Research Software Problems Attributable to Cyber Warfare

Software Problems Attributable to Cyber Warfare
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Software Problems Attributable to Cyber Warfare
Introduction
Cyber warfare is intensifying by the day. As the organizations and governments employ various efforts to improve cyber security, the hackers are also busy looking for better ways to execute their attacks on the best security software developed. Hackers have focused more on the software problems that may offer a soft target for executing the attacks. As the organizations shift towards an electronic era where most of the transactions are conducted online, and payments made via the mobile phone systems, the attackers get motivated to breach those systems to steal the money that is being transferred. The mobile software that is being used has not been strengthened enough to overcome the security threats posed by the hackers, and they are taking advantage. Mobile software is just an example of the software problems that offer a soft target for the hackers. This paper is going to uncover more emerging cyber security concerns that are associated with the software problems as well as looking into the possible ramification that may occur if a company does not employ a software security of high standards.
Cyber Security Concerns Related to Software Problems
There are numerous cyber security concerns that pop up every day as a result of growing technologies and increasing numbers of hackers from all over the world. One of the growing concerns is the hacking of mobile payments as well as other online payment systems. (Bayuk, et al., 2012) With the intensified use of smartphones in carrying out transactions, the cyber attackers have invested in ways they can intrude into the systems used in the money transfer so as to steal the money being transferred. Some of the software targeted are the Google Wallet and Apple Pay (Bayuk, et al., 2012). It has been found that the attackers first find their way into the mobile software and after that infiltrate into the corporate networks to which the smartphones are linked to. This means that a company's system will be accessed by the attackers (Bayuk, et al., 2012). Through linking with the smartphone, the hacker can acquire some phenomenal intellectual property which can lead to acquiring credential business materials and information that can enable the attacker to mount a reasonable attack to the company (Bayuk, et al., 2012).
Also, there are emerging source vulnerabilities that include heartbleed, shellshock, and poodle. The heartbleed is a bug located in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) heartbeat implementation through which an enemy sends a request to be responded to. The hacker specifies the time limit to respond to such query (Adomi, 2011). If the user responds, the hacker will access the user's information that may facilitate execution of attacks. Shellshock refers to a group of vulnerabilities in bash (Adomi, 2011). It is used for assessing and executing commands initiated by the users with other programs. Poodle is a problem that emanates from the vulnerabilities related to the system design. Poodle stands for paddling Oracle on Downgraded Legacy Encryption which describes how the hackers can exploit the vulnerabilities in the system so as...