CYBERWAR

Spring 2013 Sec Computer Data

MAT 27001 [3018]

By Steven Yang

CYBERCRIME

C

ounterfeiting

C

ybersquatting

D

igital Piracy

P

hising

DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS (DDOS)

H

ijacked Web servers in data centers streamed bogus data to banking sites

G

enerate 70 gigabits per second of traffics to weaken largest financial

institutions

D

isrupted online operations, sometimes taking down the sites completely

for periods

of time

T

raditional security technology, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention

systems

and antivirus software, are useless against attacks

GOZI VIRUS

M

alicious computer code or “Malware”

D

isguised as PDF file

S

teals personal bank Information, including user names and passwords

A

ffected 40,000 computers in the U.S.

I

nfected over one million computers worldwide

C

aused tens of millions of dollars in losses or theft

EXECUTIVE ORDER

P

resident Obama signed an executive order to address basic cyber

security

needs

D

irects government to work with the private sector on standards that

will help

protect companies

P

rivate companies can share information with government about cyber

attacks

G

overnment will share information about attacks that are occurring or

about to

take place

THE END