Cyberweapons

Definition
Cyberweapons "include: unauthorised access to systems ("hacking"), viruses, worms, trojans, denial-of-service, distributed denial of service using botnets, root-kits and the use of social engineering."

Overview
"Outcomes can include: compromise of confidentiality/theft of secrets, identity theft, web-defacements, extortion, system hijacking and service blockading. Cyberweapons are used individually, in combination and also blended simultaneously with conventional "kinetic" weapons as force multipliers."