Botnets William Jones 68.510 Data Networking 27 Feb 2013 Professor Tomsic Executive Summary This paper will define botnets and how they are developed‚ used and controlled. The malicious attacks such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) will be discussed along with recent DDoS attacks and the likely perpetrators and their motives. Finally‚ I will describe what protocols and systems are used by attackers use to control and update botnets today. In terms of today’s cyber world the term
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Introduction There are various security threats for the various mobile devices that we all use on a daily basis. Smartphones are outselling PCs and the lack of adequate security for these devices and other mobile devices leave them vulnerable targets for hackers and other cyber criminals. As the number of attacks increase‚ the strategies‚ mitigating solutions and other countermeasures are not keeping up to prevent these attacks. This case study will examine and explore mobile device security and other threats
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copying the identity of one mobile telephone to another mobile telephone. Usually this is done for the purpose of making fraudulent telephone calls. The bills for the calls go to the legitimate subscriber. The cloner is also able to make effectively anonymous calls‚ which attracts another group of interested users. Cloning is the process of taking the programmed information that is stored in a legitimate mobile phone and illegally programming the identical information into another mobile phone. The
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PowerScreen Problem Interests: Hacker: Release “PowerScreen” with Gates Get 100% royalties for PowerScreen Keep HackerStar business intact Focus on R & D Focus on development of new products and technology Hire new manager to concentrate on the marketing and sales of the products and to make personal contact with customers and potential clients Getting Star to understand the importance of market share Getting Star to understand the importance of product
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INTRODUCTION Ethical hacking also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking‚ involves the same tools‚ tricks‚ and techniques that hackers use‚ but with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal. Ethical hacking is performed with the target’s permission. The intent of ethical hacking is to discover vulnerabilities from a hacker’s viewpoint so systems can be better secured. Its part of an overall information risk management program that allows for ongoing
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biggest airlines‚ United Airlines‚ has rewarded two hackers who spotted major security hols in its website. The airline has given the two hackers one million free flight miles each. The airline operated a “bug bounty” scheme that rewards hackers for privately disclosing security flaws instead of sharing them on the internet. They have awarded the maximum reward of one million free flight miles‚ which is equal to over a dozen trips to these two hackers. Security experts say that this scheme is a big
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Examination Paper of Business Ethics IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Business Ethics Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) • • • This section consists of Multiple Choice questions & Short Answer type questions. Answer all the questions. Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. Term used to denote the existence of information of an electronic network of linked computer system a
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computing systems being studied and developed on campus. Hacking groups begin to form. Among the first are Legion of Doom in the United States‚ and Chaos Computer Club in Germany. The movie "War Games" introduces the public to hacking. A computer hacker intends to ruin businesses performing an act much more unprincipled than an enthusiastic biologist ’hacking’ away at work or theory. The truth is that computer hacking is in fact easy in the general sense‚ but more consideration must be given. Some
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Home & Leisure – Home and home networks / Digital entertainment Smart homes a reality in S Korea The article is about apartment blocks in South Korea that have been built with smart technology. These smart homes allow the people who live there to control the appliances using a control panel. Using a remote‚ the person can access the IT system from outside and this is all with a system called HomeNet. Bills are paid automatically‚ using the person’s bank details which are held in a database in the
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programs. Well‚ unfortunately hacker can still get through. And when they get through your identity is up for grabs. This is what happening everyday and no one knows but the hacker and you. Until a hacker get control of a major corporate company‚ and then everybody in the world is talking about Enron’s bank account being hacked into and sucked dry of all its money. Most people say hackers are greedy creatures that only want money. That is not always the case some hackers do it for fun‚ some do it for
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