For Business Dear Friend‚ I heard that you were installing a wireless LAN in your small business‚ but you were concerned about security. Well when it comes to installing a wireless LAN‚ there are several security threats that you should be aware of beforehand. There are four common security threats‚ which are drive-by hackers‚ war drivers‚ unprotected access points‚ and rogue access points. Drive-by hackers‚ which are the most serious threats of them all‚ are people that sit outside a company’s
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Abstract Security threats are vastly becoming an ongoing threat to the information technology world today. Constant threats involve viruses‚ hacking‚ worms‚ and malicious activity within the virtual world of an organization or individual computer systems. Within every organization there is threat of data loss. Whether the loss is unintentional or malicious. Many factors are attributed to data loss such as malware‚ computer theft‚ hacking‚ and network exposure‚ to name a few. This type of data
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Malware is malicious software that runs on a computer and operates against the interests of the computer’s owner. If malware can hide itself from automated threat analysis systems‚ it can blend in with millions of sample files and antivirus applications may not be able to figure out that it is malicious. Therefore‚ both malware and packer program authors attempt to utilize techniques to hide malicious files from automated threat analysis systems. For maximum security‚ create an "air gap" between
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To: National Security Council From: Cyber Security Student‚ University of Pittsburgh‚ Pittsburgh Campus Subject: Internet Security: Online privacy policies help criminals‚ but raise questions about increasing surveillance and decreasing privacy to general public. Internet privacy may be a thing in the past due to necessary government control. 1. Executive Summary: The NSC has tasked us to assess the potential risks associated with the United States government expanding their abilities of
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Common Information Security Threats September 22‚ 2012 Common Information Security Threats As company’s dependence on computers and the internet increase‚ there are more and more threats that they face from hackers and anarchist alike. For ever solution that companies come up with to defend themselves against cyber attacks‚ those who wish to do harm find other means to attack‚ it is a constant cat and mouse struggle. If 2011 has been any indication‚ it is clear that everyone is vulnerable to
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Research Problem: Internet security and privacy‚ what you can do to make it more efficient‚ and what software you can buy to protect yourself. Research Question: What is Internet security and privacy and what we can do protect ourselves? If you have access to a computer and a modem‚ you are licensed to drive on the information superhighway. And you are one of a growing number of online participants. The Internet offers many benefits. Web sites provide a vast world of information‚ entertainment
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The Threat of Internet Privacy With the ever rising use of the internet‚ as well as online banking in businesses‚ this brings the concern that hackers and viruses may have the ability to access your private information. Recent developments in internet security have been shown to decrease and destroy nearly all internet viruses. Microsoft associates have proven that there are many ways around our man made barriers called firewalls’. The question is whether or not your private information
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INTERNET SECURITY Internet and Security‚ two different words but they need each other for the same goal and that is PROTECTION. Security is often a term used to define protection in any occasion or any places or any materials in this modern world. The idea of having a security is to avoid threats from happening. Internet which is globally known as the World Wide Web which considered the fastest global communication connections in the world today yet the most dangerous threat and that’s when security
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Intro What are the causes of homeland security threats for the United States? While the above question could be looked at in answer as being extremely broad and cover a wide variety of areas‚ I believe‚ after multiple hours of reading through research articles‚ that the research question being asked could be summarized with a few general ideas. Because of the fact that there are so many types of terrorists‚ the Department of Homeland Security has spent countless hours studying behavioral qualities
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Internet Security Many people today are familiar with the Internet and its use. A large number of its users however‚ are not aware of the security problems they face when using the Internet. Most users feel they are anonymous when on-line‚ yet in actuality they are not. There are some very easy ways to protect the user from future problems. The Internet has brought many advantages to its users but has also created some major problems. Most people believe that they are anonymous when they
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