ROLA SZKODLIWEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA W GEOPOLITYCE
THE ROLE OF MALWARE IN GEOPOLITICS

Summary/Abstract: The amount of IT threats in the world is growing dynamically with the spread of the useof computer systems in the subsequent areas of human activity. Modern countries dependon quick access to information, including its storage, processing and transmission, whichmakes this area an element of the geopolitical game. Societies, organisations andinstitutions commonly support themselves with computer solutions both in private lifeand in public space. Currently, the computer is included in typical household equipment.It should also be added to computerized devices classified as consumer electronics.Similarly, in the public sphere, computers and computerized devices have becomecommonplace. ICT threats, such as malware, including viruses and computer worms, aswell as DoS / DDoS attacks, thefts, replacements and data corruption as well asdeliberate damage to computer systems are nowadays considered to be part of catalog ofmethods and means of competition in the international environment. The selection andanalysis of events demonstrating the use of malware in geopolitics in the past wereappropriate for social sciences, including security studies, through methods of analysisand criticism of the literature of subject, historical method and observational method.The examples of the use of particular ICT threats in international competition areindicated. The course and effects of using malware, DoS / DDoS attacks and data thefare discussed, indicating contemporary methods and means of protection against thesethreats. The scope and potential significance of teleinformatic threats in geopolitics inthe future was also defined.

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