U.S. servicemembers and civilians, along with partner nation servicemembers, work to improve tactical level cyber operations skills against a live opposing force at the Joint Training Facility in Suffolk, Virginia during U.S. Cyber Command's annual exercise, Cyber Flag. (Photos provided by U.S. Cyber Command Public Affairs)
James Yeager, Fifth Domain: In chaos, there’s opportunity … and that’s bad news
This year is only four months old and it’s already one for the history books — and not in a great way.
As the defense community works in tandem with the broader government to keep citizens safe and healthy, cybersecurity threats are only becoming more aggressive.
If we’ve learned anything about cyber adversaries, it’s that they will seize on any opportunity to gain an advantage in targeting their victims, including exploiting the fears of the public during a global pandemic. As COVID-19 has moved from the East to the West, adversaries have followed suit, using lures that play into people’s desperation for information on the disease. In “The Art of War,” Sun-Tzu said“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.”
The COVID-19 virus is infecting more than just people. The pandemic has created chaos and handed adversaries an irresistible opportunity to exploit the situation to gain entry into our networks, whether that’s to steal intellectual property, disrupt operations, or gain a strategic advantage if they are a nation-state actor.
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WNU Editor: I have noticed a number of anomalies in the past few weeks when it comes to networks. Far more than usual. My internet speed has slowed down at my home in Montreal and up north. Interruptions in doing online banking. ATMs being down. Etc.. Coincidence? A lack of personnel to correct web issues? You tell me.
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