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Cyberthreats

2008: Top Cyber Threats
Different predictions of the top cyber threats in 2008.

Emerging Cyber Threats report for 2008
The Economic Times Article

SANS Institute Top 10 List

2600: The Hacker Quarterly
Website of magazine for hackers which provides hacker related articles and news.

Attacks on Nuclear Power Plants via Computer
Video clip describing the possibility of attacking Nuclear power plants via computer.

CDT Program
Papers and articles that cover CDT programs on cyber security and Federal acts.

Center for On-Line Addiction
Discusses the various forms of Internet addiction, provides tests for determining Internet addiction and offers treatment advice for those suffering from Internet addictions and their loved ones.

Chief Security Officer Online
CSO online is a web site for Chief Security Officers and IT professionals working in security. It hosts a number of links to security articles, threats, and various other resources for use by security professionals.

CIP Project
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Project (CIP Project) is a joint effort of George Mason University and James Madison University to develop a nationally recognized program that integrates law, policy, and technology for enhancing the security of cyber networks and economic processes supporting the nation's critical infrastructures. 

Critical Infrastructure Protection
This is a presidential directive for protecting military and national economy from cyber threat since they are highly reliant upon certain infrastructures and cyber-based information systems and vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Cyber Attacks During the War on Terrorism: A Predictive Analysis
This reports provides a detailed, fact-based assessment of the possibility of cyber attacks against the USA during the war on terrorism.

Cyber Investigations
FBI web site, which explains their cyber mission. It has an Internet crime complaint center and a story on the cyber crimes task force.

Cybercrime.gov
The website of the Computer Crime and Intellectual property Section of the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice. Provides Legal and Policy issues related to cyber crime. Provides a free newsletter.

Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2008
Report lists top cyber threats for 2008.

Federal e-mail cyber-alert system unveiled
CNN article on a new National Cyber Alert System for electronic communications.

Free Newsletter
A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on computer security and cryptography, edited by Bruce Schneier.

Global Information Systems Threats
Joseph, K.R. "Global Information Systems Threats: Issues in System Security in the New Age of Hactivism, Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare," Seminar in Global Strategic Information Systems, Middle Tennessee State University, August 2003.

Interview with Paul Graham
This is an interview clip of Paul Graham where he talks about Internet hackers. The motivations that guide them, ways to recognize them as well as how to become a hacker.

iPod, Xbox Cyber-Crime Threat Looms
Article describing how overlooked devices such as the iPod shuffle and the Xbox hold cyber-crime potential.

ISACA
The Information Systems Controls and Audits Association (ISACA) monitors information security.

Q&A with IBM's Charles Palmer
Hacking in an uncontrolled environment is a violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Hacking can be done internally and externally.

Securing the Home Computer
A Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT document describing step-by-step how to secure your home computer from Internet security threats.

The Middle of Nowhere: Big Brother
Website maintained by former GMU Professor Brad Cox which details some of the technologies used by the government and private to track individuals on the Internet and over other communications networks.

U.S. Air Force To Take on Cyber Threats
Air Force setting up command center to deal with cyber threats. 

U.S. Army Gets Predictive on Cyber Threats
Article about how the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program for Cyber Threats is using data mining to aid personnel in identifying potential cyber threats.

US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
Contains information to help identify and report an incident along with archives of previous publications for Federal government agencies.

Video
Discussion of top 10 cyber threats.


Video Clips

Video on the “Dot Kids” Internet Domain: Protecting Children Online subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Additional Resources
Anti-Defamation League - Response to Cyber Terrorism
CNET.com
Cyberspace A New Medium for Communication, Command and Control by Extremists
CYBERTERRORISM - Fact or Fancy?
The Computer Security Institute
THE HACKER CRACKDOWN

 
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