World faces "cyber cold war" threat


	World faces "cyber cold war" threat

wildcat

11-29-2007 9:24 AM

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                        LONDON (Reuters) - 
A "cyber cold war" waged over the
world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest
threats to security in the next decade, according to a report
published on Thursday.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/ts_nm/britain_internet_dc"><P>About 120 countries are developing ways to use the Internet
as a weapon to target financial markets, government computer
systems and utilities, Internet security company <SPAN id="lw_1196344586_0" class="yshortcuts">McAfee</SPAN> said in
an annual report.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/ts_nm/britain_internet_dc"><P>Intelligence agencies already routinely test other states'
networks looking for weaknesses and their techniques are
growing more sophisticated every year, it said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/ts_nm/britain_internet_dc"><P>Governments must urgently shore up their defenses against
industrial espionage and attacks on infrastructure.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/ts_nm/britain_internet_dc"><P>"Cybercrime is now a global issue," said <SPAN id="lw_1196344586_1" class="yshortcuts">Jeff Green</SPAN>, senior
vice president of <SPAN id="lw_1196344586_2" class="yshortcuts">McAfee Avert Labs</SPAN>. "It has evolved
significantly and is no longer just a threat to industry and
individuals but increasingly to national security."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C0F2AE0B-9746-4AFC-A2B2-C50C13B074FB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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