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The Future of Information Warfare The present war against terrorism, precipitated by the decidedly low-tech use of airplanes on September 11, is raising the awareness of corporations and individuals in regards to the security of business and personal information. The attacks of September 11th showed what happens when the information flow of our society is disrupted. Many realize now that disruption of the exchange of business and personal information could be a primary weapon of attackers, and not just the secondary effect of other actions. The idea of warfare using information as a weapon is not new. The obvious place to start getting a handle on the definition of information warfare is the military.
By Carter Gilmer, 04/14/2004
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Information Warfare - It's Everybody's Battle There's a war going on, and it,s all about your computer. If it's not about your computer, then it's about mine, and I don't like it! Major companies and government agencies have been fighting a vicious battle for years to defend their automated information systems. A constant bombardment by viruses and hackers, combined with headline grabbing accounts of spies and espionage, have led to the upsizing of computer security departments all over the globe. As the Plant Computer Security Officer and Incident Coordinator for a three-letter government agency, I have seen the attacks, and have personally cleaned up the damage caused by a variety and multitude of those attacks. Granted most of my clean-ups are from viruses, but the threat of intrusions and account compromises is always present.
By Charles Coffey, 04/14/2004
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The China Syndrome On April 1, 2001 a Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance plane off China's coast, resulting in the death of a Chinese pilot and the detention of the Navy plane and its crew. As Chinese and American diplomats sparred in the political arena, an army of Chinese hackers launched attacks against American web sites in protest. Though estimates vary, the ensuing "Cyberwar" between U.S. and Chinese hackers ultimately affected some 1,100 American web sites and 1,600 Chinese sites. Whether this rash of web site defacements fits the description of Information Warfare (IW) is questionable.
By Charles Bacon, 04/14/2004
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Information Warfare: The Unconventional Art In A Digital World "The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeros, little bits of data. It's all just electrons... There's a war out there... and it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think, it's all about information. Conventional warfare with the use of tanks, aircraft, ground-troops, submarines, missiles, and defense systems, is starting to be replaced by the firing of binary digits across a vastly different battlefield then in decades past. Information warfare is the new art of subverting your enemy in the new battles of the 20th century and beyond. Today you dont have to physically be on the battlefield, or even be a part of the military to be surrounded by a new evolution in war that has reached it's outstretched arm into the homes of many. How can this be true?
By Eric Hrovat, 04/14/2004
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The Brazilian Connection: Brazilian Defacement Groups Stake their Claim On June 22, 2001, Prime Suspectz, a Brazilian hacker group, defaced four Microsoft sites in less than one hour. According to one of the pages they defaced, three of the sites were defaced in just half an hour! Brazil is a country of impressive statistics. A land of contrasts, Brazil is the 5th largest country, and one of the largest economies in the world. Despite its wealth of natural resources and large labor pool, Brazil is a country with extremely unequal distribution of wealth. Brazil also accounts for an enormous amount of Internet attacks. Analyzing the top 50 website defacement groups from Safemode.org, I discovered that 30% are Brazilian.
By Michael Poor, 04/14/2004
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Can Hackers Turn Your Lights Off? The Vulnerability of the US Power Grid to Electronic Attack There is now no reason to doubt that presently there are individuals, groups, and nations that seek actively and presently to do harm to the United States. We have seen enough evidence of this in the last few weeks with the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the apparent attempt to damage or destroy either the Capitol or the White House. One of the lessons we need to take from this tragedy is that it is absolutely necessary for us to protect the critical infrastructures of the United States. One of the most important aspects of our critical infrastructure is the National Power Grid. Without electrical power, just about everything in our Information Age society and economy goes dead: respirators, heaters, air conditioners, and refrigerators in hospitals and homes, perishable food supplies in markets, stock trading on Wall Street, financial transfers between banks, and much more, including, of course, the lights, everywhere from Manhattan to Watts.
By Unknown, 04/14/2004
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The Fundamentals Of Computer HACKING There are three essential steps that a hacker has to perform to get a good picture of an organization's layout. The steps are Footprinting, Scanning, and Enumeration.
By Ida Mae Boyd, 04/14/2004
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Hacking: The Basics Today, both the Internet and corporate intranets are simply crawling with people from all walks of life that are continuously trying to test the security of various systems and networks. Some of these people are seeking some sort of intellectual high, while others are fueled by more treacherous motives such as revenge or stealing for profit. In any event, no intrusion is innocent and no intrusion is benign. There is no silver bullet available out there that will totally secure our networks and systems. The only thing that we can do as IT professionals is make sure all of the doors are locked, the alarm is turned on, and educate ourselves on what to look for. The primary focus of this practical paper is to educate the less security conscious IT professionals and end-users on exactly who is out there and what they are doing to get in.
By Zachary Wilson, 04/14/2004
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The Art of Rootkits (2nd ed) A rootkit is a program. Rootkits come in all different shapes and styles, some more advance than others. Rootkits are basically programs that help attackers keep their position as root. Notice it's called a "rootkit". 'root' meaning the highest level of administration on *nix based systems and 'kit' meaning a collection of tools. Rootkits contain tools which help attackers hide their presence as well as give the attacker full control of the server or host continuously without being noticed. Rootkits are usually installed on systems when they have been successfully compromised and the highest level of access has been given (usually root) Some rootkits refuse to be installed until the attacker has root access, due to read and write permission to certain files. Once the system has been successfully compromised and the attacker has root, heshe may then install the rootkit, allowing them to cover their tracks and wipe the log files.
By Marcus Unknown , 04/10/2004
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Secure programmer: Countering buffer overflows This article discusses the top vulnerability in Linux/UNIX systems: buffer overflows. This article first explains what buffer overflows are and why they're both so common and so dangerous. It then discusses the new Linux and UNIX methods for broadly countering them -- and why these methods are not enough. It then shows various ways to counter buffer overflows in C/C++ programs, both statically-sized approaches (such as the standard C library and OpenBSD/strlcpy solution) and dynamically-sized solutions, as well as some tools to help you. Finally, the article closes with some predictions on the future of buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
By David A. Wheeler, 04/10/2004
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