How can a country defend itself in an era when nations are connected through the Internet? By making cyberweapons easy enough for military officers to understand
US officials seem to be queuing up to claim responsibility for a cyberweapon, suggesting that the administration is complementing software war with a psychological component
Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills, they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals
What if they gave a cyberwar and nobody came? That seems to be the situation days after the end of what was described by some as a "cyberwar" staged by Chinese hackers against the United States in retaliation for the death of Chinese pilot Wang Wei in early April. Doubts linger in some Internet security experts' minds, however, whether this "cyberwar" was the week's real threat.