The Dev Shack » cyber warfare http://www.thedevshack.com Technology and Programming Blog Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Today’s DDoS Attacks Due to Cyber Warfare? http://www.thedevshack.com/todays-ddos-attacks-due-to-cyber-warfare/ http://www.thedevshack.com/todays-ddos-attacks-due-to-cyber-warfare/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:41:53 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/?p=285 micro_worlds I am sure that most of you are aware of today’s attack against Twitter.  The attack crippled the service for a good portion of the day.  News is coming out now about the attack, and according to an article by The New York Times the attack could be related to cyber warfare.  The article cites Bill Woodcock, an expert in this area, who believes the attack was a result of the conflict between Russia and Georgia.  Woodcock stated the attack was not like a normal DDoS attack, as these attacks were using spam emails to overwhelm the service.  Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come.

]]> http://www.thedevshack.com/todays-ddos-attacks-due-to-cyber-warfare/feed/ 0 The Ripple Effect of Cyber Warfare http://www.thedevshack.com/the-ripple-effect-of-cyber-warfare/ http://www.thedevshack.com/the-ripple-effect-of-cyber-warfare/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:44:34 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/?p=240 I have been interested lately in the various areas of warfare in our current times. The major focus of current situations WILL involve cyber warfare as part of any conflict. Many folks are under the impression that conflicts between other countries than their own really will not change their lives that much. If you are of this belief, read the post titled Collateral Damage written by Robert X. Cringely on is blog. He lays out the ripple effect of a cyber warfare in other countries, for example a conflict between India and Pakistan. With a great deal of large companies outsourcing work to these countries, any type of cyber attack could be devastating. As Cringely points out an attack could cripple customer support for many banks and PC companies or even attack source code repositories.

It is a well written post that will leave most people stunned once they consider the “what if” scenarios. I totally agree with Cringely that any conflict in the modern era will have a cyber warfare component. I would also argue that the first “shots” fired in a conflict could very well happen in the cyber world.

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