com/publications/articles/why-cybersecurity-is-a-strategic- issue.aspx Cooney‚ M. (2014‚ February 5). US Secret Service: Stronger laws could help fight sophisticated cybercrime. Network World. Retrieved February 19‚ 2014‚ from http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-secret-service-stronger-laws- could-help-fight-sophisticated-cybercrime
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Keshav Sreekumar Mr. McCafferty Global Studies September 19‚ 2014 Cyberwarfare: The New Battlefield Cyberwarfare: Blown by bits (1100010101010110001…). We have stepped in the 21st century and the world has given us some unbelievable technology that sometime it seems to be a dream. With the advancement in technology‚ we also face many disadvantages. One major disadvantage being information warfare‚ also called Cyberwarfare. Cyberwarfare while still is in its infancy‚ it is highly disruptive
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occurring more often throughout the past couple of years. An article titled “Data Breaches Keep Privacy & Security Lawyers Increasingly Busy and Looking for Recruits” written by Steven T. Taylor (2012) states “those in the business of cybercrime and protecting against cybercrime may think of 2011 as the year of the breach.”(p. 2) Cyber security has always been a big issue but the more breaches there were the more serious of an issue it became. In 2011 these data breaches affected huge companies and corporations
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businesses. During a DDoS attack‚ remote attackers generate a flood of traffic to a specific destination to disrupt a targeted website or server. The attack can come from one or multiple compromised machines or large networks of infected computers (i.e. botnets) to flood the target with high volumes of illegal traffic. As the targeted systems strain to keep up with the inundation‚ the subsequent slowdown/shutdown blocks legitimate users from access. The goal of most DDoS attacks is to force the targeted
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Index Introduction Modern scenario: a. Electronic contracting b. Electronic signature/Digital Signature c. Electronic payment and Security thereof d. Dispute Resolution e. Jurisdiction and applicable law f. Consumer protection g. Cybercrimes Suggestions a. E-Commerce Disputes Conclusion Introduction The use of internet as a business medium has contributed to the globalization of consumer‚ as internet by its nature is not limited by borders‚ this paper tries to examine the challenges
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The threat has reached the point that given enough time‚ motivation‚ and funding‚ a determined adversary will likely be able to penetrate any system that is accessible directly from the Internet. It is difficult to state with confidence that our critical infrastructure—the backbone of our country’s economic prosperity‚ national security‚ and public health—will remain unscathed and always be available when needed. The recent security breach by unauthorized intruders into the parent company of NASDAQ
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Austin Ayers English III Honors Mrs. Mills 14 December 2012 Computer Hacking is Ethical Computer hacking is a term that most everyone in today’s society is familiar with. When the average person hears news about computer hacking‚ most likely they think about cyber-crimes‚ website defacements‚ or knocking various websites offline. This inaccurate description is just the image that today’s media creates. In reality‚ true hackers are much different. Computer hacking is not the only type of hacking
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to identify automated malicious login attempts with reasonable cost of inconvenience to users. In this paper‚ we discuss the inadequacy of existing and proposed login protocols designed to address largescale online dictionary attacks (e.g.‚ from a botnet of hundreds of thousands of nodes). We propose a new Password Guessing Resistant Protocol (PGRP)‚ derived upon revisiting prior proposals designed to restrict such attacks. While PGRP limits the total number of login attempts from unknown remote hosts
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Today‚ I would like to expand your knowledge on the types of crimes being committed via the internet‚ as well as explain how to protect yourself and your computer against these crimes and why we are morally obligated to report these crimes. Cybercrimes are defined as: "Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly‚ using modern
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United States to conduct cyber operations against nations that pose a threat to the United States or its allies. You may ask yourself‚ what is the Advance Persistent Threat (APT)? According to the website Dambella the APT is defined as “a cybercrime category of malware that is directed at business and political targets. APTs require a high degree of stealithiness over a prolonged duration of operation in order to be successful. The attack objectives therefore typically extend beyond immediate
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