>Second, the Bush White House saw the intelligence they wanted to see.
And the Obama administration is not doing the exact same thing here? I'm sorry but a py2exe agent dropped from phishing, some random IP addresses, and some publicly known persistence techniques do not an APT make. This is horse shit
Not only that, but if I was creating some malware I'd mimic every single one of the TTPs that are supposedly used by all these "Advanced Persistent Threat" groups that are anointed by "threat research" groups. Sprinkle in some Russian/Chinese strings, and an obvious string for how I'd like everyone to refer to me (Sauron in this case) and call it a day.
lol that list is nowhere near complete. if you are able to parse natural language to the point where it is able to filter out all trolling, you will have achieved sentience
Wouldn't this...(gasp) cost them more money? Going through html/css/js to make sure it isn't hiding anything sketchy in it is why these things make it into ad networks in the first place, and automated review is never perfect, as we see with Google Play and iOS stores. Content providers need to 1) Shut the fuck up 2) Write less clickbait and more high quality shit actually worth subscribing to
"We need to talk about this instead of this." that is exactly the point of the op's article lolol. plus the paper you linked is filled with massaging and still contains multiple instances of "however, is not statistically significant."