In a Directed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack, attackers overwhelm websites and servers by bombardment with “traffic.” They use a network of compromised computers known as “zombies” to do so. The owners of these compromised computers have no idea that their equipment is moonlighting as a zombie minion.
It is estimated that roughly 25% of the [...]
For this project, the behavior of concern will be cyberwar. The difficulties of defining cyberspace notwithstanding, cyberwar is legally, politically, and socially complex. War might be ancient, but cyberwar is not. This disconnection creates difficulties for scholars, lawyers, diplomats, soldiers and civilians.1 Cyberwar is simultaneously an action, an idea, a motivation, material and nonmaterial. It [...]
In the world of computer science, cyberspace is a unique term because unlike most computer terms, it does not have a standard, objective definition. This section introduces cyberspace and the ongoing difficulties of defining it. For some it is a conceptual individual space, and for others, cyberspace is a product of social interaction.1 Having many [...]
Have you ever taken a close look at who comments on various status updates of yours? It’s almost an archival snapshot of you development over time. If you haven’t taken a look, then either you say nothing of any significance to your friends and need to re-evaluate your social network or you’re a cybernerd like [...]
I find myself immersed in an ever proliferating sea of URLs, TumblrLs, Twitter identities to match with the aforementioned, and meanwhile constantly struggling to keep stored, edited, and backed-up an exponential amount of data that if lost I’ll practically cease to exist.
The White House is preparing a new initiative to protect against what it fears could be a crippling attack against the U.S. by computer, from overseas, and in particular, from China.
After a series of cabinet-level meetings this month at the White House, computer security analysts say the Bush administration is considering creating [...]
Do advanced technologies make life more secure, or do they expose humanity to escalating dangers?
I find this story both stunning and tragic. The Age of 24|7 forces us to reexamine how we consume death while producing the content of death:
This isn’t the way you should learn about the death of your 17-year-old brother.
According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, twins Angela and Maryanne Vourlis had just woken up on their 20th [...]
Knowledge is a violent object of domination. Truth is the space of infinite collapse and illumination; it catalyzes the ultimate phantasmagoria.
If cyberspace has become a domain for war-fighting, then, as an intellectual exercise, what could be considered a warcrime?
Who signs, and with what so-called proper name, the declarative act which founds an institution?
We, collectively, make cyberspace. The Internet is merely the space the code-writers give us. Nothing more, nothing less. No gods give us this code; we are the code-writers, the architects and builders of that space, the noplace.
We are the sovereign power [...]
In a Directed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack, attackers overwhelm websites and servers by bombardment with “traffic.” They use a network of compromised computers known as “zombies” to do so. The owners of these compromised computers have no idea that their equipment is moonlighting as a zombie minion.
It is estimated that roughly 25% of the [...]
[An] invasion force of digital signals marched across the border into Estonia…1
Bloor, Robin. June 11, 2007. Large-scale DOS Attack Menace Continues to Grow, The Register ↩
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