Source: Jason Healey, US News
America’s generals and spymasters have decided they can secure a better future in cyberspace through, what else, covert warfare, preemptive attacks, and clandestine intelligence.
Tag Archives: Cyberwar
Obama’s cyberwarfare strategy will backfire
March 8, 2013 – 11:13 pm
Hacking isn’t cyberwar, for now
February 28, 2013 – 9:02 am
Source: Chris Bronk, The New York Times
“There’s no cyberwar without a real war,” argues cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Yet some sort of cyberconflict with China is afoot.
Citizen Lab Fellow Camino Kavanagh co-authors article on cyber warfare
February 4, 2013 – 9:41 pm
Titled “800 Titles but no policy – Thoughts on Cyber Warfare,” the piece examines the cyber arms race and government responses to cyber warfare threats.
The rise of cyber weapons and relative impact on cyberspace
October 5, 2012 – 4:47 pm
Source: Pierluigi Paganini, InfoSec Institute
Cyberspace is considered by the principal governments to be the fifth domain of warfare such as space, land, sea and air, and due to this reason, principal countries are mass investing in the development of new cyber capabilities to protect it.
Cyberwarfare emerges from shadows for public discussion by U.S. officials
September 26, 2012 – 10:59 am
Source: Scott Shane, The New York Times
For years, even as the United States carried out sophisticated cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear program and the Pentagon created a Cyber Command, officials have been hesitant to discuss American offensive cyberwarfare programs openly.
Cyber warfare: New battlefield, new rules
July 9, 2012 – 1:59 am
Source: Amber Corrin, Federal Computer
Present-day cyber risks run the gamut from fairly innocuous password hacks to attacks with the potential to bring a country’s daily operations to a grinding halt.
Stuxnet cyberattack by US ‘destabilizing and dangerous’, Bruce Schneier says
June 18, 2012 – 2:21 am
Source: Network World
Bruce Schneier, noted security expert and author, whose most recent book is “Liars and Outliers,” argues the U.S. made a mistake with Stuxnet, and he discusses why it’s important for the world to tackle cyber-arms control now in an interview with Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer.
McCain promotes offensive cyber capabilities
June 8, 2012 – 8:52 am
Source: Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
The U.S. military is placing too much emphasis on defense against cyber attacks when it should be developing offensive cyber capabilities, according to Sen. John McCain.
Citizen Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow Eneken Tikk on the US-Yemen cyber war panic
May 26, 2012 – 5:19 am
In a post, Citizen Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow Eneken Tikk reflects on the US-Yemen cyber war panic after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference Dinner.
