"We will set national open standards for data, interoperability, privacy and confidentiality, real-time data access, cyber security and access rules," the vision grandly envisages.
With this kind of access, cyber criminals are able to engage in a wide range of frightening fraudulent behavior.
One issue that the report doesn't directly address is just how much access the Cyber Initiative should grant the government to monitor businesses for cyber attacks.
This paper presents a new vision-based mobile augmented reality system that allows field personnel to query and access 3D cyber-information on-site by using photographs taken from standard mobile devices.
That means any of your documents containing passwords or personal information, along with your photos and videos, could potentially be accessed by cyber-criminals – and although there is no evidence of encrypted files being uploaded or sold on for this purpose at the moment, it is theoretically possible.
But even as the Pentagon complies with an order by President Obama to cut $400 billion in military spending by 2023, Mr. Gates said that the Defense Department would find money for "air superiority and mobility, long-range strike, nuclear deterrence, maritime access, space and cyber, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance".
In fact, if criminals have cyber access to a system or facility, physical security precautions can quickly be rendered useless.
With access to your cyber-footprint, your movements could feasibly be tracked by the minute.
"The beauty of the online world is that there are something like 17,000 buyers that have access to the broader cyber sales we hold," Mr. Burns said.
This rogue software gives cyber thieves access to all of the important card data that is transferred during a card swipe.
After obtaining access, the Russian government cyber actors conducted network reconnaissance, moved laterally, and collected information pertaining to Industrial Control Systems (ICS)." To carry out their aims, the attackers employed a blend of technical attacks, social engineering and basic online sleuthing.
