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What is Cyber War

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on Threat Detection and Countermeasures in Network Security
This is the war between nations on the cyber space; this includes all types of attacks used to intercept the communications channels as the passive and active attacks, denial of services and spyware viruses.
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Cyber Crimes: Types, Sizes, Defence Mechanism, and Risk Mitigation
Hasan L. Al-Saedy (British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce, UK)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6583-5.ch009
Abstract
The financial cost of cyber crime now has an annual cost estimated in the UK in eleven figures. In this chapter an ethic based definition of cyber crime is introduced and cyber crimes are classified. The impact of each class of cyber crime on society, individual, government and international security is highlighted. The cost of cyber crime is evaluated and a technique to prevent and mitigate the effect of these crimes on individual, government and international security and world peace is indicated. The forensic techniques and tools used in cyber crime evidence gathering and prosecuting procedure is also indicated. Finally, recommendations and suggestion are given to mitigate the impact of cyber crime on individuals, societies, world finance and international security.
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Chapter 1
Analysis of Windows Operating Systems in Incident Response Processes in Cyber Wars: Use of Open Source Tools
The use of cyber attacks against an enemy state or an instituion with the aim of causing harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting critical computer systems.
Published in Chapter: Analysis of Windows Operating Systems in Incident Response Processes in Cyber Wars: Use of Open Source Tools; From: Handbook of Research on War Policies, Strategies, and Cyber Wars
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