Japan Will Stage Mock Cyberattacks

freaktheclown writes "Japan is set to start staging mock cyberattacks on various companies as precautionary exercises. According to the article: 'Japan will conduct nationwide exercises next year to prepare effectively for cyberattacks on computer networks. Mock cyberterrorists will simulate attacks on computer networks of businesses and government organizations to discover vulnerable areas, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday. Participants in the exercises will include financial institutions, communications companies and Internet service providers, as well as the central government and local governments.'"

Re:Smokescreen.

[Jerry Coffin]

This is the perfect smokescreen for some 'renegade' Chinese to do some real damage.

Nonsense. Next time you might try RTFA instead of hurrying so much to get in an early post. If you'd read it you'd realize that the intent is to set up mirrors of the real machines, and the scheduled attacks will be against the mirrors. Any attack against the real machine will look just like it always would.

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The universe is a figment of its own imagination.

Cyberattacks, extra wasabe & ginger

[digitaldc]

An increasing number of companies and government offices have experienced cyberattacks. In one such case, kakaku.com, Japan's largest Web site specializing in product comparison information for consumer goods, had to be shut down temporarily after its code had been tampered with. ---------
Sounds like they need to secure their code first, then they can perform mock attacks.
On a side note, Kakaku.com sounds like a pr0n site

Re:Why "Mock"

[JVert]

He's just testing his firewall installation, its not put into production yet so the attackers can flame away. He just needs to make sure is real hive is not too close to the honeypot.

all your networks are belong to us!

[zixel]

Original publication: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20051005TDY01 003.htm [yomiuri.co.jp] They should definitely try social engineering techniques too. There was article [http://www.pacifict.com/Story/%5D [pacifict.com] written by a former Apple catractor that details how he worked on the graphing calculator app for a year without being an employee. Where I work, you just have to mention an employee's name and someone will assume that you work there. Of course I do work at Starbucks, but whatever [not really, I'm mean really not really].