Cyber-crime is becoming a massive problem for citizens and businesses. Every day there is a hacker that gets into a computer system and causes trouble. It’s all due to businesses and individuals being careless with their computer security. People need to start realizing this is a serious issue and can affect anybody. There are numerous steps that need to be taken in order to protect individuals and businesses security. Hackers are getting smarter and want to find new ways to infiltrate your computer system
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Computer crimes are considered to be an illegal criminal activity that uses technology to retrieve unauthorized data and information from a computer system (Buzzle‚ 2010‚ p. 1). There are various types of computer crimes. Viruses and worms are used by hackers to penetrate computer programs with the intention of doing harm that‚ in some cases‚ result in the demise of the computer itself. However‚ not all computer crimes include physical property damage. These types of crimes include; “altering data‚ deleting
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concerned about security. Well when it comes to installing a wireless LAN‚ there are several security threats that you should be aware of beforehand. There are four common security threats‚ which are drive-by hackers‚ war drivers‚ unprotected access points‚ and rogue access points. Drive-by hackers‚ which are the most serious threats of them all‚ are people that sit outside a company’s premises and intercept the firm’s data transmissions. They can also mount denial-of-service attacks‚ send malware
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Hackers formulate different variations of Malware to take advantage of these areas before the Developers can patch and protect against these vulnerabilities (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Oracle’s Java is an example of an application that is vulnerable. Their latest
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Introduction 1.1 What is Hacking ? Hacking is often portrayed to be many things it is not. Thanks to popular portrayal of hacker as young immoral computer expert associated withnearly and possible illegal and immoral activity that can be conducted through a computer‚ We see hacker outlaws of cyber space‚ out to steal passwords‚ or get access to your bank account and steal money. They are portrayed as the equivalent to thieves who break into houses and rob banks or in the mildest case; peeping toms
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the various networking threats. • Identify different methods of attack. • Describe security procedures and applications. • Describe the features of a firewall and how it can be used to protect against an attack. 8.1 1. Once the hacker gains access to the network‚ four types of threat may arise. List and explain each of these four threats. a. Information theft- Breaking into a computer to obtain confidential information. Information can be used or sold for
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ITM 6000 Research Study – The Cost of Cyber-Crime Submitted by R. Allen Green Prepared for Professor Philip D. Whittle ITM 6000 Information Technology Management Fall II‚ 2013 Webster University December 16‚ 2013 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author. I have cited all sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Abstract Cyber-crime‚ also known as
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agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of paying for it. Whereas some are convinced that tuition is too high‚ others maintain that it is important no matter the cost. Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus address just such an issue in their essay “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission”. Hacker and Dreifus discuss the issue of college tuition fees versus the quality of teaching they offer‚ but also point out that “colleges are taking on too many roles and doing none of them well” (180)
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Hackers are people who hack into other people’s computers or electronic devices so they can take control over their things. A book titled Net Crimes and Misdemeanors written by J. A. Hitchcock takes us through many different aspects of how people take and
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corporation systems. They accessed many TJX’s retail stores through poorly secured kiosks. The hackers opened up the back of those terminals and inserted USB drives to install utility software that enabled them to turn the kiosks into remote terminals linked to TJX’s networks. The firewalls that TJX use and had in place did not have enough security to offer and let bad traffic in from the in-store kiosks. The hackers also used mobile data access technology to decode data transmitted wirelessly between handheld
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