Triops, prototype of an IT-weapon
Publish date: 2003-01-01
Report number: FOI-R--0843--SE
Pages: 17
Written in: Swedish
Abstract
The project IT-weapons in a laboratory environment has developed a prototype for IT-weapons. This was named the Triops. The weapon is a series of software modules that can be combined in different ways to test different aspects of computer warfare. By constructing the software in modules the weapons characteristics and capabilities can be changed quickly. Also, the modules can be developed and tested separately. This construction makes it possible for the software to download new modules during an attack in order to adapt to different environments (e.g. OS:s) The Triops is supposed to be a system that delivers an attack program into a specific computer. The prototype system consists of a delivery system that enters the target computer to deliver a payload. This can be viewed as a conventional weapon, e.g. a missile where the missile body houses a payload of explosives. The missile body transports the payload to a certain point and then the payload then causes damage to the target.