[08.05.30 阿拉伯商业] 从激进主义到“网络激进主义”(AC1)

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外文主流媒体对Anti-CNN.com 相关报道翻译贴（一）
【来源地址】http://www.arabianbusiness.com/5 ... eb-hacktivism?ln=en
【译者】我最爱祖国
【译者注】这是我第一次翻译这种类型文章，虽然搜索了一些专业词汇，但还是感觉有些理解不到位。请各位版大阅后帮忙修改，谢谢！
【声明】本文翻译仅限Anti-CNN使用，谢绝转载。

【原文】
From activism to web 'hacktivism'

The evolution of the internet has created a new model of human interaction, as an online presence is being created to complement traditional offline activities.

This has given rise to a disturbing new trend of activism and political protest which takes place in cyberspace. Hacktivism is a term coined from a combination of 'hacking' and 'activism'.

Unlike the traditional hacker whose motives are usually financial or anarchistic in nature, the hacktivist performs similar kinds of disruptive actions in order to draw attention to a political or social cause.

The emergence of ‘hacktivism' is already threatening the web security of the world's largest corporations.
In 2007, hacktivists in Estonia compromised government and corporate websites and launched so-called 'denial of service' attacks, making websites unavailable to intended users.

This particular display of hacktivism reinforced a worldwide realisation of the immediate threat of cyber attacks and the potentially devastating impact they could have on any organisation's IT system.

TrendLabs, Trend Micro's threat research division, documented occurrences of hacktivism during the recent social and political unrest in China where hacktivists unsuccessfully launched a ‘DOS' attack on CNN as a protest against coverage they deemed as 'pro-Tibet'.

Though no proof was established regarding the connection between the anti-CNN movement and the supposed hacking incident, it is believed that the online attacks supposedly go hand-in-hand with street protests, creating a synchronised protest in the real and digital worlds.

More recently, it was reported that the website of a UAE-based newspaper was hacked into by Iranian nationalists who replaced the main page of the website with their own message.

The reality is that, like offline activists, hacktivists would usually go a long way to promote a social or political cause with little or no regard for the consequences of their actions.

In most cases, such illegal actions lead to large-scale economic losses, as well as severely compromised public data and safety.

Traditional hackers and the general threat levels to internet security in the Middle East are being driven by the rapid growth of internet penetration in the region.

Cybercrimes like phishing - where people attempt to fraudulently acquire information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as trustworthy sources - are on the rise.

However, the IT security industry is continually being challenged. As hackers come up with new measures to beat the security status quo, developers of IT security technology have to work twice as hard.

This is necessary not only to counter the threat from hackers but also to pre-empt their next move.

It is therefore hard to draw the line between long-term winners and losers in the battlefield of internet security as the bar is recurrently being raised by both parties. As new attacks are conceived, new IT defences need to be arranged.

As for users of the internet, the only way to win in the long-term fight against the developers of such attacks, is to keep winning in the short-term.

This increasing threat requires staying abreast with the latest attacks and continually evolving with future trends and technology in IT security.

【中文翻译】
从激进主义到“网络激进主义”

互联网的发展创造了一种新的人员合作模式，即创造一种网络表现方式作为传统的线下活动补充。

这引导了信息空间的一股新型激进主义和政治抗议的潮流。网络激进主义具有黑客行为和激进主义的两面性。

与传统黑客为了金钱或自由主义精神行事不同，网络激进主义采用了相似的形式，但却是为了政治或社会因素吸引注意力。

网络激进主义的出现威胁到了世界上最大规模企业的网络安全。

2007年，爱沙尼亚的网络激进分子攻击了政府和大公司的网站，他们使用了被称为“拒绝服务”的攻击，使得网站不能获取合法用户。
这次网络激进主义的行为，显示了计算机攻击的直接威胁和其对任何组织IT系统潜在的毁灭性影响，增进了全世界在这方面的认识，

趋势实验室，趋势科技的威胁研究部门，发布文档显示最近中国的社会和政治骚乱期间出现了网络激进主义，网络激进分子对CNN发起拒绝服务攻击，但未成功，以抗议他们“同情西藏”色彩的新闻报道。

尽管没有证据显示anti-CNN運動和可能的黑客攻击行为有关联，但是可以相信网络攻击极有可能与大街上的抗议活动同步并行，形成了了真实和虚拟世界的同步抗议。(編註: 假如可以這樣加一句"儘管沒有証據顯示, 就可隨便加一個名字, 那是不是也可以改為 儘管沒有証據顯示阿拉伯傳媒跟Al-Qatar有关联, 但是可以相信他們極有可能互相有利益輸送, 暗中勾結圖利?????

现实是，如同线下的活动家一样，网络激进分子通常还有很长的一段路要走，他们为了社会或政治原因（采取行动），却很少考虑自己的行为后果。

最近，有报道称一家阿联酋报纸的网站被伊朗民族主义者入侵，他们把网站的首页改成了他们自己的留言。

在大多数案例中，这类违法活动危害公共数据安全，导致大规模经济损失。

在中东地区，传统黑客和一般的互联网安全攻击受到了该地区互联网普及的驱动。

计算机犯罪，如网络钓鱼-人们通过伪装成收信人的网点，骗取信息，如用户名、密码的信用卡详细资料-正处在上升中。

不管怎样，IT安全界正在不断受到挑战。每当黑客发明新手段打破安全现状，IT安全开发厂商就不得不付出两倍努力来应对。

不单需要应对（当前）黑客的威胁，也要针对他们下一步走向先发制人。

对于因特网的用户而言，赢得长期对抗的唯一办法就是，在于攻击方的对抗中，赢得每一个短期胜利。

由于双方的武器都在不断更新换代，因此在互联网安全的长期战场上，很难界定赢家和输家。随着新攻击方式的出现，需要制定新的IT防御方案。

在IT安全领域，为了对付日益增长的威胁，需要掌握最新的攻击，并不断了解未来趋势、发展更新技术。



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