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Washington (ip-192.com): Citing an increased number of governments developing cyber-weapons, the United States, Russia and a UN arms committee are discussing ways to strengthen the security of cyberspace, according to The New York Times. Officials argue that because more nations are developing cyber-weapons, a new approach is needed to blunt an international arms race.
American and Russian officials have different interpretations of the talks so far, but the mere fact that the United States is participating represents a significant policy shift after years of rejecting Russia's overtures. Both parties have a lot to gain by getting together. The US problem is so serious that President Obama ordered a review, and a new approach to national policy could be under way. The US feels that combating cybercrime also covers creating better defenses against military cyber attacks.
On the national level, Russia has its own issues, considering a thriving black market in dangerous software which is as much of a threat to Russia as anyone else. Missing from this equation is China. China is regularly accused of everything on the net, including systematic espionage. However, the “world factory” China could be instrumental in developing and fitting anti-DOS and anti-crime software and hardware.
During the 2008 South Ossetia war, a series of cyber-attacks swamped and disabled websites of numerous Georgian, Russian, South Ossetian and Azerbaijani organizations. One such cyber attack caused the Parliament of Georgia and Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs websites to be replaced by images comparing Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili to Adolf Hitler. Other attacks involved denials of service to numerous Georgian and Azerbaijani websites, such as when Russian hackers allegedly disabled the servers of an Azerbaijani news agency.
Gadi Evron, the former chief of Israel's Computer Emergency Response Team, believed the attacks on Georgian internet infrastructure was akin to a cyber-riot, rather than cyber-warfare. Some researchers of the network security firm Greylogic concluded that Russia's spy agencies GRU and FSB may have played a key role in coordinating and organizing the attacks.
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