The U.S. military now has a legal framework to cover offensive operations in cyberspace, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday, less than a month after terming this a work in … [Read more...]
U.S. Debated Cyberwarfare in Attack Plan on Libya
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 By
Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of warfare: a cyberoffensive to disrupt and even … [Read more...]
US goverment to conduct cyber attack for training purposes
Monday, 3 October 2011 By
The lights went out. Hackers had infiltrated the chemical company's computer network. The firm's own experts ran around from computer to computer trying to fight back and regain control. "We're … [Read more...]
UK spending for cyberoffensive capabilities on the rise
Friday, 9 September 2011 By
Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, asserts that the UK is spending the lion;s share of the nation’s cyber security budget on the development of cyber … [Read more...]
Cyber war is imminent … hype or true ?
Thursday, 4 August 2011 By
The former U.S. counter-terrorism official who raised the alarm that a major terrorist attack was coming before 9/11 is now warning that cyber-war is an imminent threat. The security … [Read more...]
North Korean cyberwar capability building up, says defector
Wednesday, 1 June 2011 By
Secretive North Korea is scouring its universities for computer prodigies to send overseas for training as part of a plan to expand its cyber warfare unit, a defector said on Wednesday, underscoring … [Read more...]
China admits to have established a cyberwarfare unit
Friday, 27 May 2011 By
The Chinese military has established a cyberwarfare unit to protect Chinese networks from external attacks, a military spokesperson admitted in a news conference Wednesday. The elite cyberwarfare … [Read more...]
OECD says cyberwar is a hype
Saturday, 22 January 2011 By
OECD has released a new report on "Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk" . In the report the authors, Peter Sommer (London school of Economics) and Ian Brown (Oxford University) argue that very few … [Read more...]
