The Syrian Civil Conflict in the Cyber Environment
This document analyzes the use of the cyber environment in the Syrian civil war by both the population and the government in order to characterize online tactics and strategies developed and used by each belligerent.
Gears of (Cyber)War – C++ Code to Detect Version of Windows
A common structure in malware, and also in many legitimate software is to recognize what is the underlying operating system (OS). Depending on the version of it, the virus may want to take different route to execute its activities. This functionality can be reused across different programs and is therefore useful to create and optimize. In this post, we design a function to detect the version of the Windows OS on which the program is currently running.