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Targeted Attacks Focus On Economic Cyberterrorism
Orome1 writes "When it comes to dangerous Web threats, the only constant is change and gone are the days of predictable attack vectors. Instead, modern blended threats such as Aurora, Stuxnet, and Zeus infiltrate organizations through a variety of coordinated tactics, usually a combination of two or more. Phishing, compromised websites, and social networking are carefully coordinated to steal confidential data, because in the world of cybercrime, content equals cash. And, as a new Websense report illustrates, the latest tactics have now moved to a political and nationalistic stage. Cybercriminals and their blended attacks are having a field day taking advantage of security gaps left open by legacy technologies like firewalls, anti-virus, and simple URL blockers."
A nation that doesn't prevent thugs from telling you what to do isn't keeping people free. A nation that is constititionally chartered around the idea of keeping thugs (individual or governmental) in check is, in fact, a preserver of liberty.
So you are admitting the government of the United States of America is a thug against the very citizens it is supposed to protect. Vive la revolution!