December 23, 2011 – BEIJING – A rash of new clues surrounding the Sykipot computer virus having its way with the U.S. drone fleet suggests the malware originated in China, and explains how it has been used. Mathew J. Schwartz of Information Week reports the virus appears to have been designed with the sole purpose of stealing UAV data using “zero-day” vulnerability in Adobe Reader. A zero-day attack is launched using a vulnerability unknown to a software’s developer and shared among attackers who exploit the fault before a patch is put in place... [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]