A worm is a program than can make copies of itself from one disk drive to another. It is self contained and can also spread by copying itself using email or another form of transport. Worms can compromise the security systems of computers and can cause damage in the process. Worms sent via email usually comes in the form of a joke program or some type of software. They can cause thousands of dollars in damages. A worm would be a weapon of choice for an electronic attack that could cause widespread
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Viruses‚ Scams‚ and the Security of Your PC Michael Harper Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Apryl McDonough 30 November 2012 Viruses‚ Scams‚ and the Security of Your PC A virus is a computer program written for entering your computer without your permission. Some viruses just reproduce itself and spread through your system. However‚ some may cause damage or effect program or system performance. When this happens‚ it is referred to as your computer being infected. In today’s
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Introduction Legality‚ piracy‚ ethics‚ effects‚ moral dilemmas‚ motives‚ age‚ involvement‚ types - encryption are all main issues in Computer Crimes in todays world. How do we determine someone fate? Computer crime has become such a hot topic in the media since the middle of the 1980’s. By now most of us would have probably recognize the names of some of the prominent "hackers" such as Kevin Mitnick or Robert Morris‚ which I will touch upon their crimes. These hackers or more appropriately
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In this article the Computer Misuse Act 1990 was raised. It states that a teenage from Dorset England. Aaron Caffrey aged 19 had apparently sent a virus to another person computer while they were at work at America’s bigger port. The convicted was accused of hacking into the system and sent a virus use cause the either network of computers which caused them all to crash. The law that he had broken was the Computer Misuse Act 1990 the law states the following: “The Act contains three main offences
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The FBI immediately put Hector X. Monsegur to work for three years to bring down the other top hackers in his group. 300 cyber-attacks were stopped and charges were given to six alleged hackers. Some of Monsegur’s crimes consisted of “three counts of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking‚ computer hacking in furtherance of fraud‚ conspiracy to commit access device fraud‚ conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft” (Chad Bray). Most black hats should be dealt with in this manner;
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What is this Cyber crime? We read about it in newspapers very often. Let’s look at the dictionary definition of Cybercrime: "It is a criminal activity committed on the internet. This is a broad term that describes everything from electronic cracking to denial of service attacks that cause electronic commerce sites to lose money". Mr. Pavan Duggal‚ who is the President of www.cyberlaws.net and consultant‚ in a report has clearly defined the various categories and types of cybercrimes. Cybercrimes
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Content Page 1. Introduction 2 2. Cyber Crime 1. Classification of cyber crime 3 2. Comparison of cyber crimes in Malaysia and USA 6 3. Suggestion of reduce cyber crimes 9 3. Conclusion 11
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EDB to PST converter software is a significant solution of the error code 1028 Emails provide stability to the organizations. Emails are the backbone that forms the base for the organization structure. Organization has different department for a different purpose. In order to communicate with the environment. Organizations use MS Outlook for maintaining a healthy communication environment in different departments. Every user mailbox data is stored in on exchange server in the form of edb files.
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Slide 2: What is Cybercrime? Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person’s identity or illegal imports or malicious programs Cybercrime is nothing but where the computer used as an object or subject of crime Online activities are just as vulnerable to crime and can compromise personal safety just as effectively as common everyday crimes. Lawmakers‚ law enforcement‚ and individuals need to know how to protect themselves and the persons for which they are responsible.
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Cybercrime Law and its Effects to Social Media and Social Networking Sites Users A Research Paper Presented to The Faculty of the College of Education Saint Louis Anne Colleges In Partial Fulfilment Of Requirements for the Degree Of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Daile B. Burila Anna Lyn S. Gregorio March 2013 APPROVAL SHEET This research paper entitled Cybercrime Law and its Effects to Social Media and Social Networking Sites Users‚ prepared
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