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Re: The Drums of Cyberwar
Posted by: Richard Adhikari 2009-11-19 15:29:22

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The world's increasing reliance on information technology, combined with the growing sophistication of cybercriminals and cyberattacks, is leading to a sort of cyber-cold war, according to a new report from computer security research firm McAfee. For example, Estonian government and commercial Web sites were hit by a series of denial of service attacks over a period of weeks back in 2007. Technical analysis showed the attacks came from sources in Russia, but the Russian government denied any responsibility and refused to help find or prosecute the suspects, the report states.

The short, unfortunate paradox of cyber defense...
Posted by: JDFielder 2010-01-09 16:58:35 In reply to: Richard Adhikari

Unfortunately, the defender in a cyber attack must strive to succeed 100% of the time. The attacker only needs to succeed once.