Article - New weapons for cyber warfare. The CHAMP project

"New weapons for cyber warfare. The CHAMP Project". Article by Pierluigi Paganini. Infosec website. December 6, 2012.

The attacks against the infrastructure of cyberespace (for instance using EMP bombs) may be considered as part of cyber warfare or information warfare. But others may consider that this is not cyberwar, just electronic warfare. Let's read the interesting article of Pierluigi Paganini, who describes what the CHAMP project is and what the impact on cyberwarfare scenario might be.

News - Syria's Internet outage: interpretations

Land Destroyer website proposes its analysis of the means and motivations that might explain the Syria's Internet outage. Syria's Internet outage & the future of information warfare. December 1, 2012.

News - Head of DHS never uses emails...

Head of Homeland Security doesn't use email at all. Salman Latif, nov.30, 2012, TheTechJournal.com. "If her own trust is that shaky towards the security of data sent online, how can she assure businesses and common users that her department can thwart any possible cyber attacks?"

News - Internet blackout in Syria

Is Syria suffering an Internet blackout? Today, november 29, 2012, Syria has disappeared from the wider Internet. Syria's information minister said "terrorists" were the cause of the Internet blackout, not the state. Most of the phone lines that run through the major Syrian exchange are also down.

News - A virtual cybercity to train government hackers

The Pentagon is developping a virtual town (CyberCity) to train its cyberwarriors. This virtual city will have more than 15000 inhabitants. The Pentagon is training his soldiers for cyberattacks.

News - US Navy new strategy documents

Three important documents on information dominance have been signed this week at the US Army:

- the NAVY STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING INFORMATION DOMINANCE 2013-2017;

- NAVY CYBER POWER 2020;

- NAVY INFORMATION DOMINANCE CORPS HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY 2012-2017.

News - Scoop.it eConflicts

My new Scoop.it on cyber issues is opened:  http://www.scoop.it/t/econflicts/