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BP: Cyberterrorism threat is increasing
News There's been a lot of hype about cyberterrorism, and, in a sense, it's been dismissed as a threat — but we have to look at how society has changed. He said BP was more likely to be affected by cybercrime than cyberterrorism.
[June 21, 2007, 11:43]
Cyberterrorism a reality 'in two years'
News Cyberterrorism could become a reality in 2006, a leading UK information security expert has said. Speaking at the SC Magazine Conference in London on Thursday, director of information security for Royal Mail David Lacey said that that the world...
[October 21, 2004, 13:45]
Cyberterrorism is not a universal excuse
Leader Otherwise, we could easily assume that the threat of cyberterrorism is being used to excuse political and legal misdeeds. Hacking could be used for terrorism, said FBI deputy assistant director Steve Martinez at a seminar in Miami on Wednesday.
[November 12, 2004, 11:25]
Cyberterrorism is a misleading term, says expert
News The former security advisor to three US presidents has called for the IT industry and media to stop using the term 'cyberterrorism'. Cyberterrorism' confuses people," said Clarke. Use 'information security' or 'cybercrime', but please don't use...
[November 5, 2004, 14:08]
Schneier slates misuse of 'cyberterrorism'
News Organisations are abusing the word "cyberterrorism" by using it to fuel their budgets, a security guru has claimed. Speaking at the Infosec conference in London on Tuesday, renowned author and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier called...
[April 26, 2005, 13:10]
Cyberterrorism: The real risks
News On 11 September, it took less than 24 hours after four passenger jets were used as weapons of mass destruction for cries of cyberterrorism to emerge as the next great threat, triggering calls for new legislation to broaden the authority of law...
[August 27, 2002, 11:03]
Labour peer bangs cyberterrorism drum
News At another briefing at Infosecurity Europe, security guru Bruce Schneier claimed that cyberterrorism was a myth, promoted by security companies looking to boost their sales. I don't think that cyberterrorism exists - if you add 'terrorism' to...
[April 27, 2005, 15:45]
Cyberterrorism makes good copy but less sense
Leader Cyberterrorism is almost a contradiction in terms. You shouldn't be reading this. If certain high-profile predictions come true, today will see an online jihad. Islamic cyberterrorists will slay Web sites in their thousands.
[August 26, 2004, 11:45]
Cyberterrorism: Security versus liberty
News Click here to see part one of this report, "Cyberterrorism: The real risks". Federal agents concerned about scuba-related terrorist plans requested the entire database of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
[August 27, 2002, 13:35]
Cyberterrorism: Network lessons from Ground Zero
News Click here for part one, "Cyberterrorism: The real risks". Click here for part two, "Cyberterrorism: Security versus liberty". What they have found, however, is something many had feared all along: New York's concentration of key network...
[August 28, 2002, 15:58]
Universities win funding to model cyberterrorism
News The National Science Foundation, working with the Department of Homeland Security, has granted $5.46m (£3.27m) to two Californian universities to develop a cyber-war test bed aimed at bettering Internet security, the universities announced on...
[October 16, 2003, 12:00]
Schneier: Worry about cybercriminals, not terrorists
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that talk of cyberterrorism could have a damaging effect on levels of IT security. I hear people talk about the risks to critical infrastructure (CNI) from cyberterrorism, but the risks come primarily from...
[November 23, 2005, 12:10]
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate
News Richard Clarke, the former White House cyber security advisor, has criticised a UK company for using the term "cyberterrorism". DK Matai, chairman of security consultancy company mi2g, put forward proposals to the Oxford University Internet...
[February 11, 2005, 13:25]
2003 forecast: Linux will eat Unix
News Among one technology researcher's predictions for 2003 is this sobering thought: A major cyberterrorism event will disrupt the economy and bring the Internet to its knees for at least a day or two. Worries about cyberterrorism have flourished in...
[December 13, 2002, 7:32]
How CIOs can help fight cyberterror
News Some information security practitioners like to think of cyberterrorism in terms of what has become known as a digital Pearl Harbor--a surprise attack that has devastating consequences for the entire US information infrastructure.
[July 24, 2003, 14:44]
Report: Net attacks on businesses down
News Moreover, none of the incidents could be attributed to cyberterrorism, and incursions coming from countries on the US government's Cyber Terrorist Watch List -- which includes countries such as Iran, Indonesia and Pakistan -- accounted for only 1...
[February 4, 2003, 8:18]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
News DK Matai, the chairman of mi2g will address the Oxford University Internet Institute on Thursday evening with a proposal for a body which would tackle the issue of 'cyberterrorism'. Addressing whether the claims of mi2g should be regarded as...
[February 10, 2005, 8:45]
Attack on America: the security debate
News Monday 17th September Cyberterrorism is a very real threat, firms are warned - the FBI is advising increased security on networks Companies fear cyberterrorism after attacks COMMENT Rupert Goodwins' Diary
[September 18, 2001, 13:09]
MP calls for cybersecurity Tsar
News However, some security experts - including Bruce Schneier - aren't convinced that cyberterrorism is a serious threat. But speaking last week, Schneier argued that the perceived threat from cyberterrorism and espionage is overblown.
[November 28, 2005, 13:30]
Lawyers: Hackers sentenced too harshly
News Yet, with no reported incident of cyberterrorism to date and other statutes that would punish any act of terrorism already on the books, Granick and the paper's signatories argue that harsher sentences for cyberterrorism are unwarranted.
[February 21, 2003, 10:24]
