n3td3v Security is monitoring the situation between North Korea, US and South
Korea.
North Korea has already threatened to use its nuclear arms when the "wargames"
begin Sunday by United States and South Korea, but n3td3v Security predicts
North Korea is planning a large scale cyber attack on US interests.
We could really see the first cyber war proper here when it all kicks off Sunday
between US, S.Korea and the North.
n3td3v Security is warning critical infrastructure utility companies to keep an
eye on its cyber assets incase NK's cyber command launch any attack.
1. cyberwar is bullsh*t, always has been, always will be.
2. we are risking a "cyberwar" (which is, as previously mentioned, bullsh*t) with North Korea which can't even feed itself, let alone buy things like computers, or real internet access. So, yes you can knock out root name servers for a few hours, it has been done by the way, and only people on this list really noticed. The tactical loss of those name servers won't slow down the components of the US military which are now bombing your country.
With this point we get to why cyberwar is bullsh*t. Bombs blow stuff up, soldiers shoot and kill people, tanks blow stuff up, big ships with huge cannons blow stuff up. This sort of stuff has to be rebuilt. Launching a crippling internet attack slow down the flow of e-mail, and while this might make our day a bit harder if the blackberry doesn't beep happily every minute and a half, in comparison to bombing, or getting shot, or blown up, or shelled by battleships, e-mail is pretty insignificant.
The North Koreans have historically threatened to go to war whenever the US
and South Korea are performing military exercises in the region. I have no
idea how the threat of nuclear conflict equates to a cyber attack. Perhaps
n3td3v would like to provide something a little more concrete about the
origin of their prediction.
n3td3v Security is monitoring the situation between North Korea, US and
South
Korea.
North Korea has already threatened to use its nuclear arms when the
"wargames"
begin Sunday by United States and South Korea, but n3td3v Security
predicts
North Korea is planning a large scale cyber attack on US interests.
We could really see the first cyber war proper here when it all kicks
off
Sunday
between US, S.Korea and the North.
n3td3v Security is warning critical infrastructure utility companies to
keep an
eye on its cyber assets incase NK's cyber command launch any attack.
Can you provide information to back this up? At first glance glance I am
having a hard time believing this is anything but speculation, but would be
interested to hear more.
Looks like a stunt to drive traffic to his blog unless he actually has something to back this up.
Mr. Wallace: I think I speak for a majority of the members on this list when I say that we are busy enough dealing with real business. Please do not sacrifice the professionalism of this list for baseless predictions or PR.