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America faces rising threat from malware weapons – TheNewsTribune.com


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America faces rising threat from malware weapons
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More recently, Iranians discovered that a virus with Israeli fingerprints, Flame, had been extracting information from computers at the highest levels of the Iranian government. But as the Chinese threat demonstrates, the United States is a fat target

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Jaws, Nuclear Weapons, and Cyber War – Huffington Post

Jaws, Nuclear Weapons, and Cyber War
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The simple truth is we do not know the likely consequences of such an attack as there has not been a full-scale cyber war to trigger major strategic cyber attacks. Even if total cyber war should break out, cyber weapons, while destructive, "appear to

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Infosec 2013: Terrorists will wreak havoc with stolen cyber weapons, warns … – V3.co.uk


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Infosec 2013: Terrorists will wreak havoc with stolen cyber weapons, warns
V3.co.uk
Kaspersky said that the attacks will be particularly dangerous as they will likely utilise modified versions of government-made versions of malware like Flame and Gauss. "These tools are extremely dangerous as the powers behind them have the recourses

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US Air Force boasts of six cyber weapons in its arsenal – V3.co.uk


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US Air Force boasts of six cyber weapons in its arsenal
V3.co.uk
In the past the US government and military has been suspected of creating dangerous cyber weapons like Stuxnet and Flame. Stuxnet was malware discovered targeting Iranian power plants in 2010. The malware was designed to sabotage infected nuclear
US Air Force designates six cyber tools as weaponsInfosecurity Magazine

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