economic and political platform. Website defacements‚ computer break ins‚ denial of service attacks‚ informational theft computer viruses and worms are regular examples of Hacktivism . Although ‘politically motivated’ hacking is what distinguishes the action of Hacktivism to hacking‚ they are still hard to differentiate. Clough (2010) reports that on regular there is 4000 denial of services per week which is a clear indicator of how common Hacktivism is occurring. Hactivists aim to embarrass the
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CMGT/441 April ‚ 2009 Professor Mc Nickle The proliferation of hacking has activated new realization to the importance of security‚ information security that is; highlighting the need for a more technological and revolutionary methodology applicable to combating cyber criminology. According to politico.com in an article written by Jonathan Fahey on December 22‚ 2013‚ very clear is the fact that the hacking of Target Stores is a distinct reflection of two fundamental premises that must
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Lab #1 1. List the five (5) steps of the Hacking process. Reconnaissance‚ Scanning‚ Gaining Access‚ Maintaining Access‚ Covering Tracks 2. In order to exploit or attack the targeted systems‚ what can you do as an initial first step to collect as much information as possible about the targets prior to devising an attack and penetration test plan? The first step would be the reconnaissance or footprinting step of the hacking process. 3. What applications and tools can be used to perform
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any crime that involves a computer and a network‚ where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of the crime . Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile‚ particularly those surrounding hacking‚ copyright infringement‚ here are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted‚ lawfully or otherwise. Computer crime encompasses a broad range of potentially illegal activities. Generally‚ however‚ it may
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Throughout the course of Lego’s beginning stages‚ there were many ups and down that the company faced. A big setback happened for them in 2003 when they faced a financial crisis‚ which caused them $240 million. This was due to the introduction of computer games‚ which attracted a large selection of their customers‚ competing toy companies‚ and the difficulty of manufacturing economically. After this crisis‚ Lego was able to pick themselves back up and become innovators around technology‚ mass
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1. (2 points) Can a meaningful distinction be drawn between hacking and "cracking"? Hacking is activity by one who believes information sharing is a powerful positive good and it also is one who is programmed enthusiastically. Cracking is activity by someone who breaks security on a system. Crakers engage in vandalism‚ and theft once given access to a computer. 2. (1 point) What is meant by "active defense hacking" or "counter hacking"? It is meant that hackers can use the computers of innocent
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ACT + INTERNATIONAL LAWS) • Unlawful Losses and Gains • Working of Attacks • Description of Tools INTRODUCTION This term paper is based on “attacking wifi nets with traffic injection” also known as packet injection which simply means the hacking of wireless networks with different techniques to send extra amount of traffic (packets‚ frames‚ duplicate copies) on a network by which a hacker can able to access the information and identity that a client is using. Some techniques are wireless
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Question & Answers 1). List five (5) steps of the Hacking Process. Footprinting Scanning and Enumeration System Hacking Plant Rootkits and Backdoors Covering Tracks Expanding Influence 2). In order to exploit or attack the targeted systems‚ what can you do as an initial first step to collect as much information as possible about the targets prior to devising an attack and penetration test plan? The first step I would take would be from the 5 steps to hacking which is the reconnaissance. I would use passive
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Computer Misuse Act 1990 The computer misuse act of 1990 is a law in the UK that makes certain activities illegal‚ such as hacking into other people’s systems‚ misusing software‚ or helping a person gain access to protected files of someone else’s computer. The main goal of the Act was to discourage this kind of behaviour in the future. The act identifies three specific offences: 1. Unauthorised access to computer material. 2. Unauthorised access to a computer system with intent to break‚ change
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The Leveson Inquiry.. The Leveson Inquiry is an ongoing public inquiry into the culture‚ practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal. The Prime Minister announced a two-part inquiry investigating the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal on 13 July 2011. On 6 July 2011‚ when the Leveson inquiry was setup‚ Prime Minister David Cameron announced to the Parliament that an inquiry would be setup under the Inquiries Act 2005 to
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