he also used targeted mal ware to mobile phones. next is cyber espionage. the use of the same techniques, social engineering, targeted use of mal ware, et cetera, to collect information on an add versionry for your competitor. there are really two types of cyber espionage, economic and political military. in economic we see competing corporations from different countries who engage in espionage on line. next is political military espionage which is more like the traditional state versus state espionage that we typically think about when we think of espionage. this includes attempts to steal national security information. again, the boundaries are blurry here between these categories. states like china and russia will enlist the help for the purpose of engaging in cyber espionage. next is cyber crime, which of course is the use of various hacking tools and techniques for criminal purposes including theft and extortion. so just one example is the use of d dos attacks which can be used by organized crime groups to carry out what is essentially the equivalent o

a well-known software product f you click accept and install it, you'll end up with destructive mal ware's why the fbi is warning people to be careful when logging on from cell phones, to update before you go on a trip. if you need a new program, use the vendor's web site to get it, not a pop-up. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> if you're hit with this cyber attack, the feds want to hear about it. you can find out more on our website, abc2news.com and click on the money tab at the top of our home page. >>> the list for the most popular baby names for the year is out and no, cat nip and peta did not make the list. sophia is number one. isabella and emma, aubrey, mia, avery. as for the boys, jacob, mason and william are the most possible followed by jayden at number for. this is the first time since 194-2458 michael was not not to 20. >>> take a look at this, quite a bit of rain. quite a bet of rain on the roads, wet weather conditions. out toward woodlawn, 795 north, we've got quite a bet of range. so up into york we'll find more rain. wise, light to moderate showers south of d.c. and on the e

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it is using spearfishing e- mails, pieces of mal-ware. that is not very advanced. that is packing 101. -- hacking 101. we know the vulnerability is exist. 85% of the successful intrusions into systems by nation states could have been prevented from basic. we can focus on the top 15%. that gives us the ability to follow up with policy. the president has the ability to designate under any national emergency the tools and resources necessary to lot mitigate that. >> at what point does an attack from a foreign country on our nation's infrastructure constitute an act of war? >> i am not a lawyer. i want to make sure we are clear on that bridge we have to look at the totality of the circumstances. there is a whole myriad of things. all those things have to be part of the discussion based around a specific scenario that may or may not occur in the future. >> are using evidence that nation states are actively promoting the use of cyber attacks? >> oftentimes, we see all lot of nation states talk about the threats out there, the military response, the national security resp

the other things we've seen is where they'll just infect the computer with banking mal wear and -- mal warest steal monout of people -- steal money out of people's accounts directly. . >> he shows us how this works. >> you have a fake code here. >> reporter: international crooks are sending out millions of these fake travel alerts. they only need one response to make thousands fast. >> it's really a luck scenario, where you will happen to be traveling on this airline and they'll catch you at the right time. or it's an opportunity scenario, where people will just be curious and, well, i don't have a flight. i want to make sure i'm not charged for this. >> reporter: once someone responds, a cyber crook has everything they need to cash in. >> reporter: wow. after making call after call, the heinz were eventually able to get their miles restored. >>> bill cosby would not be happy. a jello truck catches fire, burning hundreds of pounds of pudding. spoke filled the air in iowa. fire destroyed the trailer and its load. luckily, the driver managed to escape the burning mess without injury. >>> the