Japan To Stage Mock Cyberattacks

CYBERWARS

A screen shot taken 13 June 2005 shows the home page 'Yafoo' which mimics the popular Internet portal site 'Yahoo'. Japanese police arrested a 42-year-old man 13 June 2005 on suspicion of stealing personal information through 'phishing,' a scheme based on use of faked websites. It was Japan's first arrest over 'phishing,' in which perpetrators use e-mails appearing to come from a legitimate company and directs recipients to fake websites where they are asked for personal or financial information. AFP photo/Jiji Press.

Tokyo (UPI) Oct 05, 2005
Japan will conduct nationwide exercises next year to prepare effectively for cyberattacks on computer networks.

Mock cyberterrorists will simulate attacks on computer networks of businesses and government organizations to discover vulnerable areas, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday.

Participants in the exercises will include financial institutions, communications companies and Internet service providers, as well as the central government and local governments.

For the exercises, private- and public-sector participants will set up dummy Net servers with the same content as their real ones.

Following the simulated attacks, experts will check computer security by gauging the time and work necessary for the participants to normalize their networks.

Cyberterrorist attacks could damage businesses and government bodies by altering Web page content, erasing data and freezing operations.

An increasing number of companies and government offices have experienced cyberattacks. In one such case, kakaku.com, Japan's largest Web site specializing in product comparison information for consumer goods, had to be shut down temporarily after its code had been tampered with.

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CYBERWARS

U.S. Against U.N. Internet Control

Washington (UPI) Oct 03, 2005
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