Methods used in cyber warfare
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Khadgi_Salina_ReportOutline.docxRunning head: METHODS USED IN CYBER WARFARE 1
METHODS USED IN CYBER WARFARE 3
Salina Khadgi
Professor Creider 1st February 1, 2020
Methods used in cyber warfare
Thesis: There are diverse methods that various people or nations, for a set of diverse reasons, can damage computers or information networks.
I. Introduction
A. Types of cyber attacks
i. Espionage
ii. Sabotage
iii. Propaganda
iv. Economic disruption
v. Surprise Cyber Attack
B. Methods used in Cyber Attacks
vi. Denial-of-service (DoS)
vii. Phishing and spear phishing attacks
viii. SQL injection attack
ix. Drive-by attacks
x. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack
xi. Password attacks
xii. Malware attack
xiii. Eavesdropping attack
C. Motivators for cyber attacks
xiv. Military
xv. Civil
xvi. Private sector
xvii. Non-profit Research
II. Preparedness
III. Cyber counterintelligence
References
Andress, J., Winterfeld, S., Rogers, R., & Northcutt, S. (2011). Cyber warfare: Techniques, tactics and tools for security practitioners. Waltham, MA: Syngress.
It give an in depth description of the techniques that are used in cyber warfare. Also the necessary tools that are required to fight the cybercrimes.
In Chen, T. M., In Jarvis, L., & In Macdonald, S. (2014). Cyberterrorism: Understanding, assessment, and response.
The authors describe the aspect of terrorism and the cybercrimes. Assist in understanding the aspect of cyber warfare and the response that are put in place to deal with the attack.
In Yager, R. R., In Reformat, M., & In Alajlan, N. (2014). Intelligent methods for cyber warfare.
The methods that are used in the fight against the cyber warfare
Tavani, H. T. (2016). Ethics and technology: Controversies, questions, and strategies for ethical computing.
It talks about the common issues, the model and conceptual frameworks as regarding to cyber warfare. The computing aspects and controversies that are about the cyber warfare.
