Trojan horses targeting smart card-protected systems isn't new, but the latest attacks show that sophisticated hackers -whether financially or politically motivated - are targeting specific smart card deployments used by the DoD and other government agencies, as well as defense contractors.
The existence of trojans like Sykipot, which require the smart card to be inserted and, in theory, the user active on the system during the attack, mean that it may become even more difficult to separate legitimate from illegitimate activity after IT assets have been compromised.
