease by which cyberspace can be used as a vector for new do-it-yourself form of signals intelligence. It ends with warning to policy makers that information security requires serious attention.

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03/28/2009
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cc2oo4

cc2oo4

this is real good

10/20/2009
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savingsaccount

savingsaccount

interesting stuff

10/04/2009
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yogeshdp

yogeshdp

Thanks A LOT...!

08/13/2009
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antispy

antispy

thank you!!!

rex12345

rex12345

oh man....linux??

05/26/2009
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mzinmfjsddgphl

mzinmfjsddgphl

The problem that doesn't allow Linux users to download documents has not yet been fixed?

05/15/2009
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natty james

natty james

Uhh.. not that the info in this doc would be of much use to anyone who didn't know this but... Instead of left clicking the PDF under the download menu dropdown (opening the doc in your browser) right click and "save document as". It's something different in Intercept Explorer (selecting and copying the title before right clicking comes in handy)

04/15/2009
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dalehhh

dalehhh

This pdf does not work. It won't print and when it does there are marks censoring out certain pieces of important data. This pdf has caused a number of crashes of my Acrobat reader. Why no just stick this on a web site and bypass Scribid, since scribid is clearly less than technologically proficient or aware of the problems within this document. Plus there is no one to contact regarding the broken nature of the document, even at SEC DEV.

04/12/2009
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knowlengr

knowlengr

Excellent radio interview with the authors on On Point http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/200...

04/03/2009
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ramsesthedamned

ramsesthedamned

This is a sobering reminder that the Internet is not a friendly place. If the Chinese are behind this network (as seem likely), then it should serve as a wake up call to the rest of the world.

04/02/2009
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kurtdriver

kurtdriver

@Agent D Perhaps its. time you googled "wireless security" or are you a troll?

04/01/2009
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dsphunxion

dsphunxion

There's an analysis of this work called "GhostNet in the Shell 2009". Offers reasoning about the approach and science in this study as well as the political motivations behind it. http://infiltrated.net/ghostnet101.html

03/31/2009
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roxyroller

roxyroller

I just want to let u know u guys did a GREAT job on this work. U should be very proud of ur accomplishment especailly im sure working as a team on important work for everyone and trying to keep us all safe from information stealing and its corrupted useage. this article help me feel a tiny bit safe when the powers that be dont really care or change. THANK YOU

03/30/2009
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openid_UE4aQdQh

openid_UE4aQdQh

Scribd sucks. iPaper sucks. Flash sucks. Why can't you just put this on a web page like everyone else so it can be properly indexed and people can reference it and use it?

03/30/2009
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plusoneinformative

plusoneinformative

FYI, Border's comments 3 below this translate as "Legend of the Ghost Nets"

03/30/2009
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