International Cyber Terrorism

• "Stealth" and other advanced scanning techniques
• Targeting of specific users
• Widespread attacks on DNS infrastructure
• Widespread attacks using NNTP to distribute attack
• Wide-scale trojan distribution
• Wide-scale use of worms
• Widespread, distributed denial-of-service attacks
• Windows-based remote access trojans (Back Orifice)
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A Cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole
organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer
networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually
originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified
target by hacking into a susceptible system.
Indiscriminate Attacks
These attacks are wide-ranging, global and do not seem to discriminate among
governments and companies.
• Operation Shady RAT
• World of Hell
• Red October, discovered in 2012, was reportedly operating worldwide for up to
five years prior to discovery, transmitting information ranging from diplomatic
secrets to personal information, including from mobile devices.
• WannaCry ransomware attack on 12 May 2017 affecting hundreds of thousands
of computers in more than 150 countries.
• 2017 Petya cyberattack
Destructive Attacks
These attacks relate to inflicting damage on specific organizations.
• Great Hacker War, and purported "gang war" in cyberspace
• LulzRaft, hacker group known for a low impact attack in Canada
• Operation Ababil, conducted against American financial institutions
• TV5Monde April 2015 cyberattack
• Vulcanbot
• Shamoon, a modular computer virus, was used in 2012 in an attack on
30,000 Saudi Aramco workstations, causing the company to spend a week
restoring their services.
• Wiper – in December 2011, the malware successfully erased information on hard
disks at the Oil Ministry's headquarters.
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