CYBERWAR
It is a fifth generation type of war means instead of fight-
ing with weapons and nuclear bombs
Now a days hackers of one nation are destroying the
others nations communications and obtaining
The secrets of the other nations bank details, military
details etc.
ABOUT CYBER WAR:
The nebulous term “cyber warfare” refers to fullon conflict between countries or terror groups featuring
digital attacks on computer systems. But its more devastating, violent impacts are considered by many analysts
to be largely theoretical at this point.
Cyber warfare is the greatest threat facing the
United States – outstripping even terrorism – according to defence, military, and national security leaders in a Defence News poll, a sign that
hawkish warnings about an imminent “cyber
Pearl Harbour” have been absorbed in defence
circles.
But 45 percent of the 352 industry leaders polled
said cyber warfare is the gravest danger to the
U.S., underlining the government’s shift in priority – and resources
That cyber war tactics might blur with traditional
terrorism – were underlined in June 2012, when
information security expert Eugene Kaspersky
announced his lab’s discovery of the Flame virus
that targeted computers in Iran.
ATTACKING METHODS:
Sabotage:
Military and financial computer systems are at
risk for the distribution of normal operation and equipment (communication, fuel, power)
Espionage and security breaches:
These illegal methods are used to disable network, software, computers or internet
to steal classified information about Military, political or
financial gain. It vitally needed is legislation that would
grant at least one capable government
organisation the authority to track cyber-intruders and
criminals.
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“It’s not cyber war, its cyber terrorism and I’m
afraid it’s just the beginning of the game,” Kaspersky said at a conference in Tel Aviv. “I’m afraid it
will be the end of the world as we know it.” A few
months later, Panetta compounded fears when
he warned of a “new, profound sense of vulnerability” in the U.S. due to the prospect of cyber
warfare.
CONCLUSION:
Hacking which was just a pass time for many to
play tricks on their fellow companions and to
display their shills in scripting and other fields of
shell level programs have turned to a crime that
is not stoppable until it is thought by the ones
who use it for destruction
-VIGNESHWARAN D R
IV year