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Everything about Cyberweapon
Malware agent
Cyberweapons are commonly defined as malware agents employed for military, paramilitary, or intelligence objectives as part of a cyberattack. This includes computer viruses, trojans, spyware, and worms that can introduce malicious code into existing software, causing a computer to perform actions or processes unintended by its operator. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CyberweaponA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Arms Control 2.0: Updating the Cyberweapon Arms Control FrameworkCited 2 times
- Go sideways: EternalBlueA closely related topic
- Go sideways: The Shadow BrokersA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Computer hardware or software used as a weapon in cyberwarfare.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Arms Control 2.0: Updating the Cyberweapon Arms Control Framework
Hints of a new cyberweapon
Enhancing Cyberweapon Effectiveness Methodology With SE Modeling Techniques
Legal aspects of the cybertechnology development and the cyberweapon use in the state defence sphere: Global and Ukrainian experience
📚 Books worth reading
This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsNicole Perlroth · 2021
This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsNicole Perlroth · 2021- 📕Deterrence and Cyber-WeaponsNaval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School · 2014
This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsNicole Perlroth- 📕This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms RaceNicole Perlroth
- 📕Time Sensitivity in Cyberweapon Reusability - Stealth As a Critical Attribute Allowing Weaponized Software Code to Be Reused, Survivability That Delays Detection to Prevent Vulnerability PatchingU. S. Military, Department of Defense · 2018
- 📕Summary and Analysis of This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsAcesprint · 2021
- 📕World-Wide Cyber-War on Terrorism Against a Cyber-Weapon Intentionally Designed to Become Known As the Anti-Christ. Proven Cause of Sully Sullenberger's a-320 Airliner Crash in 2009, Crash of Flight 370 and the New York Copycat Attack of Flight 9268Matthew Tehranchi · 2016
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🔗 Related topics
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- The Shadow Brokers The Shadow Brokers (TSB) are a hacker group that emerged in mid-2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day…
- Tailored Access Operations The Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), structured as S32, is a cyberwarfare intelligence-gathering unit of the National Security Agency (NSA)…
- Petya (malware family) Petya is a family of encrypting malware that was first discovered in 2016. The malware targets Microsoft Windows–based systems, infecting the master boot…
- Stuxnet Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm first uncovered on 17 June 2010 and thought to have been in development since at least 2005. Stuxnet targets supervisory…
- Flame (malware) Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows…
- 2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware began on 27 June 2017 that swamped websites of Ukrainian organizations, including banks, ministries…
- Cyberwarfare Cyberwarfare is the use of cyberattacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to traditional warfare. Some intended outcomes could be espionage…