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    Google Hack

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    Using search engines such as Google‚ "search engine hackers" can easily find exploitable targets and sensitive data. This article outlines some of the techniques used by hackers and discusses how to prevent your site from becoming a victim of this form of information leakage.Other Articles By Johnny Long. The Google search engine found at http://www.google.com/ offers many features‚ including language and document translation; web‚ image‚ newsgroups‚ catalog‚ and news searches; and more. These features

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    CASE STUDY Recently‚ the website of Ankit Fadia‚ a well-known ethical hacker‚ was hacked by another group that goes by the name Team Grey Hat (TGH). The “hactivist” group entered Ankit Fadia’s official site and exposed his credentials‚ including sensitive data‚ student details‚ database credentials (like name‚ user name & password). In a blog message‚ TGH also rubbished Fadia as a hacker and his courses According to data from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In)‚ in November last

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    Testbacksecurity

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    Information security safeguards the technology assets in use at the organization. ANS: T PTS: 1 3. A firewall is a mechanism that keeps certain kinds of network traffic out of a private network. ANS: T PTS: 1 4. An act of theft performed by a hacker falls into the category of “theft‚” but is also often accompanied by defacement actions to delay discovery and thus may also be placed within the category of “forces of nature.” ANS: F PTS: 1 5. Two watchdog organizations that investigate allegations

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    Hacking

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    successful penetration attack? Ans: cover their tracks buy purging the attack system to destroy evidence of the crime 7. What method does an attacker use to regain access to an already penetrated system? Ans: planting a backdoor will allow a hacker to regain access to an already hacked system for later use if needed. 8. As a security professional‚ you have been asked to perform an intrusive penetration test which involves cracking into the organization’s WLAN for

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    online-community force people to register with true profile to be a user if they want to interact with others. Then‚ their account will be put at a high risk of being hacked by hackers from any place in the world. Annually‚ a huge number of people are being exploited or even stolen the private information to benefit the hackers. To sum up‚ Internet plays a vital role in the today’s world life. Nevertheless‚ using it not only hold a lot of merits but also lead to numerous harmful effects so people

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    Top 20 Most Active Viruses

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    the user accounts‚ it uses the dictionary of weak passwords. • It prevents the user and the computer from connecting to the websites that are security related preventing anti-virus programs from updating. Spy.YK • Spy.YK is a trojan. It allows hackers to get into and carry out dangerous actions in affected computers‚ such as capturing screenshots‚ stealing personal data‚ etc. • It does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user’s intervention in order to reach the

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    Making Strong Passwords

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    (Burnett‚ 2006). First‚ passwords that consist of common words have the potential to be guessed with enough attempts by a hacker‚ also known as a brute force attack (Bahadur‚ Chan‚ & Weber‚ 2002). Second‚ passwords that are dictionary words are vulnerable to another type of brute force attack called a dictionary attack (Nemati‚ 2011). A dictionary attack is an attack in which a hacker uses software to attempt to guess a password by entering every word in the dictionary

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    Privacy Essay

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    and personal data being compromised for up to 70 million customers (BGR)‚ questions surrounding the massive Target hack of late 2013 have been aplenty. This security breach is a prime example of technology failing its purpose‚ in this instance‚ a hacker or hacking team gained access to private financial and personal information of Target customers. Canadian Target locations were not affected because they use a different system‚ however Canadian shoppers who made purchases at American Target locations

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    Cyber Crime Task Force Plan Jose R. Rosario Jr. HSM438 Instructor: Earl Ballou October 29th‚ 2013 Introduction Since the beginning of the internet new opportunities for criminal activities have increased significantly. Most of America’s government agencies‚ businesses‚ citizens‚ online businesses activities have been subjects of numerous attacks. America is dependent upon its computer networks to ensure operations of its infrastructure and national security. Many problems can be attributed

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    Attorney General‚ Eric Holder‚ urged congress to establish a set of guidelines for companies in the event that a customer’s personal identifiable information be stolen (Douglas‚ 2014)‚ which came after the result of Targets servers being breached by hackers and having over 40 million customer records (including addresses‚ phone numbers‚ and even credit/debit card information) (Osborne‚ 2014). Currently there are only state guidelines as to how companies deal with data breaches‚ but the federal government

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