INTERACTIVE SESSION : ORGANIZATIONS
1. Is cyberwarfare a serious problem? Why or why not?
2. Assess the management, organization, and technology factors that have created this
problem.
3. What makes Stuxnet different from other cyberwarfare attacks? How serious a threat is
this technology?
4. What solutions have been proposed? Do you think they will be effective? Why or why
not?
1. Is cyberwarfare a serious problem? Why or why not?
Cyberwarfare is a serious problem. Because it creat the most prominent threats and set of
challenges for security experts.
+) Stuxnet
– In july 2010, reports surfaced about a Stuxnet worm that had been targeting Irans neclear
facilities
– The Iranian nuclear faciliies was infected and disrupted the nuclear program by disabling
the facilitiescentrifuges.
– Stuxnet is the most sophisticated cyberweapon ever deloyed.
– Stuxnet as a weapons delivery system like the B-2 bomber.
– Stuxnet wiped out about one-fifth of Irans nuclear centrifuges and delayed Iranability to
make nuclear arms by as much 5years.
+) Flame
– The Flame virus has been infecting computers in Iran, Lebanon, Sudan, Saudi arabia,
Egypt, Syria and Israel.
– Flame is able to grap images of users computer screens, record their instant messageing
chats, collect passwords, remotely turn on their microphones to record audio
conversations, scan disks for special files and minitor their keystrokes and network traffic.
+) Duqu
– Duqu worm aims to steal information by scanning systems.
– Duqu steal digital certificates used for authentication from attracked computers to help
future viruses appear as secure software.
2. Assess the management, organization, and technology factors that have created this
