Going
back to the report, it's a very recent overview of cyberterrorism, and
the way it's perceived. Flawed or not I'll leave up to you to decide.
What made me an impression anyway?
-
CIA's
2005 "Silent Horizon" to practice defending against a simulated
widespread cyberattack directed against the United States. I really
don't think frontal attack are of any interest, or are they?
-
Stolen credit cards were used in the terrorist attacks in Bali. There have also been other
cases, of exactly the same, using cyber activities for funding real world crime and terrorism.
- How
sensitive information on a future Army command and control system was stolen from an unclassified system by at least
reportedly,
Chinese hackers. Unclasiffied doesn't necessarily mean someone wasn't
having a false sense of security on a .mil domain I guess.
- The
U.S Elite Military Hacking Crew,
the so called Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare
(JFCCNW) I feel every military forces have or should have these.
The report also highlights that the Internet is now a
prime recruiting tool
for insurgents in Iraq. Insurgents have created many Arabic-language
Web sites that are said to contain coded plans for new attacks. Some
reportedly give advice on how to build and operate weapons, and how to
pass through border checkpoints .
- Other news articles report that a
younger generation of terrorists
and extremists, such as those behind the July 2005 bombings in London,
are learning new technical skills to help them avoid detection by law
enforcement computer technology
Which is exactly what I've mentioned in my post on
Cyberterrorism. I feel, communication, and coordination, besides
research is the ultimate goal here.
The only thing that make made me sort of a bad impression was how the only major innovation mentioned is
quantum cryptography, and
steganography
mentioned just twice. I think that this isn't entirely the case, and
breaking cryptography doesn't necessarily have to come in form of
directly attacking the algorithm itself. That happens to be impossible
sometimes, but the first time when I came across the fact that the AU
government can use spyware on criminals with the idea too obtain keys, or whatsoever, it makes such
issues irrelevant.
On the other hand, the way the Internet provides "them" with more opportunities, the more their
traceability improves, or at least give clues to a certain extend.
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Yesterday, Engadget reported about a "WiFi sniffer" that turns your Nintendo DS,
into a wardriving tool and while it lacks certain features, it can
still prove "handy", even fuel further security concerns over this steadily developing trend of homebrew hacking experiments. 
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