Definition of cyberweapon in English:
cyberweapon
nounˈsʌɪbəˌwɛpənˈsaɪbərˌwɛpən
A piece of computer software or hardware used to commit cyberwarfare.
this cyberweapon is reportedly capable of altering text and audio, intercepting keyboard input, and disrupting network traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether a cyberweapon can boomerang depends on its state of the art, according to computer security experts.
- Whether those threats will be variants of this new breed of home-grown cyberweapon remains to be seen.
- Many such cyberweapons, in fact, can fit on an ordinary USB thumb drive.
- It is likely that the increase in spending will also go towards the development of cyberweapons.
- Unlike weapons for conventional warfare, cyberweapons are easily pilfered by the designers.
- The hackers used off-the-shelf malware to wipe the firm's computers, a cyberweapon they probably bought on the Internet black market.
- The country has a new cyberweapon that can be used to hijack internet traffic and turn it against websites that it doesn't like, according to researchers.
- Like our nuclear arsenal during the Cold War, our cyberweapons arsenal must be pretargeted and ready to launch.
- A senior official said cyberweapons were as powerful as nuclear weapons and "should be unleashed only on the direct orders of the commander in chief."
- The military is ready to retaliate if the U.S. is hit by cyberweapons, the Defense Secretary said.
Definition of cyberweapon in US English:
cyberweapon
nounˈsībərˌwepənˈsaɪbərˌwɛpən
A piece of computer software or hardware used to commit cyberwarfare.
this cyberweapon is reportedly capable of altering text and audio, intercepting keyboard input, and disrupting network traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- Many such cyberweapons, in fact, can fit on an ordinary USB thumb drive.
- The military is ready to retaliate if the U.S. is hit by cyberweapons, the Defense Secretary said.
- Whether a cyberweapon can boomerang depends on its state of the art, according to computer security experts.
- The hackers used off-the-shelf malware to wipe the firm's computers, a cyberweapon they probably bought on the Internet black market.
- Unlike weapons for conventional warfare, cyberweapons are easily pilfered by the designers.
- Like our nuclear arsenal during the Cold War, our cyberweapons arsenal must be pretargeted and ready to launch.
- Whether those threats will be variants of this new breed of home-grown cyberweapon remains to be seen.
- A senior official said cyberweapons were as powerful as nuclear weapons and "should be unleashed only on the direct orders of the commander in chief."
- The country has a new cyberweapon that can be used to hijack internet traffic and turn it against websites that it doesn't like, according to researchers.
- It is likely that the increase in spending will also go towards the development of cyberweapons.