Blog Posts Tagged with "cyberweapons"
Cyber Security Goes Ballistic
April 16, 2013 Added by:Jarno Limnéll
Cyberweapons are now comparable to the ballistic nuclear missile arsenal of the US, which also resides under the jurisdiction of the President. Giving the President cyber-initiative responsibilities speaks volumes regarding the serious attitude to which they are treated.
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Stuxnet and Cyber Deterrence
August 13, 2012 Added by:Robert M. Lee
Stuxnet showed that a nation-state was capable and willing to use an advanced cyber weapon against an adversary. With the world believing that the United States is responsible, the nation now has the highest level of credibility for willingness and capability to develop and use a cyber weapon. That is a strong deterrent...
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On the Right to Bear Cyber Arms
July 10, 2012 Added by:J. Oquendo
An attacker is decimating my infrastructure. I have purchased and deployed every security technology I can think of. I have contacted law enforcement as a matter of relevance, but I know they will not be able to do much. I have given the service provider two fair warnings. I now fight fire with fire...
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Flame: Cutting Through Media and SME Hype
June 14, 2012 Added by:J. Oquendo
Flame is a very loud piece of malware. It is a horrendous 20Mb contraption which screams: "look at me." Many of the components in Flame are borrowed, re-hashed, re-written and re-deployed. AV companies are suggesting there is "no financial gain" being sought by Flame and to that I state: "How would you know?"
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Defense Department to Accelerate Cyber Weapons Development
April 10, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“Cyberweapons are fundamentally different... You can make a general-purpose fighter plane and it will function more or less the same in the Pacific as in the Atlantic. The same is not true for going after a Russian cyber-target versus a Chinese target..."
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A Stuxnet Drinking Game
March 12, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
If one deconstructs Stuxnet down to its basic functions, nothing is new - but in its execution, success and the huge publicity of its discovery, Stuxnet is a finely manufactured weapon which I expect will be duplicated in its functionality many, many times...
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State Actors Develop Cyberweapons to Cripple Infrastructure
March 25, 2011 Added by:Dan Dieterle
“We believe that state actors have developed cyberweapons to cripple infrastructure targets in ways tantamount to kinetic assaults. Some of these weapons could potentially destroy hardware as well as data and software..."
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