The Motives Behind Hacking: Vandalism, Public Interest, Reveal Wrongdoing, Financial Gain, As a Protest, The Challenge (fun).…
There has been an increase in global technology over the past few years. The increase in technology allows us to have access to many things from almost anywhere, such as the Internet. People can find information right at their fingertips faster and easier than ever before. However, with this increase in technology comes an increase in cybercrime.…
Tim J. Watts goes more into the dark side of the “hacker” community by bringing up the constant back in forth between computer security officers and the so called hackers. This article, being written this year is able to reflect on the events of September 11, 2001 and new homeland security measures. He represents this viewpoint of a dangerous hacker in his definition: “While some hackers are harmless, others break into systems with the intent to steal information or to do destruction to the system. Hackers performing the latter pose a serious threat to the economic future of the United States” (Watts). Tim Watt outright blames the hacker community of accessing information that should be private. Only looking and reflecting on the serious threat…
There have been recent technological advances that have brought with them significant benefits to society, but there has always been a negative aspect to it. The internet is a new technological innovation that has changed a lot of people’s lives. The internet also has its dangers to the people who use it. All computer systems are globally inter-connected, and therefore are vulnerable to forms of attack. People have feared of attacks since September 11, 2001 when the New York World Trade Center was attacked where the media said this not only opened us to physical attacks, but also virtual attacks. If we were to be virtually attacked the attackers would most likely go for our critical infrastructure’s such as energy, finance, transportation, and other essential services. These potential dangers are taken very seriously, and the United States has procedures to stop them from happening.…
Computer crime is an ongoing issue that we continuously see, and a major problem with this is that most people do not realize the harm that computer crime can cause. Computer crime is also a niche that continues to grow. This is based on the fact that there are many different perceptions about what computer crime is, and the harmful effects it can have. Because there is a gap between traditional views of what cyber crime is and the actual realities of these crimes, it is a criminal offense that will continue to happen.…
Since the beginning of the internet new opportunities for criminal activities have increased significantly. Most of America’s government agencies, businesses, citizens, online businesses activities have been subjects of numerous attacks. America is dependent upon its computer networks to ensure operations of its infrastructure and national security. Many problems can be attributed to international crimes like the attack on the financial networks on September 11, 2008. This caused the fall of the stock market from anonymous people using naked shorts that are considered illegal today which was used to destroy our financial…
WHILE-READING: Read the text entitled “The Myth of Cyber Terrorism” by Joshua Green and fill in the table below with the arguments for and against the idea that cyber terrorism is a real threat or not.…
Information technology has drastically altered the Homeland Security world in many ways. The largest form of information technology, the internet, has caused the greatest change for Homeland Security Agencies. For many years now the internet has widely been used for terrorist communication, but more concerning now is the internet is being used to generate support and as a recruiting tool for terrorist organizations. In addition, they are also using the internet for training of terrorists since training camps are being actively pursued and neutralized by the intelligence community.…
Americans are becoming more and more codependent on technology. The vast majority of homes in the United States have at least one home personal computer (PC) that is connected to the internet. Americans have gotten accustom to being able to access the internet from their homes. Banking, social media, video teleconferencing and business ventures are all examples of how the internet is being used. The availability of the internet and computers in homes have simplified lives in the United States, however this allows cyber-terrorist to have direct access to the most personal of information. Much like the attacks that took place on September 11th the average American is completely unaware of the vulnerabilities that lye waiting around every corner of cyberspace. Cyber-terrorism not only affects individuals, it can also affect the entire nation. The United States critical infrastructures are becoming more dependent on computer networks for there operations. If security is not stepped up terrorist may be able to disrupt or shut down critical support systems. Americans and American companies must educate themselves on the vulnerabilities that cyber-terrorism presents and begin to work toward securing our networks in the same manner as we do our borders.…
The Internet has become a daily ritual for Americans. So many people rely on technology and computers to do their shopping, banking, and communications. Where most of this used to be done in face-to-face communications, the ability to do it online has become increasingly popular because of the ease of use, but it is also putting fear in people as to whether their personal information is protected or not, and if our information is protected what does that exactly mean and who has access to it and how? This paper will examine cyber terrorism and information warfare, what has happened in past years and what needs to be done to not only protect our country, but us as citizens.…
Inorder to encourage Respondents to come open on their personal experiences of cyber crimes, this Researcher gave them an option of remaining anonymous. They were asked to disclose only their first names and age. They were also informed about the objective and purpose of the Survey. This report gives the overall findings, based on…
Hackers have different opinions and motivations. However, they all share the spirit of challenge and always trying to prove their capabilities of doing what all believe is impossible maybe because they were mistreated, or doubts surrounded their abilities and past achievements. Hackers believe that information should be shared and they fight against information owning. Effects that hacking caused and still causing to the society can’t be ignored. Hacking nowadays is taking new phases and the danger is increasing because we are now living in a society that runs by ICT, and any attack to the ICT especially in advanced countries will cause vital consequences. ICT still lacks a powerful security tools that are capable of tracking, catching hackers, and protecting computer systems from their attacks. My own view is that the best way to protect ICT from hackers is to study their psychology and try to understand their way of thinking, because hackers are human beings, who have two sides; evil and good, and they used to show their good side but suddenly they turned to be evil. The reasons which caused the transformation from good to evil individuals should be studied and given the highest priority in the war against hackers because since we put our…
Every day advances in technology happen. In the last few decades, computer technology has advanced past many technological barriers. Almost every aspect of everyone’s life has some dealing with computers in it. With all this being said, computer cyber threats are on a rise in every economy in the world. Cyber threats in America, have caused the government to try and control American internet access, have cost American’s a lot of money, and have everyone worried about the many infrastructures that are ran by the cyberspace, from being attacked.…
Terrorism a fairly recent phenomena expedited government and criminologist responses to the point that criminologist neglected to analyze completely the issue using the various standing theories and focused on the main obvious ones instead and in doing so they missing out on important observations. Besides terrorism, cybercrimes are also a new phenomenon. Cybercrimes have been affecting standing theories by nullifying the preventive strategies that have been crafted from a thorough understanding of the inner workings of each theory. All in it might be necessary to reevaluate and update standing theories or find different ways of approaching these new contemporary…
The impact cyber crimes and terrorism are having on interrupting the fourth amendment is that the government is able to search and seize without a warrant at any time. They fall back on the part of the fourth amendment that states they most have probable cause and reason to search. The government states that it feels the security of the country is in jeopardy which gives them right to an unwarranted search and seizure of those in question of terrorism or cyber crimes. The government also has the right to arrest an individual when provided with information via…