Survey: Three in four Americans fear cyberattacks most after ISIS terrorism
(Cyberwar.news) While a new survey found that most Americans fear the Islamic State’s brand of terrorism, three-in-four also fear something else nearly as much: Cyber attacks. In a recent survey, Pew Research asked 2,000 Americans to react to various potential international threats, and ISIS was No. 1 again, just like last year. But this year, Read More
Pentagon’s cyber attacks against ISIS are far more extensive than anyone has admitted
(Cyberwar.news) President Barack Obama has confirmed for the first time that the United States is conducting cyber operations against the Islamic State in a bid to disrupt the group’s “command-and-control and communications,” The Daily Beast reported earlier this week. That said, the U.S. military’s cyber strategy against ISIS is far more serious and aggressive that Read More
Cyber attacks: The new nuclear warhead
Professor Sir Michael Howard, one of England’s most highly distinguished military historians, has warned that cyber attacks now pose as big of a threat to international security as nuclear weapons. Sir Howard commented that, based on the advances in individually-utilized technology and our growing interdependence on networks to run our infrastructure, “an entire country can Read More
