Cyber attack offensive maneuver employed by

both individuals and whole organizations that targets

computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/ or personal

computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous

source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by

hacking into a susceptible system.

politically motivated hacking to conduct sabotage and espionage

The general purpose of conventional warfare is to weaken or destroy the opponent's military force, thereby negating its ability to engage in conventional warfare.

Cyber attack as cyber warfare

Fear factor Spectacular factor Vulnerability factor

Factors for cyber-attacks

develop their plans step-by-step and acquire the appropriate software to carry out an attack

political agendas, targeting political structures

Professional hackers to cyber terrorists

straight forward considered malicious software

Syntactic attacks

Viruses are a self-replicating program that can attach itself to another program or file in order to reproduce

Viruses

Worms do not need another file or program to copy itself; it is a self-sustaining running program

Worms

“social engineering,” presenting themselves as harmless, useful gifts, in order to persuade victims to install them on their computers.

Trojan horse

Espionage and national security breaches

Sabotage

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Philippines and cyber attacks

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