Extortion
It is also possible to disrupt an organizational by using cyber-warfare attacks in conjunction with conventional tactics like bribery, extortion and even torture. These classical criminal methods are perhaps most…
Denial of Service
A Denial Of Service (DOS) attack is an attack designed to prevent some information resource from being used. This can include jamming up network pipes with traffic that slows down…
Alter Configurations
An attacker might also decide to alter system and device configurations in order to disrupt an organization. This could achieve a variety of goals:
Alter Data
One way that an attacker might use to disrupt an organization could be to alter data. This could either be done overtly or covertly, depending on the purpose:
The Soul of the Universe
The soul is often defined as a spiritual component, but with few specifics beyond that. The word, “spiritual” implies a lacking of physical aspects, and implies a fuzzy combination of…
The Death of Accidents
Anna Salamon presents an idea that an increase in intelligence will dwindle our accident rate toward a vanishing point. She defines accidents as unexpected, unwanted, or undefined properties that are…
Core Impact
Core Impact is a professional penetration testing framework tool that can operate in both automated and manual modes. It is very expensive, but sets the standard to measure other tools…
Federal Cyber-Security
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has provided Federal Agencies with all the tools they need to get cyber-security done right. But obviously, it’s not being done right yet…
Smart Meter Issues
A smart meter is a digital metering device used to measure public utility electric power consumption. They typically report their information via a wireless link every fifteen minutes or so.…
Misinformation About Hacking an Encrypted Phone
Recent news has the media atwitter with misinformation about hacking phones and encrypted data. Here are some of the basic issues: Encryption Encryption is the process of using a coding…