News - Pentagon to fast-track cyberweapons acquisition

The Pentagon is planning to dramatically speed up the development of new cyberweapons, giving it the ability in some cases to field weapons against specific targets in a matter of days, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress. "Pentagon to fast-track cyberweapons acquisition", by Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, April 10, 2012.

This policy may be seen as a new message sent to China and Russia, both accused of being the authors of most of the attacks suffered by the USA.

News - China world’s biggest victim of cyber attacks: Report

China world’s biggest victim of cyber attacks: Report. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233859.html

A report by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Coordination Center of China says that the country has become the world's biggest victim of cyber attacks: 8.9 million domestic computers in China were attacked and controlled by 47,000 overseas Internet Protocol (IP) addresses last year. According to this report, most of the IP addresses of the attackers originated in Japan, the United States and the Republic of Korea.

Article - Israël : cyberdéfense et cyberguerre

"Israël: cyberdéfense et cyberguerre", billet (Daniel Ventre) publié sur 01Net http://pro.01net.com/editorial/562788/israel-cyberdefense-et-cyberguerre/ 

Vidéo - Parodie de CDX

Quand les sous-titres d'une parodie de la Guerre des Etoiles sont détournés, cela donne cette vision humoristique des CDX : CDX 2011 Red Cell Chronicles taunt 

Rappelons au passage que le cinéma ne s'est pas peu encore le thème de la cyberguerre à ce jour. Rien à montrer?

La guerre (en exercice) en principe c'est ça:

Aujourd'hui, à l'ère de la cyberguerre l'affrontement (toujours en exercice) serait devenu cela, moins spectaculaire (ambiance potache, café, pizza, boissons gazeuses):

Mais ce serait plus sûrement cela (moitié devant un écran, moitié sur le terrain)

Article - Officials: Cyber Research Needs Innovation, Talent

"Officials: Cyber Research Needs Innovation, Talent", by Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service. March 21, 2012. http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=67640 

Workshop IWSP12 - Call for Papers

4th Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace (IWSP’12): 16 August 2012

Call for Papers

The Organising Committee for the Workshop on ICT uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace 2012 hereby announces the first call for papers. The IWSP’12 is a note-worthy initiative that follows on three previous workshops: London (2007), Pretoria (2008), and Bela-Bela (2010). After the success of the workshops held in South Africa, the Organising Committee will be joining up with the annual ISSA (Information Security for South Africa) conference to provide a unique opportunity to interact with key researchers in the field http://www.infosecsa.co.za/call.html .

Important Dates

2 May 2012 : Paper Submission Deadline
20 June 2012 : Notification of Acceptance
4 July 2012 : Final Paper Submission Deadline
16 August 2012: Workshop

Areas of special interest include, but are not limited to:
Peace support operations
Socio-technical aspects of ICT uses in warfare and peace
ICT uses in war and peace from a military perspective
ICT uses in command and control
Legal, ethical and social issues related to Information Security
Information warfare
Network warfare
Psychological warfare
Strategic information security
Information operations
Critical infrastructure protection
Cyber-terror
Vulnerability assessments
Forensic applications and solutions
Hacking cracking and other technical challenges
Governance and standards
Security Awareness
Social Engineering
Best practices and case studies
Promotion of democratic practices through ICT uses

Contacts:

Email: ifipafrica@csir.co.za Website:
The proceedings of the previous workshop can be viewed at: http://www.csir.co.za/dpss/ifip.html http://www.iwsp.ukzn.ac.za/

News - CDX Locked Shields 2012

Le CCDCOE organise du 26 au 28 mars 2012 l'exercice de cyberdéfense "Locked Shields 2012". La "read team" sera principalement composée de volontaires estoniens et finlandais qui devront attaquer 9 "blue teams" réparties en Europe (Suisse, Allemagne, Finlande, Espagne, Italie, Slovaquie, Allemagne/Autriche, Danemark/Norvège, et une équipe de l'OTAN). 

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