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Cyberwarfare
- Background information
- "Cyberterrorism" (?!)
- CyberCrime, CyberTerror, CyberEspionage, and CyberWar and
Cyberterror (parts I and II of a series), Tenable Security
- Putting cyberterrorism into context, by Kathryn Kerr, AusCERT, October 24, 2003
- CYBERTERRORISM - Fact or Fancy?, by Mark M. Pollitt, FBI Laboratory
- The Truth about Cyberterrorism, by Scott Berinato, CIO Magazine, March 15, 2002
- E-Terrorism: Assessing the infrastructure risk, by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com, August 26, 2002
- DCSINT Handbook No. 1.02: Cyber Operations and Cyberterrorism, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, August 15, 2005
- Electronic Jihad?
- Electronic Jihad, ThreatBlog, ESET.com, July 9, 2007
- 'Electronic Jihad' App Offers Cyberterrorism For The Masses, by Larry Greenemeier, InformationWeek, July 2, 2007
- Get Ready for the Next Wave of E-Jihad, littlegreenfootballs.com, July 3, 2007
- This application is similar in some ways to what was done by the "electrohippies" in protests against the WTO meetings in the Seattle (1999) and Doha (2001), and the ill-fated "Make Love Not Spam" campaign by Lycos Europe (2004).
- Client-side Distributed Denial-of-Service: Valid campaign tactic or terrorist act?, electrohippies Occasional Paper No.1, February, 2000
- WTO Protests Portend Grave New World - World Trade Organization
- Global: Virtual Protests -fyi, December 30, 2001
- p2pnet.net News:- Lycos Europe is now has a screen saver with a difference. Insight on the News
, by Arnaud De Borchgrave, Jan 10, 2000
- Hackers nobble Lycos anti-spam plan, by John Oates, The Register, December 1, 2004
- Lycos Europe denies attack on zombie army, by Dan Ilett, ZDNet News (UK), December 1, 2004
- Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated], Slashdot discussion, posted December 1, 2004
- Antispam screensaver downs two sites in China, by Dan Ilett, ZDNet News (UK), December 2, 2004
- Lycos Europe's antispam tool no longer available, by Graeme Wearden, ZDNet News (UK), December 3, 2004
- Lycos Fights Spam With DDOS, posted by eejit, Kuro5hin.org, December 3, 2004
- Antispam campaign bites the dust, by Dan Ilett and Graeme Wearden, ZDNet News (UK), December 6, 2004
- Lycos, Spammers & Electronic Civil Disobedience, Internet Censorship Explorer
- Media Stories
- Electronic Spy Network Focused on Dalai Lama and Embassy Computers, by Kim Zetter, Wired blog, March 28, 2009
- Air Force planning to train hundreds yearly in cyber warfare skills, by Trish Choate, January 15, 2009
- Hundreds of Israeli Websites Hacked in 'Propaganda War' , by Kelly Jackson Higgins, DarkReading, December 31, 2008
- DARPA Unveils Cyber Warfare Range, by D. A. Fulghum, AviationWeek.com, December 31, 2008
- Commission to fund research on China's cyberwarfare capabilities, by Ben Bain, FCW.com, December 29, 2008
- Cyberstrategy Takes Shape, by Henry S. Kenyon, SIGNAL Magazine, December 2008
- Information Operations Multiply With the Value of Information, by the editor, SIGNAL magazine, November 17, 2008
- Cyber-warfare comes to Mauritania: Online media have been slow to take off in Mauritania, but already several websites critical to the regime are coming under attack from hackers, which they say are linked to the military junta by Mohammed Salem, MENASSAT, November 12, 2008
- Cyber attacks on McCain and Obama teams 'came from China', by Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times online (FT.com), November 7, 2008
- Hackers and Spending Sprees (story about both McCain and Obama campaigns having their computer systems compromised months before the November 2008 Presidential election), Newsweek, November 5, 2008
- Air Force Aims to 'Rewrite Laws of Cyberspace', by Noah Shachtman, Wired, November 3, 2008
- Reserve wants soldiers to protect networks, by Michelle Tan, Army Times, May 30, 2008
- Carpet bombing in cyberspace: Why America needs a military botnet, By Col. Charles W. Williamson III, Armed Forces Journal, May 5, 2008
- Chertoff Describes `Manhattan Project` for Cyber-defenses, by Ryan Naraine, eWEEK.com, April 8, 2008
- US reveals plans to hit back at cyber threats, by Tom Espiner, ZDNet.co.uk, April 2, 2008
- Estonia to drill NATO's future cyber-war defenders, AFP, April 2, 2008
- Tibet - the cyber wars, by Rory Cellan-Jones, dot.life BBC News, March 24, 2008
- The Evolution of Cyber Warfare, by Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, February 27, 2008
- Cyber-espionage moves into B2B, by Matt Hines, InfoWorld.com, January 15, 2008
- The Dogs of Web War, by Rebecca Grant, Air Force Magazine online, January 2008, Vol. 91, No. 1
- How to Wage Cyber War, by Noah Shachtman, Wired.com, December 12, 2007
- THE US DoD AND CYBERWARFARE?, blog post by John Robb, Global Guerrillas web site, December 12, 2007
- Air Force pushes cyber warrior training, by Peter Buxbaum, FCW.com, December 6, 2007
- Defense board sounds louder alarm about foreign software development, by Bob Brewin, Govexec.com, November 30, 2007
- Nonfiction cyberwar: Military leaders come to grips with cyberwar beyond the pages of science fiction novels, by Brian Robinson, Federal Computer Week, November 26, 2007
- Cyber Warriors, by Neil Munro, National Journal, October 29, 2007
- The new war machine, by William Jackson, GCN Home, September 24, 07
- China accused of cyberattacks on New Zealand, by Liam Tung, Special to CNET News.com, September 13, 2007
- Chinese Official Accuses Nations of Hacking, by Edward Cody, Washington Post Foreign Service, September 13, 2007
- French reveal China hacks, by Correspondents in Paris, Australian IT News, September 10, 2007
- Hacking reports raise concerns about cyberthreat from China, by David Lague, International Herald Tribune, September 6, 2007
- Titan Rain - how Chinese hackers targeted Whitehall, by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, September 5 2007
- China rejects U.S. charge it hacked Pentagon, Reuters, September 4, 2007
- Chinese military hacked into Pentagon, by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Richard McGregor in Beijing, Financial Times, September 3, 2007
- Chinese see military dependence on computers as weakness, by David Lague, International Herald Tribune, August 29, 2007
- California Farm Country Wants to Be Cyber War Central, by Kevin Poulsen, Wired News blog site, August 29, 2007
- Cartwright: Warfighters need to share information regardless of rank, by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week, August 22, 2006
- Planners hang hopes on Barksdale's cyber future, by John Andrew Prime, The Shreveport Times, June 10, 2007
- "Cyberwarfare" against Estonia?
- Cyberwar is breaking out of sci-fi genre, Pavla Kozkov, Czech Business Weekly, June 11, 2007
- After Computer Siege in Estonia, War Fears Turn to Cyberspace, by Mark Landler and John Markoff, The New York Times, May 29, 2007
- When cyberattacks are politically motivated, by Robert Vamosi, Special to CNET News.com, May 29, 2007 [Interview with Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks]
- Estonia and Russia: A cyber-riot, The Economist, May 10, 2007
- Cyber Assaults on Estonia Typify a New Battle Tactic, by Peter Finn, Washington Post Foreign Service, May 19, 2007
- Estonia urges firm EU, NATO response to new form of warfare: cyber-attacks, Sydney Morning Herald, May 16, 2007
- China Crafts Cyberweapons, by Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service, May 28, 2007
- Army considering adding cyberspace to tactical domains, by Peter Buxbaum, Federal Computer Week magazine, April 5, 2007
- STRATCOM wants to take cyberwar to enemy, United Press International, March 21, 2007
- Chinese hackers seek U.S. access, by Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, March 11, 2007
- Air Force Explores the Next Frontier, by Peter A. Buxbaum, special to GCN, February 19, 2007
- Cyber officials: Chinese hackers attack 'anything and everything', by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week magazine, February 13, 2007
- Cartwright: Cyber warfare strategy "dysfunctional", by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week, February 9, 2007
- Cyberwar: A threat to business, by Gideon T. Rasmussen, TechTarget.com, February 6, 2007
- RSA - US cyber counterattack: Bomb one way or the other, by Ellen Messmer, TechWorld Netherlands, February 9, 2007
- China a major cyberthreat, commission warns, by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week magazine, December 1, 2006
- Foreign intelligence agents hacking UK businesses, government warns, by Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly, November 21, 2006
- Chinese army holds "Vanguard-206B" drill in E. China, by Nie Peng, Xinhua News Agency, November 19, 2006
- Air Force leaders hold Cyber Summit, by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week magazine, November 17, 2006
- Air Force to create Cyber Command, by Josh Rogin, Federal Computer Week, November 2, 2006
- Ask the writers | DOD Special Report: Red Storm Rising, GCN.com, September 6, 2006
- Red storm rising: DOD's efforts to stave off nation-state cyberattacks begin with China, by Dawn Onley and Patience Wait, GCN.com, August 21, 2006
- DOD: China fielding cyberattack units, by Josh Rogin, May 25, 2006
- Cyberwar, PBS Frontline documentary, April, 2003
- New Weapons of Information Warfare, opinion by Paul Strassman, Computerworld, December 1, 2003
- Why the Dogs of Cyberwar Stay Leashed: The United States could try out its much-hyped "cyberwarfare" capabilities in Iraq... but it would probably be illegal, by Mark Rasch, SecurityFocus, March 24, 2003
- DoD preps guidance, by Dan Caterinicchia, January 27, 2003
- Computer Offensive: While the new cyberspace security strategy focuses on defending crucial information networks, some U.S. officials are studying the possibility of launching cyberattacks against other countries, by Mickey McCarter, Military Information Technology, November 15, 2002
- Unleashing the dogs of cyber-war on Iraq!, by Brian McWilliams, Salon.com, March 6, 2003
- The Myth of Cyberterrorism: There are many ways terrorists can kill you -- the Internet is not one of them, by Joshua Green, Washington Monthly, November 2002
- The First Networked War, Ground Zero, Issue 11
- Should U.S. pledge not to make first cyberstrike?, by Stephen M. Ryan, GCN, August 3, 1998 (see also a Letter's to the Editor response from Frank J. Stech)
- DOD preps office for cyberdefense, by Daniel Verton, Federal Computer Week, July 13, 1998
- Cyberthreat: Protecting U.S. Information Networks, USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4, November 1998
- Information Warfare: The Unethical Use of Cyberspace, by Eric Halden
- Center for Security Policy Information Warfare (featured articles and reports)
- CRYPT NEWSLETTER 46, edited by George Smith, January 1998 (Story of Rome Labs intrusions by Datastream Cowboy and Kuji into Korean Atomic Research Institute)
- Testimony, Reports to Congress/Executive
- Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency, December 8, 2008
- Computer Attack and Cyber Terrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress, October 17, 2003
- Statement for the Record before the Joint Economic Committee on Cyber Threats and the U.S. Economy by John A. Serabian, Jr., Information Operations Issue Manager, Central Intelligence Agency, February 23, 2000
- Statement by Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on The Worldwide Threat in 2000: Global Realities of Our National Security, February 2, 2000
- Cyberwarfare, by Steven A. Hildreth, Specialist in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense, & Trade Division, CRS Report for Congress, June 19, 2001
- CYBER ATTACK: IS THE GOVERNMENT SAFE?, Testimony from hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, March 2, 2000
- Tesimony of Mario Balakgie, Chief Information Assurance Officer, DIA, before the Subcomittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, July 26, 2000
- International issues
- Legal Issues
- Law of Cyber-Space, by Ahmad Khamal, UN report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, October 2005
- NOTES AND COMMENTS: A Helpless America? An Examination of the Legal Options Available to the United States in Response to Varying Types of Cyber-Attacks from China, by Daniel M. Creekman, 17 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 641 (2002)
- ARTICLE: Responding to Attacks on Critical Infrastructure: What Targets? What Rules of Engagement?, by Colonel James P. Terry, 46 Naval L. Rev. 170 (1999)
- Techniques for Cyber Attack Attribution, by David A. Wheeler, Institute for Defense Analyses, October 2003
- Legal and Practical Constraints on Information Warfare, by Maj Karl Kuschner, Air and Space Power Chronicles
- The Law of Armed Conflict, Naval War College
- The Military Commander and the Law: Legal Aspects of Information Operations
- 2001-02 Cyberterrorism/Computer Crime Legislation
- Overcoming Post-Colonial Myopia: A Call to Recognize and Regulate Private Military Companies," Major Todd. S Milliard, Military Law Review, June 2003
(176 Mil. L. Rev. 1)
- Misc.
- The Boyd Cycle/OODA Loop
- The OODA Loop (or "Boyd Cycle")
- The Strategy of a Fighter Pilot, by Keith H. Hammonds, Fastcompany.com, Issue 59, May 2002
- Toward an Ontology of Integrated Intelligence & Conflict: A Primer, by Michael Wilson, Decision Support Systems, Inc., April 2001
- AF2025 v3c2-2 | Information Operations: A New War-Fighting Capability | (Ch 2) [HTML]
- Information Operations: A New War-fighting Capability by William Osborne et al., 2025 White Papers: Power and Influence, vol. 3, bk. 1, 49. [PDF]
- The Essential Boyd, by Grant T. Hammond
- nCircle blog post on the Blackhat 2006 OODA Loop "Meet the Fed" panel, August 15, 2006
- HITB (Hack-In-The-Box) Malaysia 2008 Keynote Address: Cyberwar is Bullshit, by Marcus Ranum, Tenable Security, October 29, 2008See also:
- Offensive Operations in Cyberspace, White Wolf Security
- Cyber Defense: Art to Science, O. Sami Saydjari, CyberDefenseAgency.com
- Information Assurance -- the Achilles' Heel of Joint Vision 2010?, Armed Forces Staff College
- Unrestricted Warfare
- DoDCCRP publications
- Semantic Hacking, Dartmouth ISTS
- Information Warfare
- AFDD 2-5, Information Operations, 4 January 2002
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare (IASIW)
- National Critical Infrastructure Protection: A Case for Action, President's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
- The Coming Counterrevolution in Military Affairs, by Geoffrey S. French, Veridian
- Information Operations, Deterrence, and the Use of Force, by Roger W. Barnett, Naval War College, 1998
- GAO-AIMD-96-84 INFORMATION SECURITY: Computer Attacks at Department of Defense Pose Increasing Risk
- GAO-T-AIMD-96-92 INFORMATION SECURITY: Computer Attacks at Department of Defense Pose Increasing Risk (Testimony before US Senate)
- Strategic Knowledgecraft: Operational Art for the Twenty-First Century, by Roc A. Myers, September 2000
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