1.5.7 Cyber Warfare

Cyber Warfare. Hundreds of Cyber Security Industry Professionals say the next World War would be 1 of 2 possible wars, either Nuclear War or more likely Cyber War, the goal of Cyber Warfare is to cripple an opposing nation's Computer Networks and or Electrical Grid. Cyber Warfare is not always necessarily a term just for nation to nation war but also any ordinary Joe if they have programming experience and Penetration Testing experience they could easily get into a nation's or Industry Company's files for either black mail or to bring a country to a complete stand still. The most common way Cyber Warfare happens is a Distributed Denial of Service Attacks also commonly known as (DDoS). It is a process where a hacker sends hundreds of thousands of bot requests which floods the webpage to the point the website crashes. (Personal recollection and tandofline.com source)

A famous modern Cyber Warfare attack was a STUXNET worm which disrupted Iran's nuclear enrichment in 2010. Industry professionals after this stated, "The Era of Cyber Warfare has now really begun". In 2010. (ieeexplore.ieee.org source) STUXNET has become so sophisticated to the point it searches its targets only by looking for PLCs made by Siemens. PLCs are like the BIOs in computers. PLCs (Programmable Logic Controller) They are the interface between a program and machines such as a robotic arm which tells it what to do on an automated level. STUXNET Particularly looks for Seimens' WinCC/PCS 7 SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisitions) Software that runs on the PLC. STUXNET main goal is to take over control physical critical infrastructure. It waits for a specific command line from the PLC when it sees this command line it strikes to attempt to take control.

A few days ago, a 17-year-old kid not even graduated yet hacked into Rockstar Games and leaked Grand Theft Auto 6 and spoiled parts of the game that Rockstar has spent nearly 4 years in development. They found who hacked them and had them arrested. He also might be responsible for the recent Uber Hacks. Allegedly, he is part of a hacking group called "Laspus$". They allegedly target high profile digital intrusions in giant companies. The Grand Theft Auto 6 Leak is the largest video game leak in history. It contained 90 Video Files of early development footage. (For a pre-alpha build of a game in 2019 it looks way better than Grand Theft Auto 5 pre-alpha build). (kotaku.com source)

Sources:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5634434

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09636412.2013.816122

https://kotaku.com/gta-6-vi-hack-leaker-arrested-teenager-london-laspsus-1849573250

Music I Listen To

Today I would like to share the artists and songs I have been listening to as of late. 

When I study, I tend to listen to Classical and Jazz music literature because personally it makes my brain think more. One album I have been listening to lately is an album titled Yoshiki Classical by: Yoshiki This is my favorite modern classical album written and composed in the 2010's. My 2 favorite songs in the album are Seize the Light and Say Anything. His music has so much emotion poured into each song, even his classical album even though there are no vocal lyrics. I feel like his classical album causes you to feel even more stronger emotions than his J-Rock band X-Japan even though all of his music is in my opinion one of the best modern Japanese musicians of all time.

Seize the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xofN-Pg8qI

Say Anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3895szio4

Another album I have been listening to lately has been Sinatra at the Sands by: Frank Sinatra This is my favorite Album written and composed by Frank Sinatra. My favorite song in this album is Come Fly with Me. These albums help me focus and calm my anxiety when I am worried about studying. 

Come Fly with Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rftTxmcLSfY

I also have been listening to a lot of Thai Music on my free time to help expose myself to the Thai Language even more. I am able to make inferences about what is being sung and when my wife speaks Thai. I now know when she gossips about me.😅 I have been listening to the Thai band Clash I have been listening to their albums multiple times. The way the lead singer shows and puts out so much emotion into each song makes you feel varying emotions even when you don't understand the language. Another Thai band I have been listening to is Tilly Birds. They are a modern Alternative Thai band. They target their music to high school students and young adults. 

Tilly Birds, ถ้าเราเจอกันอีก (Until Then): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwvv71slEYc

Clash, เธอจะอยู่กับฉันตลอดไป (You'll Be With Me Forever): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEPdo0IZkBY 

Thank you, guys, for taking your time to read this post this time.

Fall Semester Week 2

First off, I hope everyone's week went well so far, if not I hope y'all feel better and today will be a new day. If needed take a step back and breath and get your composure back. Today will be about the workload for my semester.

The courses I am taking this semester are CIT-112B Network+, Anth-106 Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics, Eng-101, and of course IS-101. So far, I have noticed CIT-112B and IS-101 will be a struggle to find a cadence balance these 2 classes based on the amount of studying and course material for these classes. I have already had 4 Chapter Exams, (Closed Book, 30 Questions each), and a 2.5 Hour Lab for my CIT-112B class with in the first 5 days. I already woke up Sunday morning with my textbook on my head😅. After taking 4 years off before coming back to school I have lost my time management for classes, but I will find my cadence again soon. With IS101 you can already see in the Canvas we have a hill to climb as well. With my Eng-101 Class and Anth-106 Class the amount of class work does not even add up to half of IS-101 and CIT-112B course work and studying.

Introduction

How is everyone doing today? My name is Connor. I graduated high school in 2018, I started college in Fall 2019, but I ended up dropping out due to personal reasons. I am now back to improve my education and earn my degree. I am majoring in Cyber Security with a focus of Network Security. I am pursuing this degree because, I am passionate about computers, and I have always wanted to work on them professionally.

A little bit about myself, I work at Amazon in the largest Return Center in North America. I am a Process Assistant; this is an equivalent to a team lead in other companies. (Entry-Level leadership/management position). I am hoping to move up in Amazon into Cyber Security Roles, upon graduating. I was born in Houston, Texas, but was raised and lived all of my life in Las Vegas, Nevada.

My hobbies. I am a musician. I play clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, and a little bit of piano. I play video games, listen to music from across all genres including Thai Music, Jazz, Rock, Country, Korean Music, Japanese Music just to name a few genres.