Targeted cyberattacks of the sort that hit Google Inc. earlier this year are testing enterprise security models in new ways. State-sponsored groups with deep technical skills and computing resources have long been directing such attacks against government and military targets. Google’s disclosure in January that its network was attacked by China-based hackers stoked long-standing fears that cybercrooks would expand their horizons. Traditional security measures can’t prevent targeted attacks because the perpetrators often take advantage of zero-day threats for which there are no known defenses.”]
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