Social Engineering Payroll Attack

business practice by either using a backup that carried the correct data and restored the files that were affected. An incremental restore. The system could also be returned to its normal state with the human resource department going through the payroll and changing the files that were affected back to their normal pay scale. Without adding additional security though, the system is still vulnerable. 5a. Explain how the system could be verified as operational. The system is verified as operational

Nature of the incident was that an employee was able to hack into the computer system and gain access to the financial payroll system, human resources and even email system. This employee used several methods in order to gain access into the system: IP spoofing, Data modification, Man in the middle attack and compromised-key attack. As a result the employee was able to tamper with payroll system. An auditor discovered the discrepancies and tried to make upper management aware of the situation through

the network and hide their identity in the process. The technique allowed the hijacker to steal and alter sensitive data such as payroll records. The employee also monitors the email traffic about the incident, to use the man-in-middle attack an intercept the auditor email to several individuals at the company explaining what had happened. During the man-in-middle attack, he was able to impersonate the individuals the

Kaplan University IT286 Unit 9 Seminar Alternate Assignment Jennifer Polisano For unit 9, the class would reach chapter 15. First I would like to start by saying I had a lot of appreciation for chapter 15. It’s completely different from all of the other chapters and gives some extremely good insight to actually practicing security on your own terms, setting up your own practice area at home, as well as what may or may not be expectable for trial and error at your intended place of employment

information are always at high risk. According to the NIST video, there are some 26 million small businesses which are prone to the dangers of cyber crime. The private personal information (PPI) such as electronic commerce, social security number, account number, User Ids, Payroll, Internet Transactions, passport number, employee databases home address, credit card, etc. are at risk due to digitization. The information security should meet many purposes such as protecting people information, unauthorized

technology put public information in a high risk. According to the video there are some 26 million small businesses which attention to the dangers of cyber crime. The private personal information (PPI) such as electronic commerce social security number, account number, User Ids, Payroll, Internet Transactions, passport number, employee databases home address, credit card, etc. are in risk. The information security should meet many purposes such as protecting people information, unauthorized access, disclosure

1. INTRODUCTION It is without a doubt that economically developed nations have over the years profited from the wealth Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has provided. Even with the multiples of opportunities and economic expansion ICT has brought to these countries, developed nation’s such as the United States, United Kingdom (UK) and Australia have had to battle the negative effect of ICT. This has left a lot of institutions and sectors vulnerable to cybercrime and cyberattack. As

without having to compromise their identity. Some of the methods are social engineering, phishing, sending spam messages and malware (OLI, 2013). Criminals use these methods because with the use of technology, identity theft could be accomplished anonymously and without much effort. Also because people lower their guard about securing their personally identifiable information when using the internet, especially when using social networks, they become easy targets to

Information Technology (IT) managers are constantly tasked with evaluating their organization’s overall security posture and reporting the greatest vulnerabilities to leadership. Senior management is often surprised to hear that the greatest vulnerability within an organization is not a misconfigured firewall or a virus being forwarded across an internal e-mail server, but rather a human being. When compared to a piece of hardware or software, a human user is easily the single most targeted weakness

Exporting US Engineering Labor Overseas, an Ethical Perspective Introduction The recent trend of outsourcing white collar jobs overseas to countries such as India has angered many American Technology professionals. This is occurring specifically in areas such as computer software, chip design and technical support. This trend has contributed to the increasing difficulty many Americans, who are looking for technical jobs, are experiencing. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether