The Global Cyber War from MentalWardPublishing.com presented free by McGuinnessPublishing.com
What are rootkits and botnets?
A rootkit is a piece of software that can be installed and hidden on your computer without your knowledge. It may be included in a larger software package or installed by an attacker who has been able to take advantage of a vulnerability on your computer or has convinced you to [...] Read more »
The International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act takes on a growing problem for banks and U.S. businesses: the ability for cybercriminals to operate with impunity across international borders. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, and Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah.
In recent years, cybercriminals have mastered techniques for [...] Read more »
Have you been hearing a lot of gloom-and-doom talk about the need for American “cyberwar” preparedness lately? The coming cyberwar threat? Cybergeddon?
Me too.
Wired’s Ryan Singel makes a good case in this article that cyberwar hype — like terrorism hype — has been fuelled by government contractors who have a product to sell, and who don’t [...] Read more »
The threat from terrorists using cyberspace as another attack vector is growing, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller. “The FBI, with our partners in the intelligence community, believe the cyber terrorism threat is real, and it is rapidly expanding,” he said.
Mueller stated that, while large scale cyber attacks by terrorists which destroy a network have [...] Read more »
It sounds like an advanced operation: Hackers hit dozens of high-profile Web sites, knocking the Federal Trade Commission and other government groups completely offline. Days later, South Korea gets a wave of the same treatment.
The description may seem shocking, but a recent series of attacks on U.S. and South Korean Web sites was actually far [...] Read more »
History of Cyber attacks:
In 1991, it was reported by somebody in the air force that a computer virus named AF/91 was created and was installed on a printer chip and made its way to Iraq via Amman, Jordan. Its job was to make the Iraqi anti-aircraft guns malfunction; however, according to the story, the central [...] Read more »
There are several methods of attack in cyberwarfare; this list is ranked in order of mildest to most severe.
Cyber espionage: Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets (sensitive, proprietary or classified information) from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies also for military, political, or economic advantage using illegal exploitation methods on [...] Read more »
Phony elections office websites, bogus e-mails, denial-of-service-attacks and infiltrators of social networking groups are just some of the high-tech voter-suppression techniques we could see in the next couple of weeks, according the authors of a new report.
The Rest Of Wired Security News … Read more »
The second real cyber was has broken out. On August 8th, Russian troops crossed into South Ossetia vowing to defend what they called “Russian compatriots”. As this was taking place, a multi-faceted cyber attack began against the Georgian infrastructure and key government web sites. The attack modalities included: Defacing of Web Sites (Hacktivism), Web-based Psychological [...] Read more »
from Popular Science Magazine
Attacks on Georgian and Russian Web sites have made the Internet a battlefieldBy Stuart FoxPosted 08.13.2008 at 5:31 pm
A New Front: Members of the Georgian Army in 2002. Photo by US Air Force
As the actual ground combat between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia grinds to a halt, security and [...] Read more »
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