China’s Alternative Roles in Countering International Economic Cyber Espionage

Cyber Espionage and Illegitimate Information Retrieval

One of the most serious threats to a modern country’s trade, industry and long-term economic development is cyber espionage and insiders. The activities are directed against high-technological industries and companies with advanced basic research. The defence and telecoms sectors are of particular interest, just as biotechnics, medical and material technology. Behind this kind of espionage ther...

THE CYBER ESPIONAGE BLUEPRINT: Understanding Commonalities In Targeted Malware Campaigns

The Cyber Enemy Within ... Countering the Threat from Malicious Insiders

One of the most critical problems facing the information security community is the threat of a malicious insider abusing his computer privileges to modify, remove, or prevent access to an organization’s data. An insider is considered trusted (at least implicitly) by his organization because he is granted access to its computing environment. Whether or not that insider is in fact trustworthy is ...

Combating Cyber Terrorism: Countering Cyber Terrorist Advantages of Surprise and Anonymity

The paper proposes ways to counter the Cyber Terrorist (CT) advantages of surprise and anonymity. It recommends the creation of a Cyberint Analysis Center to develop and evaluate methods to improve the ability to detect, identify and deter Cyber Terrorist attack. It also proposes ways to implement responsible, accountable and identifiable use of the Internet, and deny anonymity to the attackers.

The Role of Malware in Reported Cyber Espionage: A Review of the Impact and Mechanism

The recent emergence of the targeted use of malware in cyber espionage versus industry requires a systematic review for better understanding of its impact and mechanism. This paper proposes a basic taxonomy to document major cyber espionage incidents, describing and comparing their impacts (geographic or political targets, origins and motivations) and their mechanisms (dropper, propagation, typ...