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Author: Jeffrey Carr
ISBN : 1449310044
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When the Stuxnet computer worm damaged the Iranian nuclear program in 2010, the public got a small glimpse into modern cyber warfare—without truly realizing the scope of this global conflict.
Inside Cyber Warfare provides fascinating and disturbing details on how nations, groups, and individuals throughout the world increasingly rely on Internet attacks to gain military, political, and economic advantages over their adversaries. This updated second edition takes a detailed look at the complex domain of cyberspace, and the players and strategies involved. You’ll discover how sophisticated hackers working on behalf of states or organized crime patiently play a high-stakes game that could target anyone, regardless of affiliation or nationality.
- Discover how Russian investment in social networks benefits the Kremlin
- Learn the role of social networks in fomenting revolution in the Middle East and Northern Africa
- Explore the rise of anarchist groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec
- Look inside cyber warfare capabilities of nations including China and Israel
- Understand how the U.S. can legally engage in covert cyber operations
- Learn how the Intellectual Property war has become the primary focus of state-sponsored cyber operations
Jeffrey Carr, the founder and Ceo of Taia Global, Inc., is a cyber intelligence expert and consultant who specializes in the investigation of cyber attacks against governments and infrastructures by state and non-state hackers.
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- Paperback: 318 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Second Edition edition (December 28, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1449310044
- ISBN-13: 978-1449310042
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Jeffrey Carr makes a living out of advising others on cyber security. It is unlikely that he'll be short of work in if only half is of what he writes about in this 300 page book is true.
Inside Cyber Warfare (O'Reilly Publishing) is as fascinating as it is worrying.
For example, how do you know who initiated a cyber attack? How do you tell the difference between cyber crime and cyber warfare, and does it matter (it does according to Carr, although the two are often linked). What are the differences between traditional war and cyber war, and what do these mean for things like defensive counter-measures or the traditional legal frameworks that guide war-making?
One of the strengths of this book is that these questions are not pursued in an abstract manner - one of Carr's purposes in writing the book is provide guidance for policy makers dealing with these issues. To that end, he grounds the theory with the practice, drawing on real life experiences to flesh out the discussion.
Are there any negatives to this book? A couple, but nothing too serious. Perhaps necessarily the book makes a lot of use of a small number of examples of cyber warfare - presumably because these examples are well understood by the author and, to date, because there are not that many examples in the public arena. The result is a feeling at times of repetition - a problem the editors probably could probably have managed better.
Ultimately I left the book worried about what Carr sees as a blind spot in the way that governments go about ensuring cyber security for their people.
The main purpose of this book is to investigate whether it is possible to launch a devastating attack without possessing any weapons, by only using an Internet-connected PC. It happened many times in the past that military commanders went on horses to fight with tanks, in which case a large army can fall victim to a small regiment.
From the very beginning, the author makes it very clear that the main threat comes from non-state hacker groups who are indirectly supported by governments. I think those groups are similar to pirates of the medieval ages. They rip off merchants sometimes, but they can be hired to protect trade routes from competing states. As usual, private organizations are much quicker at building up teams with necessary skills, whereas the official government policy is still in its infancy. Also, there is a clear division in what government and non-government organizations do: the informal hacker groups launch attacks, and government agencies try to defend against external threats. The book makes it very clear that this needs to change.
Many governments realized that long time ago, so in the second half of the book the author presents a comprehensive overview of cyber-capabilities of top 20 or so most advanced countries. This is a bit boring to read, as the book provides way too many details on the internal structure of ministries and agencies. But maybe it is a good reference material for professional strategic decision makers. In addition, when analyzing Russia, I think the book attributes too much power to a bunch of oligarchs. Trust me, they are not responsible for cyber-attacks launched from Russia. There are indeed some covert hacker groups which the book fails to identify.