eng Ansari Education and Research Society Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences August 2009 21 2 611 616 jusps-A 1230 article S.N Panda 1 Narinder Singh Rana 2 RIMT Regional Institute of Management & Tech. Mandi Gobindgarh, PUNJAB, INDIA Research Scholar, Punjab Technical University,Jallandjar (PUNJAB) INDIA <p style="text-align: justify;">The tremendous growth and utilization of Information and Communication Technology&#39;s (ICT) influence on our society has lead to increased risk of its exploitation by the criminals and terrorist groups. In this age of information superhighways, the traditional paradigm of terrorism is evolving beyond traditional physical violence, hijack, and bombing. Today, a terrorist does not need to travel thousands of miles to attack a target, rather it uses the networked critical ICT infrastructure to target the nation&#39;s sensitive installations. This paper explores emerging security threats, tremendously increasing rate of vulnerabilities and multiple types of incidents and its impact.</p> https://www.ultrascientist.org/paper/1230/ Cyber terrorism ICT Vulnerabilities.