ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

There's an urgent need for NATO and its member countries to address the cybersecurity of space-based satellite control systems because they're vulnerable to cyberattacks - and if left unaddressed, it could have severe consequences for global security, a new paper from a major thinktank on international affairs has warned.

Almost all modern military engagements rely on space-based assets, providing GPS coordinates, telecommunications, monitoring and more.

The newly released Cybersecurity of NATO's Space-based Strategic Assets research paper from Chatham House warns that there's an urgent need to study and address the cybersecurity of these systems and the challenges which could be posed if a network was breached or otherwise attacked.

 

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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/visual-it-securitypart2-your-computer-as-a-possible-cyber-weapon/

 

https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=cyberwarfare

 

https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cyberwar...

 

A cybersecurity think tank has published a manual studying how international law applies to conflicts in cyberspace, where the laws of conventional warfare are more difficult to apply.

 

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http://news.techworld.com/security/3379202/cybersecurity-manual-examines-how-international-law-applies-cyberwarfare/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

As the Air Force faces up to the threat of attacks on computer networks and communications, it has developed a new ===> cyber war school <=== at Nellis Air Force Base designed to fight guerrilla tactics of cyber-terrorists.

 

Gust MEES: a MUST READ!

 

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/06/learning-art-cyber-war/

 

The attackers behind the complex Flame cyberespionage toolkit, believed to be a state-sponsored operation, used an extensive list of fake id...

 

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/flame-command-and-control/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter

 

Cyberwarfare is an emotive and contentious issue. But the emergence of an extensive and sophisticated attack toolkit, Flame, apparently targeted against Iran removes all doubt:

 

                      ===> cyberwar is here and active. <===

 

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http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193522/The_Flame_Questions_and_Answers

 

 

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http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/26037/flame-proves-cyberwarfare-is-active-/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter

 

A computer worm developed by the U.S. and Israel, intended to attack Iran, was found in workstations at a factory the federal government considers critical.

 

===> If this doesn't scare you, it should. <===

 

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http://allthingsd.com/20120704/born-on-the-4th-of-july-will-there-be-collateral-damage-in-cyberwar/