http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Sat, 26 May 2012 04:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-90177 social networking software Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:57:53 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-90177 A+ to this blog. EXCELLENT JOB DONE. i kept it as a bookmark. thanks. A+ to this blog. EXCELLENT JOB DONE. i kept it as a bookmark. thanks.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85774 kevin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:35:43 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85774 Dan The abstract article is available the full paper is not. Give me your email and I will sent it to you. Dan
The abstract article is available the full paper is not. Give me your email and I will sent it to you.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-90176 Oblat Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:18:14 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-90176 30 Dead in swat today. You can imagine what will happen when this is used to show the effect of bombing in Afghanistan every day, day after day after day. 30 Dead in swat today. You can imagine what will happen when this is used to show the effect of bombing in Afghanistan every day, day after day after day.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85772 priyanka D Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:33:30 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85772 iran has been trending on twitter for so many days now! iran has been trending on twitter for so many days now!

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-90174 Ptsfp Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:41:27 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-90174 Kevin, Is the article you mentioned still available? I would be interested in reading it. Thanks, Dan (Ptsfp) Kevin,
Is the article you mentioned still available? I would be interested in reading it.
Thanks,
Dan
(Ptsfp)

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85769 Anonymous Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:39:24 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85769 Iran pissed off the internets. A half mil DDOS is nothing. Anonymous delivered. We are legion. Iran pissed off the internets. A half mil DDOS is nothing.
Anonymous delivered. We are legion.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-90173 Dr. Curiosity Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:35:40 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-90173 I'd agree with daskro - with existing botnets and commoditized hack scripts pushed out via existing social networks, a 500,000-node DDoS sounds quite feasible without prior planning. You're looking at a population primed towards certain courses of action by their ideology and with capability that can be deployed in a decentralized fashion within hours on an ad hoc basis. It's happening at meme speed, now, and that's a game-changer. Kinda makes you wonder who would have been following @PaulRevere, if the technology had been around... I’d agree with daskro — with existing botnets and commoditized hack scripts pushed out via existing social networks, a 500,000-node DDoS sounds quite feasible without prior planning.
You’re looking at a population primed towards certain courses of action by their ideology and with capability that can be deployed in a decentralized fashion within hours on an ad hoc basis. It’s happening at meme speed, now, and that’s a game-changer.
Kinda makes you wonder who would have been following @PaulRevere, if the technology had been around…

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85767 Kevin Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:58:57 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85767 Ptsfp Your question about how this would be handled in the U.S is interesting. We have scene loosely connected ad-hoc cyber militia respond over one weekend a few years back. This caused great concern from our DoD and State Department - given they have basically no control over how they responded and what they did. In fact this was the event that led me to write an article on the accidental triggering of a cyber war. Ptsfp
Your question about how this would be handled in the U.S is interesting. We have scene loosely connected ad-hoc cyber militia respond over one weekend a few years back. This caused great concern from our DoD and State Department — given they have basically no control over how they responded and what they did. In fact this was the event that led me to write an article on the accidental triggering of a cyber war.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85765 Saint Barbara Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:55:43 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85765 I heard Al Quaeda #3 said the same thing about Iran... I heard Al Quaeda #3 said the same thing about Iran…

]]> http://defensetech.org/2009/06/22/the-social-network-as-cyber-weapon/#comment-85764 Robin Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:54:13 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4543#comment-85764 I heard Al Quaeda #3 said the same thing about Iran. Hmmmm... I heard Al Quaeda #3 said the same thing about Iran. Hmmmm…

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