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Cyberterrorism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Cyber War! 
 This companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline special investigates a "set of warriors fighting on the new battlefield of cyberspace, and ... evaluate[s] just how vulnerable the Internet may be to both virtual and physical attack." It also looks at a number of attacks such as "Slammer" in January 2003 and the "Nimda" virus of 2001. Site also includes FAQs, interviews with experts, a program transcript, video clips, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/ Topics: Internet, National Security, Terrorism Last updated Nov 18, 2003 US-CERT: United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
"Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation." The site features information for system administrators, computer professionals, and nontechnical and government users. Information for home users includes recovering from a Trojan horse computer virus, and home computer security issues (such as anti-virus programs, firewalls, email attachments). Updates are provided by the "National Cyber Alert System." Part of the Department of Homeland Security. http://www.us-cert.gov Topics: Computers, Computers, Internet, National Security, Terrorism Last updated Jan 29, 2009 www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet
This March 2004 report focuses on "an analysis of eight different uses that terrorists make of the Internet. These range from conducting psychological warfare to gathering information, from training to fundraising, from propagandizing to recruiting, and from networking to planning and coordinating terrorist acts." Includes related links. From the United States Institute of Peace, "an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts." http://www.usip.org/resources/wwwterrornet-how-modern-terrorism-uses-internet Topics: Computers, Crime, Internet, Terrorism Last updated Jul 8, 2009 |
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