World to see a Cyber War?

Based on a report published on Thursday, one of the biggest threats to the security in the next decade would be waged through computers resulting in a “Cyber Cold War”.

According to McAfee, an internet security company, about 120 countries are coming up with ways to use internet to target financial markets, government systems etc. McAfee said that intelligence agencies were testing other states networks to make out their weakness and their methods were growing as time goes.

The senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs said that, Cybercrime had become a global issue. It had advanced substantially and was not only a threat to industries but to national security at large.

According to the report, China was the mastermind of Cyber war. The report said that, China was blamed for attacks in the US, Germany and India. The director of the center for Intelligence and Research in Washington said in the report that, Chinese used cyber wars for military goals. The report cautioned that in April Cyber wars on government sites in Estonia looked threatening.

The attacks were initially stemmed from Russia although it denied any wrongdoing. In a country heavily dependent on the internet, thousands of sites were affected in attacks. McAfee predicts that future attacks may be still worse.

Recently EU Information Society commissioner told that cyber attack in Estonia was a warning to the world over. NATO gave a call saying immediate work was needed in order to defend. NATO said that most of its member nations were targeted in one way or other form of cyber-attack, and that the threat had been a challenge to national infrastructure and had become a serious issue which had to be dealt seriously.

“We’re seeing emerging threats from increasingly sophisticated groups attacking organizations around the world. Technology is a part of the solution, and over the next five years we may see international governments take action.”, said McAfee senior vice president.

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November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Security, Tech News

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4 Responses to “World to see a Cyber War?”

RigGerMortis on November 29th, 2007

The attacks could’ve been through a proxy, meaning the culprits are probably from a different country.
Azeem on November 30th, 2007

Well i think so it must be a proxy RigGer.
Spy Guy on December 29th, 2007

I saw the former Chief Strategist of Netscape speak on Cyber Warfare at the SECTOR Conference in Toronto, What an eye opening experience. He stated that given the current cyber weapons race, a cyber war is all but a sure thing. He said “with every tick of the clock we are one second closer to an all out cyber war.” He also talked about a number of cyber weapons that are both software and hardware. The attack on Syria seem like a small skirmish compared to the massive cyber events in late 2007.
Azeem on December 30th, 2007

Thanks Spyguy.I appreciate your feedback..