Posts tagged "cyberwar"

• Pentagon creating new-generation cyberweapon →

  

  The US military is stepping up its efforts to develop new generation cyber weapons. The Washington Post reports they could be capable of knocking down enemy networks, even if they do not have an Internet connection.

  The efforts have been accelerated due to the possibility of an American military confrontation with either Iran or Syria, the Washington Post’s report alleges. The Pentagon wanted to use cyber technology during a conflict in Libya but realized that it would have needed at least a year to craft it properly.

  “We weren’t ready to do that in Libya,” an anonymous US official was quoted by the Washington Post as saying. “We are not ready to do that now, either.”

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• Could the Internet Ever Be Destroyed? →

  

  The raging battle over SOPA and PIPA, the proposed anti-piracy laws, is looking more and more likely to end in favor of Internet freedom — but it won’t be the last battle of its kind. Although, ethereal as it is, the Internet seems destined to survive in some form or another, experts warn that there are many threats to its status quo existence, and there is much about it that could be ruined or lost.

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• CyberWar “Baby Steps” - Israelis vs. Saudis in Credit Card Hacking Battle →

  

  On January 3, a Saudi hacker group claimed that it had stolen half a million Israeli credit cards. The Bank of Israel claims their exposure is information on only 15,000 credit cards, all of which were immediately blocked. The hacker group’s stated purpose was to see Israeli cards fall into disrepute, “like the Nigerian cards.” The cracker, “0xOmar” is identified as the individual performing the hack, and says he plans to publish information on an additional 200 cards per day.

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• Military Networks 'Not Defensible,' Says General Who Defends Them →

  

  The Defense Department’s networks, as currently configured, are “not defensible,” according to the general in charge of protecting those networks. And if there’s a major electronic attack on this country, there may not be much he and his men can legally do to stop it in advance.

  Gen. Keith Alexander, head of both the secretive National Security Agency and the military’s new U.S. Cyber Command, has tens of thousands of hackers, cryptologists, and system administrators serving under him. But at the moment, their ability to protect the Defense Department’s information infrastructure — let alone the broader civilian internet — is limited. The Pentagon’s patchwork quilt of 15,000 different networks is too haphazard to safeguard.

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• Cyberwarfare – Virtual Attacks Could Come From Anywhere →

  Remote-controlled war. If the concept doesn’t scare the living daylights out of you, we don’t know what will.

  Source singularityhub.com
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