Items Tagged with "Cyberwar"
DDoS Attacks: An Excuse to Talk About IPv6 Security
February 10, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
The switchover from the existing address protocol IPv4 to IPv6 will give attackers a great opportunity. With the introduction of the protocol a huge quantity of new internet addresses is available, and those addresses could be used as sources for DDoS attacks...
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Cyber Preparedness: Paper Tigers... Aren’t We All?
February 09, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
China, Russia, Israel etc etc are all key players in the espionage world which now includes the 5th battlespace of information warfare carried out on the internet and within computer networks. To think anything else because someone asked them just how prepared “they” were for “cyberwar” is just appallingly stupid...
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Real Bullets for Digital Attacks
February 09, 2012 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
In May of last year, the US Government published its International Strategy for Cyberspace. The publication made some waves in the international community because in this document the US stated that military reprisals to cyber attacks were now officially on the table...
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Cyber Defense Weekly: Hacks, Breaches, and Disclosures
February 08, 2012 Added by:Cyber Defense Weekly
"Us law firms have been penetrated both here and abroad. Firms with offices in China and Russia are particularly vulnerable, because the foreign security services are likely to own the people who handle the the firms' physical and electronic security..."
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US Strategic Command on Defending Cyberspace
February 07, 2012 Added by:Headlines
DoD networks and personnel are being tested to the very limits of their ability to deflect assault. Attackers all over the world are utilizing every conceivable method to gain access to our critical systems and introduce malicious code to exploit or destroy our assets...
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Hidebound Governments Unprepared for Cyber Threats
February 05, 2012 Added by:James Colbert
“Even if they brilliantly secure their networks, the greatest threat that organizations face is that they are still vulnerable if their minimum wage security guards are disgruntled or their physical access control systems can be easily bypassed...”
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Acts of Terrorism vs. Cyber Threats: New Offense Scenarios
February 02, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
“I do not think today it is necessarily the number one threat, but it will be tomorrow... Counterterrorism... with the FBI is the present number one priority. But down the road, the cyberthreat, which cuts across all programs, will be the number one threat to the country...”
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Stuxnet: Are We Safe Now? Of Course Not...
January 31, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
We are fighting with an invisible enemy. We are under attack, and we have no idea of the potentiality of agents that theatrically could remain in stealth mode inside the target, avoiding security systems for several years, gathering information and preparing the final attack...
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A Conversation with Richard Clarke – Part I
January 31, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Chris Wysopal and internationally-renowned cyber security expert Richard Clarke discuss the changing cyber threat environment, the evolving cyber legislation landscape, and steps you can take to strengthen your organization’s resilience...
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2012 Threats: Are You Ready?
January 30, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Attackers from all over the world have set their focus on critical life supporting utilities such as water and power to hold those utilities hostage for payment or to disable them to cause terror. Unfortunately, many industrial and national infrastructure networks are vulnerable...
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All Out Cyber War: Analysis of the Middle-Eastern Conflict
January 29, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
You just can't avoid it, so I had to write it. The escalation of rhetoric has gone past media hype and has spilled over into mainstream politics, and now onto the lips of people who should really know better than to perpetuate some of this madness...
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10,358 Industrial Control Systems Connected to the Internet
January 27, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
Hackers rely upon human error to allow them to penetrate many systems because systems administrators fail to secure their systems. Many of the owners of the systems were not even aware their system was hooked up to the internet. This should be cause for alarm...
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Cyberwar Comes to a Mall in Fresno? Not so Much...
January 24, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
A Pastebin dump alleged to be from Anonymous has forty-nine IP addresses with SCADA systems on them. Furthermore, those systems were claimed to not have any authentication on them whatsoever. I checked the IP’s and I have to say “meh” on this little dump by the skiddies...
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Cyber Defense Weekly: Anonymous Attacks, Dutch Cyber Strategy
January 24, 2012 Added by:Cyber Defense Weekly
Each attacker only has so much time and energy. It's like trying to get a crowd at a stadium to do the wave. As soon as the pitcher winds up on the mound the wave peters out. What should you do if you are the target of an Anonymous DDoS attack? Just wait, they will go away...
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American Defense Operations and Cyberspace
January 24, 2012
"Space and cyberspace operations likely will commence well in advance of other operations. In fact, even in the absence of open conflict, operations to gain and maintain cyberspace superiority and space control will be continuous requirements..."
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The Chinese Cyber Threat: Japan Under Attack
January 23, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
China is a cyber power capable of destroying most any opponent, especially when going against companies in trouble because of the difficult economy situation. These companies are the most vulnerable members of the security chain and therefore a favorite target...