Computer hacking is the practice of modifying computer hardware and software to accomplish a goal outside of the creator’s original purpose. People who engage in computer hacking activities are often called hackers. Since the word “hack” has long been used to describe someone who is incompetent at his/her profession‚ some hackers claim this term is offensive and fails to give appropriate recognition to their skills. Computer hacking is most common among teenagers and young adults‚ although there
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c) Do you think this attack was the result of a virus or a worm? Why do you think this? Chapter 2 (40) Question 1 a) Consider the statement: an individual threat agent‚ like a hacker‚ can be a factor in more than one threat category. If a hacker hacks into a network‚ copies a few files‚ defaces the Web page‚ and steals credit card numbers‚ how many different threat categories does this attack fall into? a. Overall‚ I believe this attack falls into four major threat categories: deliberate acts
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characterized by an explicit attempt by hackers to prevent legitimate users of a service or resource from using them. It is also an effort to make one or more computer systems unavailable. It is typically targeted at web servers‚ but it can also be used on mail servers‚ name servers‚ and any other type of computer system. Denial of service (DoS) attacks may be started from a single machine‚ but they typically use many computers to carry out an attack. Since most servers have firewalls and other security software
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linked to his personal website‚ where they found his Gmail address. Guessing that this was also the e-mail address he used for Twitter‚ Phobia went to Google’s account recovery page. He didn’t even have to actually attempt a recovery. This was just a recon mission. Because Mat didn’t have Google’s two-factor authentication turned on‚ when Phobia entered his Gmail address‚ he could view the alternate e-mail Mat had set up for account recovery. Google partially obscures that information‚ starring out many
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Introduction 1.1 What is Hacking ? Hacking is often portrayed to be many things it is not. Thanks to popular portrayal of hacker as young immoral computer expert associated withnearly and possible illegal and immoral activity that can be conducted through a computer‚ We see hacker outlaws of cyber space‚ out to steal passwords‚ or get access to your bank account and steal money. They are portrayed as the equivalent to thieves who break into houses and rob banks or in the mildest case; peeping toms
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HACKEDIFICATION by MANI KRISHNA MUDIGANTI PROJECT Presented to the Department of Computer Science and the Graduate School of The University of Central Arkansas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Applied Computing Conway‚ Arkansas May 2015 TO THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES: The members of the Committee approve the project of Mani Krishna Mudiganti presented on 30th April; 2015. Dr. Vamsi Paruchuri‚ Committee
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According to SC Magazine “Researchers with SpiderLabs‚ the advanced security team with information security company Trustwave‚ discovered a treasure trove of nearly two million pilfered credentials from a variety of companies‚ including Facebook‚ Google‚ Yahoo‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn and payroll service provider ADP.” I was able to verify this portion of the article when the information was provided from a known credible news source (CNN). The security breach made national news and was also provided on our
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UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC MENAGEMENT Case 9: Yahoo! Inc. - 2009 KERIM MUHAMMET DIREKCI NEWPORT BEACH / 2010 YAHOO! INC. EXIST VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS VISION Yahoo! attracts hundreds of millions of users every month through its innovative technology and engaging content and services‚ making it one of the most trafficked Internet destinations and a world class online media company. Yahoo!’s vision is to be the center of people’s online
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to lives and properties‚ disruption of critical services‚ terrorism and economic sabotage‚ propaganda and theft of information. This paper talks about the types of cyber-crimes: hacking‚ data theft‚ spreading virus and worms‚ identity theft‚ yahoo attack and cyber terrorism; causes and effects of cyber – crime on banking‚ transaction and reputation; finally it will also look at the measures in place to help reduce cyber- crime activities. Types of cyber crime Various types of cybercrimes
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advanced persistent threat hacked into the commercial sector forever changing the face of cyber security. Dubbed “Operation Aurora” by McAfee‚ the attack targeted specific high profile corporations to obtain valuable intellectual property. Google‚ Yahoo‚ Juniper Networks and Adobe Systems were also among the victims of this highly coordinated cyber heist. By manipulating computer codes the attackers were able to exploit the Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities to gain access and obtain valuable
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