A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There
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Computer hacking is the act of modifying computer hardware or software‚ in order to cause damage to sensitive data on a computer or to simply steal confidential information. Computer hackers often target home and office computers that are connected to the Internet. The Internet is a gateway for a computer to connect to the world‚ which also makes it vulnerable to attacks from hackers from across the globe. What are the consequences of computer hacking? Let us find out. Computer hacking is a breach
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Computer Memory Hacking Computer Memory Hacking Rebecca M. Shepherd CIS 106 Intoduction to Information Technology Professor Dima Salman Stayer University November 23‚ 2014 Computer Memory Hacking Hacking of memory or hacking of RAM describes when a person or person(s) gains unauthorized access to the RAM (random access memory) of a computer system. There a couple of reasons that one might participate in hacking the memory of a computer system. One reason
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The case study related to the scandal at Penn State talks about an assistant football coach‚ who for years appeared to the public as a standup kind of guy. He was eventually found guilty of forty-five counts of child sex abuse (Crandall‚ Parnell‚ Spillan‚ 2014). By no means did he go out on his own‚ but four other people‚ Paterno‚ Spanier‚ Schultz‚ and Curley‚ all with leadership caliber played a vital part in their fall from grace as well. Jerry Sandusky was employed at Penn State for thirty years
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What do you think of when I say the word “Computer Hacker”? You probably think of some sort of criminal bent on gaining access into your bank accounts or remote control over your computer. Granted‚ hackers have gotten a bad reputation from the media‚ who sometimes report break-ins of databases‚ computers‚ and other virtual resources. However‚ this does not mean that every hacker has a desire to do harm. In fact‚ hackers are hardly the bad guys. The word hacker has been so warped and distorted by
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yet effective solution to their problem. Recently‚ an idea of using electrical current to stimulate the brain has emerged on a popular social news and discussion website. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)‚ now popularly called “brain hacking”‚ is said to not only help those battling depression‚ epilepsy and other similar conditions but also to improve concentration‚ memory and mental abilities of healthy individuals. The process is quite simple‚ it uses two electrodes‚ cathode and anode
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1. Workstation and Desktop devices are prone to viruses‚ malware‚ and malicious software‚ especially if the user surfs the Internet and World Wide Web. Given that users connect to the Internet and World Wide Web‚ what security countermeasures can organization implement to help mitigate the risk caused from viruses‚ malware‚ and malicious software? a. Up to date anti-virus software and updated firewall. 2. Your employees e-mail file attachments to each other and externally through the organization’s
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to that information. With the increasingly technological society the world is becoming‚ how dangerous is hacking becoming? Medical records are often either held for ransom with ransomware or even just taken from hospitals without the hospital knowing. These medical records include information such as Social Security numbers and credit card information. Hackers have even found ways to hacking into medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps. Ultimately‚ due to a reliance on wireless technology
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and The Inbetweens of Hacking “During a three-day period in February 2000‚ some of the most high-profile sites on the World Wide Web were temporarily knocked out of service.”(Issues and Controversy) This quote is one of the many that show the down side to hacking. A hacker is a person who takes pleasure in understanding the internal workings of a systems. This does not necessarily classify hackers as bad. There are good hacking and bad hacking. But on the subject of hacking‚ its unclear whether
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and the overly dramatized hacking‚ Hackers is a great movie to watch. 2. 23 Unlike most of the plots on this list‚ 23 is based on a true story. It follows the tale of an orphan called Karl Koch. Karl puts all of his inheritance into getting an apartment and a home computer that he quickly uses to connect to a group of young computer hackers based in Germany. Although he begins the films by posting forum comments about conspiracy theories‚ he quickly moves on to hacking the computers of the military
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