Can Hackers Destroy The Internet? - Forbes:

Can Hackers Destroy The Internet? - Forbes:

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Massive botnet 'indestructible,' say researchers - Computerworld

Massive botnet 'indestructible,' say researchers - Computerworld

[This may open up new markets for "secure platform" computing based on Macintosh OSX and Chrome OS]

A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say.

"TDL-4," the name for both the bot Trojan that infects machines and the ensuing collection of compromised computers, is "the most sophisticated threat today," said Kaspersky Labs researcher Sergey Golovanov in adetailed analysis Monday.

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TDL-4's makers use the botnet to plant additional malware on PCs, rent it out to others for that purpose and for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and to conduct spam and phishing campaigns. Kaspersky said TDL-4 has installed nearly 30 different malicious programs on the PCs it controls.

What a cyberwar with China might look like

Former U.S. diplomat describes hypothetical scenario

Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up - Yahoo! Finance

Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up - Yahoo! Finance: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
Clearly the Internet is becoming an essential tool of conflict, strife, and war.

Man used neighbor's Wi-Fi to threaten Vice President Biden - Computerworld

Man used neighbor's Wi-Fi to threaten Vice President Biden - Computerworld:
This is a good example of what I have been calling "Digital Assassination."

You can research items related to eBomb.us by creating a Google Alert using the string:
NOT (games OR game) AND (cyberwarfare OR cyber war OR cyber security OR eBomb OR cyber attack OR cyberwar OR cyber terrorism OR cyber warfare) AND NOT (game OR games)

from http://www.google.com/alerts

Hackers strike at MasterCard to support WikiLeaks - Yahoo! Finance

Hackers strike at MasterCard to support WikiLeaks - Yahoo! Finance:
LONDON (AP) -- "Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank, Sarah Palin and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange..."
This is just a taste of what's to come - the power of net-based attacks to cause significant financial, cultural, and social change will approach that of conventional military warfare attacks.