Utah Department of Health Data Security Breach Introduction On March 10‚ 2012‚ thousands of people fell victim to having their social security numbers‚ birthdays‚ names‚ addresses‚ and even their medical diagnosis stolen by computer hackers. On April 2‚ 2012‚ the breach was realized and 780‚000 people learned that their identities were stolen and would now need to monitor their credit. Computer and internet fraud is defined by the federal law as “the use of a computer to create a dishonest
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formatting and effective writing. Source: Hacker/Sommers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2011‚ 2007). This paper has been updated to follow the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers‚ This paper follows the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of
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encryption such as WEP‚ WPA‚ or WPA2‚ in order to simplify the connection process and minimize the management workload. –Evil twin hotspots: these are hotspots setup by a hacker and made available to the public. Unknowing users who connect to the intent using these access points are then exposing their sensitive information to the hacker. To avoid being tricked by this set up‚ check to see if the login to a WiFi hotspot is SSl encrypted and look for a valid security certificate. 4. NIC‚ Acces Point‚
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entirely controlled or just monitored by a computer system‚ but it relies on a computer to correctly function. This now causes an issue with the security of today’s vehicles. With each device in a vehicle using a computer there are many ways for a hacker to gain access to the vital components of the vehicle. It is estimated that a modern luxury car comprises of more than seventy Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in each vehicle today. Of these seventy different ECUs they are all connected via a network
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survey of how the information was affecting larger companies (Institute‚ 2014). Unfortunately the hackers are using the information to ruin their credit. Russian hackers obtained 1.2 billion usernames and passwords (Institute‚ 2014). Well the best remedy would be to use cash for everything and keep off of databases. It is easier said than done. As long as there is information available‚ for hackers to steal‚ then they will attempt to obtain it.
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Ping sweeps and ports scans are a common ways for hackers to attempt to break a network. As a system administrator this is a concern and for the boss this should not be a worry for him. The system administrator has a lot of steps to stop attempts from hackers to get any information by using the ping sweeps and ports scans. Once‚ the hackers are discourage they should move on to another site. A ping sweep is a basic networking scanning technique used to determine which range of IP addresses
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consider hiring “black hat” hackers as security consultants. Research the elements that comprise “ethical” hacking. In what ways does ethical hacking differ from “black hat” hacking? Put yourself into the position of a system administrator considering hiring a hacker. How would you ensure that this individual was actually strengthening your company’s network security rather than hacking into your company’s sensitive data? Would you even consider hiring a hacker in the first place? Why or why
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technology as advanced as it is today‚ most find that security in Cloud computing is more secure and better when in fact the risks are higher than ever before. What could be presumed safe‚ could in fact present a major vulnerability in the eyes of a hacker. When accessing the Cloud‚ users depend on the security‚ which in turn subjects them to security risks in privacy‚ security‚ and data accessibility. If users avoid these risks‚ it can lead to grave results that could include losing sensitive information
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security system of the county but also the financial system of individuals or businesses. Cybercrime is done by hackers that crack into computers and steal software‚ credit card information or bank account information. When cybercrime is involved‚ the ultimate goal for the hacker is for financial gain. Cybercrime is about making a profit and continuing to make a profit. Hackers hate authority that stands in the way of their financial goals. The penalty for illegally accessing a computer
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world playing Facebook in a day so it is not a surprise to found that many viruses are spreading out through those pages by means of internet surfing. Moreover‚ there are many hackers who are trying to hack Facebook accounts of others in order to stealing people personal data for spreading out viruses worldwide. The hacker will gain a large amount of money from repairing people’s computer from the viruses. However‚ to protect you computer from the viruses‚ the virus scanning program such as Norton
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