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Introduction to cyber-warfare : a multidisciplinary approach /
Cyber Warfare conducted by organizations such as Anonymous and LulzSec and by nation states such as China, China, India, Iran, North Korea and the United States (Stuxnet) has become a global problem threatening governments, corporations and individuals. According to a recent analysis the global mark...
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] :
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2013]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Cyber Warfare: Here and Now
- What Is Cyber War?
- Is Cyber War a Credible Threat?
- Attribution, Deception, and Intelligence
- Information Assurance
- I. Cyber Attack
- 2. Political Cyber Attack Comes of Age in 2007
- Reliance on Information as a Vulnerability
- Rudimentary but Effective: Denial of Service
- Leaving Unwanted Messages: Web Site Defacement
- Tools for Denial of Service
- The Difficulty of Assigning Blame: Why Attribution Is Tough in a DDoS Attack
- Estonia Is Hit by Cyber Attacks
- General Response to DDoS
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 3. How Cyber Attacks Augmented Russian Military Operations
- The 2008 Russian Cyber Campaign Against Georgia
- What Is Interesting About the Russian Cyber Campaign
- Preparing for a Cyber-Capable Adversary
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 4. When Who Tells the Best Story Wins: Cyber and Information Operations in the Middle East
- Hijacking Noncombatant Civilian IP Addresses to Help the War Effort: The Israel-Hezbollah "July War" of 2006
- Civilians in the Cyber Melee: Operation Cast Lead
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 5. Limiting Free Speech on the Internet: Cyber Attack Against Internal Dissidents in Iran and Russia
- DDoS as a Censorship Tool: Why Dissident Groups Are Inherently Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
- Silencing Novaya Gazeta and Other Russian Dissidents
- Iran
- How the 2009 Elections Led to Aggressive Cyber Operations
- Summary
- 6. Cyber Attacks by Nonstate Hacking Groups: The Case of Anonymous and Its Affiliates
- "Chaotic" Beginnings: The Chaos Computer Club; CCC
- The Roots of the Anon
- 4chan, 7chan, and Other Message Boards
- How We Are Influenced by 4chan: Memes
- Anonymous
- On Image, Structure, and Motivation
- Anonymous
- External Connections and Spin Offs
- Your Security Is a Joke: LulzSec
- Anonymous' Modus Operandi
- Targeting Governments, Corporations, and Individuals: Notable Hacks on Anonymous
- Software for the Legion: Anonymous Products
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- II. Cyber Espionage And Exploitation
- 7. Enter the Dragon: Why Cyber Espionage Against Militaries, Dissidents, and Nondefense Corporations Is a Key Component of Chinese Cyber Strategy
- Introduction
- Why Cyber Espionage Is Important to China: A Look at Chinese Cyber Doctrine
- Leveraging Resources Beyond the Military: The Cyber Warriors of China
- Stealing Information from the U.S. Industrial-Military Complex: Titan Rain
- Cyber War Against the Corporate World: A Case Study of Cyber Intrusion Attributed to China
- Monitoring Dissidents: GhOstNet
- Using Legitimate Web Sites for Data Exfiltration: The Shadow Network
- Cyber War Through Intellectual Property Theft: Operation Aurora
- An Example of the Current State of the Art: Sykipot
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 8. Duqu, Flame, Gauss, the Next Generation of Cyber Exploitation
- Introduction
- Kernel Mode Rootkits
- Vulnerabilities in the Operating System
- Stolen Keying Material
- Commonalities Between Stuxnet and Duqu
- Information-Stealing Trojans
- The Geography of Duqu
- TDL3 and Other Malware
- Object-Oriented Malware: Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame, and Gauss
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 9. Losing Trust in Your Friends: Social Network Exploitation
- Introduction
- Do You Really Know All Your LinkedIn Connections? Imposters in Social Networks
- Designing Common Knowledge: Influencing a Social Network
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 10. How Iraqi Insurgents Watched U.S. Predator Video
- Information Theft on the Tactical Battlefield
- Introduction
- The Predator UAV
- Hacking the Predator Feed
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- III. Cyber Operations For Infrastructure Attack
- 11. Cyber Warfare Against Industry
- Introduction
- Industrial Control Systems: Critical Infrastructure for Modern Nations
- Information Technology vs. Industrial Control Systems: Why Traditional Infosec Practices May Not Apply
- How Real-World Dependencies Can Magnify an Attack: Infrastructure Attacks and Network Topology
- How a Cyber Attack Led to Water Contamination The Maroochy Water Breach
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 12. Can Cyber. Warfare Leave a Nation in the Dark? Cyber Attacks Against Electrical Infrastructure
- Introduction
- Cyber Attacks Directed Against Power Grids
- Destroying a Generator with a Cyber Attack: The Aurora Test
- Taking the Power Grid Offline with Minimal Effort: Attacks Leveraging Network Topology
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- 13. Attacking Iranian Nuclear Facilities: Stuxnet
- Introduction
- The Alleged Target: The Natanz Fuel Enrichment Facility
- How Stuxnet Targets Industrial Control Systems
- Stuxnet Successfully Targets the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant
- Stuxnet Is a Significant Advancement in Malware
- Stuxnet Invalidates Several Security Assumptions
- Implications for the Future
- Summary
- Suggested Further Reading
- Conclusion and the Future of Cyber-Warfare.