When the Stuxnet computer worm damaged the Iranian nuclear program in 2010, the public got a small glimpse into modern cyber warfare—without truly realizing the scope of this global conflict. Inside Cyber Warfare provides fascinating and disturbing details on how nations, groups, and individuals throughout the world increasingly rely on Internet attacks to gain military, political, and economic advantages over their adversaries.
This updated second edition takes a detailed look at the complex domain of cyberspace, and the players and strategies involved. You’ll discover how sophisticated hackers working on behalf of states or organized crime patiently play a high-stakes game that could target anyone, regardless of affiliation or nationality.
Discover how Russian investment in social networks benefits the Kremlin
Learn the role of social networks in fomenting revolution in the Middle East and Northern Africa
Explore the rise of anarchist groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec
Look inside cyber warfare capabilities of nations including China and Israel
Understand how the U.S. can legally engage in covert cyber operations
Learn how the Intellectual Property war has become the primary focus of state-sponsored cyber operations
Jeffrey Carr, the founder and CEO of Taia Global, Inc., is a cyber intelligence expert and consultant who specializes in the investigation of cyber attacks against governments and infrastructures by state and non-state hackers.
Chapter 1 Assessing the Problem
The Complex Domain of Cyberspace
Cyber Crime
Future Threats
The Conficker Worm: The Cyber Equivalent of an Extinction Event?
Africa: The Future Home of the World’s Largest Botnet?
The Way Forward
Chapter 2 The Rise of the Nonstate Hacker
The StopGeorgia.ru Project Forum
The Russian Information War
The Gaza Cyber War between Israeli and Arabic Hackers during Operation Cast Lead
Control the Voice of the Opposition by Controlling the Content in Cyberspace: Nigeria
Are Nonstate Hackers a Protected Asset?
Chapter 3 The Legal Status of Cyber Warfare
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaties
The Antarctic Treaty System and Space Law
UNCLOS
MLAT
The Law of Armed Conflict
Is This an Act of Cyber Warfare?
Cyber: The Chaotic Domain
Chapter 4 Responding to International Cyber Attacks as Acts of War
The Legal Dilemma
The Law of War
Nonstate Actors and the Law of War
Analyzing Cyber Attacks under Jus ad Bellum
The Choice to Use Active Defenses
Conclusion
Chapter 5 The Intelligence Component to Cyber Warfare
The Korean DDoS Attacks (July 2009)
One Year After the RU-GE War, Social Networking Sites Fall to DDoS Attack
Ingushetia Conflict, August 2009
The Predictive Role of Intelligence
Chapter 6 Nonstate Hackers and the Social Web
Russia
China
The Middle East
Pakistani Hackers and Facebook
The Dark Side of Social Networks
TwitterGate: A Real-World Example of a Social Engineering Attack with Dire Consequences
Automating the Process
Chapter 7 Follow the Money
False Identities
Components of a Bulletproof Network
The Bulletproof Network of StopGeorgia.ru
SORM-2
The Kremlin and the Russian Internet
A Three-Tier Model of Command and Control
Chapter 8 Organized Crime in Cyberspace
A Subtle Threat
Russian Organized Crime and the Kremlin
Chapter 9 Investigating Attribution
Using Open Source Internet Data
Team Cymru and Its Darknet Report
Using WHOIS
Chapter 10 Weaponizing Malware
A New Threat Landscape
Chapter 11 The Role of Cyber in Military Doctrine
The Russian Federation
China Military Doctrine
Chapter 12 A Cyber Early Warning Model
The Challenge We Face
Chapter 13 Advice for Policymakers from the Field
When It Comes to Cyber Warfare: Shoot the Hostage
The United States Should Use Active Defenses to Defend Its Critical Information Systems
Scenarios and Options to Responding to Cyber Attacks
In Summary
Whole-of-Nation Cyber Security
Chapter 14 Conducting Operations in the Cyber-Space-Time Continuum
Anarchist Clusters: Anonymous, LulzSec, and the Anti-Sec Movement
Social Networks: The Geopolitical Strategy of Russian Investment in Social Media
Globalization: How Huawei Bypassed US Monitoring by Partnering with Symantec
Chapter 15 The Russian Federation: Information Warfare Framework
Russia: The Information Security State
Russian Ministry of Defense
Internal Security Services: Federal Security Service (FSB), Ministry of Interior (MVD), and Federal Security Organization (FSO)
Russian Federation Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications (Minsvyaz)
Further Research Areas
Chapter 16 Cyber Warfare Capabilities by Nation-State
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Estonia
European Union
France
Germany
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Myanmar
NATO
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
People’s Republic of China
Poland
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Singapore
South Africa
Sweden
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Turkey
United Kingdom
Chapter 17 US Department of Defense Cyber Command and Organizational Structure
Summary
Organization
Chapter 18 Active Defense for Cyber: A Legal Framework for Covert Countermeasures
Covert Action
Cyber Active Defense Under International Law
Cyber Active Defenses as Covert Action Under International Law
Cyber Attacks Under International Law: Nonstate Actors
Jeffrey Carr (CEO, Taia Global, Inc.) is the author of "Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld" (O'Reilly Media 2009) and the founder and CEO of Taia Global, Inc., a boutique security consulting firm for Global 2000 companies. His book has been endorsed by General Chilton, former Commander USSTRATCOM and he has had the privilege of speaking at the US Army War College, Air Force Institute of Technology, Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Study Group and at over 60 conferences and seminars. His firm provides specialized cybersecurity services to a select group of companies and their executives in the defense, technology, and communication sectors world-wide.
Comments about oreilly Inside Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition:
I'm Reviewing the book under Oreilly Blogger Review Program.
Jeffrey Carr is a well known computer security consultant and has worked with US defense authorities. So he is, by all means, in full capacity to write a book in this field which is unfamiliar to a majority of people with and without a technological background.
The book begins with a brief description of Cyber warfare and continues to elaborate the subject giving actual examples from the recent past. Until reading the book I was not knowing that many of the mentioned situations are actual Cyber attacks carried out by governments or terrorists. Another important area covered here is the background and capabilities of groups like "Anonymous." The author has also included the Cyber warfare capabilities of some countries as well.
The format and presentation of the book is somewhat different. It is highly descriptive and goes into detail in explaining highly technical details. On the other hand it analyses the legal framework related to network security in full detail. Even though this makes the book a complete piece of work, some readers might find it difficult to do an uninterrupted reading. Its better to skip those legal related parts in your first read and refer to them when necessary.
Another point I noticed is that the book is written from the eye of a US citizen. As a result some non-US readers with different political viewpoints might get conflicting ideas.
As a whole the book is both an interesting read and an important reference.
