The attack originated in the form of a spear phish, which involves a spoofed inbound email with either a link to a malicious website or a weaponized document attachment such as a .pdf, Microsoft Excel file or Word document. (via Washington confirms Chinese hack attack on White House computer | Fox News)
Posted October 1, 2012 at 4:30pm in attack hack spear phish spoofing usa china penetration pentest cracking