Essays on Cyberterrorism

INTRODUCTION

Ukraine’s power grid was hacked last December presumably by Russia, showing physical infrastructure affected by cyberattacks Question still loom over the role of cyber attacks on large companies and political bodies (RNC/DNC hacks, WikiLeaks) on the 2016 American election

As such, intelligence and homeland security forces need to turn a stronger eye toward cyber-terror and cybersecurity

I. CYBERTERRORISM

Cyberterrorism increasingly the primary method of attack from foreign bodies and terrorist forces

Three levels of cyberterror: simple-unstructured, advanced-structured, complex-coordinated Attacks occur through Internet communication methods (forums, Skype, VoIP, IM) and DDoS attacks II. CURRENT EFFECTS OF CYBERSECURITY

American intelligence communities and private organizations have been woefully slow in adopting appropriate cybersecurity

Sony leaks of 2014 first evidence of foreign hacks due to political reasons (impending release of The Interview) Top threats include phishing, use of stolen credentials to access sensitive data, data exfiltration ...

Terrorism and cyber terrorism become one of the main global threats to the humanity of XXI century. Nowadays cyber terrorism is the inherent part of the modern terrorism. So we can not discuss the question of terrorism without taking into account the cyber terrorism. Both terrorism and cyber terrorism carry a threat to various states, organizations, groups of people and etc., but when the terrorism uses as a battle-field all accessible variants, cyber terrorism is only in the network. There is no doubt that cyber terrorism and terrorism have similarities but it also has a lot of differences. The ...

Introduction

Ever since the infamous attack on the World Trade Center which occurred last September 2001, terrorism is a real, pertinent, and primary cause of concern as of late. Many establishments, particularly airports, are very tantamount on upholding security so as to avoid any more terrorist attacks occurring on a wide scale such as what happened at the World Trade Center. In spite of these countermeasures, terrorist attacks are still a genuine threat at large. Despite best efforts, many countries are still experiencing terrorist attacks every now and then, thereby putting the safety of many people in danger. On a ...