Opinion: April 2010 Archives

Africa's Cyber WMD

Imagine a botnet comprised of 100 million infected computers working together as one -- the cybersecurity world's version of a WMD.  Some believe this threat is soon coming straight out of Africa.  READ MORE
In preparation for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to head Cyber Command Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander said that the U.S. must fire back against cyber attacks swiftly and strongly and should act to counter or disable a threat even when the identity of the attacker is unknown. READ MORE

RELATED:  Senators move carefully on Pentagon Cyber Command, Read More...
Foreign nations are increasingly exploiting the Internet, including social network sites, to conduct industrial espionage against Defense Department contractors, according to a recently released government report.  READ MORE

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RELATED:  Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0

A recent report by the Information Warfare Monitor and Shadowserver Foundation says a cyber-spy system systematically targeted and compromised computer systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other countries.  The report further states that these activities have been pilfering highly classified and other sensitive documents related to missile systems, the movement of military forces and relations among countries.  READ MORE

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RELATED:  Cyberattack Concerns High

Nearly three-quarters of the respondents to a survey of respondents who work in national defense and security departments or agencies also said the possibility is "high" for a cyberattack by a foreign nation in the next year.  READ MORE

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