Israel's Looking for a Few Good Cybermen

[rossana <rossana at comodinoposta.org>]

Questo articolo "Israel's Looking for a Few Good Cybermen" lo si trova 
su più siti, ne ho scelti due.

Dà la possibilità di capire come la guerra sia un "affare", attenzione 
non ho scritto business, ma un affare che può riguardare tutti. Non solo 
gli eserciti presenti nel campo di battaglia.
In fondo all'articolo vi è una nota che richiede attenzione circa l'uso 
del software perchè ci sono dei rischi che non tutti possono conoscere.

Cosa si deve intendere per guerra oggi?

I palestinesi sono stati descritti come topi in gabbia. Altri si sentono 
"liberi" di intervenire schierandosi nascondendosi.
Cavie comunque.


http://hackersblackbook.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-looking-for-few-good-cybermen.html

http://www.utterli.com/all/t-Israel%27s%20Looking%20for%20a%20Few%20Good%20Cybermen

A fairly active cyber militia within Israel wants you! These cyber 
activists (Help Israel Win) are actively recruiting pro-Israeli computer 
users to aide in their cyber attacks against Hamas websites. These 
efforts appear to date back to the very early days of the latest 
conflict in Gaza. The militia developed and is distributing a cyber 
weapon called "Patriot" that once installed turns the volunteer computer 
to be remotely controlled and used in a Distributed Denial of Service 
(DDoS) attack against targeted Hamas websites.

As of late last week, the cyber militia said there were about 8,000 
downloads of the cyber weapon. This is not just a hack package. The 
software includes the ability to remotely update the cyber weapon as 
well as an uninstaller that will remove the program once the conflict 
has ended.

This is just one aspect of the growing cyber war. The DDoS coupled with 
a significant propaganda (PSYOPS) offensive has continued to intensify 
in the Israel/Gaza conflict. PSYOPS is commonly used to induce and/or 
reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the desired objectives of 
those launching the psychological operations. There have been reports 
that the Israeli military is also using the good old phone system in 
their PSYOPS initiatives. There have been multiple reports that 
Palestinians have been receiving phone calls from the Israeli army 
warning them against dealing with or assisting Hamas. Numerous reports 
of web site defacement have echoed throughout the online world for weeks 
now. In fact, the Israeli military launched its own PSYOPS and became 
the first national army to set up an official YouTube channel featuring 
its own military videos.

This is just the latest indicator of the new hybrid conflict engagement 
that combines bombs and bullets with bits and bytes. One thing is sure; 
the cyber war is heating up with multiple other countries getting involved.

A cautionary note. Can someone else use the installed Patriot program? 
Yes - potentially. That being said, millions of computers have the same 
issue that are part of BotNets and the owners are totally unaware of 
that fact. Anyone who grants any type of remote access for maintenance, 
this type of activism or who knows what are placing themselves at risk.

http://ca.youtube.com/idfnadesk
http://help-israel-win.tk/