Ninja Hacking by Wilhelm Thomas Andress Jason

Author:Wilhelm, Thomas, Andress, Jason [Wilhelm, Thomas; Andress, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-59749-589-9
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 2011-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Logical Guns?

From a logical perspective, we could call various forms of malware a gun, but this might be a bit of a stretch. If we were to continue with this idea, the most seemingly fitting concept would seem to be the denial-of-service attack. As common as the botnet is today, we do have a logical device that we can aim at a particular target and pull to trigger, through our command and control channel, to launch an attack. This analogy falls down somewhat as the result is likely not a single impact from a single source, but a sustained impact from multiple sources. In any case, the concept is there, if we care to shoehorn it into the idea of a gun.

Such offensive devices are not often used by organizations outside of those that would be considered military in nature. In the last few years, a number of governments, including China and, more recently, the United States, have been working on developing a more offensive capability in this area. It is very unlikely that the Zukin, in the course of our activities, would find a commercial or government target that is willing to use such offensive capability. We should, however, keep in mind that this is likely to change as we move into the future and cyber warfare becomes more common, as it seem inevitable that it will.

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