The Importance Of Information On Computer Systems

As mentioned by Kim Zetter (2015), Botnets have been around for more than a decade and have become one of the most popular methods attackers use to hijack machines and make quick money. The security industry estimates that botnets, over time, have resulted in more than $110 billion in losses to victims globally. An estimated 500 million computers fall prey to botnet attackers annually, which comes down to about 18 victims infected per second.

Phishing is an attempt to acquire personal information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity through an electronic communication. [ Compl. ¶ 28, ECF No. 1.]

When people think of hacking, they think of the Matrix style hacking where they look at an interpretable screen with falling green symbols. Contrary to popular belief, hacking has become much easier as technology advances and more wireless alternatives become available such as bluetooth cars and phones. Technology companies have also begun to increase their security and has slowed the amount of attacks and has reduced the amount of personal information that can be stolen . However, even

Security flaws or vulnerabilities have increased and spread rapidly over the past several years. More and more vulnerabilities are being discovered by security experts worldwide. Some of these flaws have proved to be extremely dangerous and lethal as they have caused unmeasurable damages to industries and organizations as well as individual users. Security vulnerability can be identified as a fault or weakness in a product or system that allows an attacker to exploit and manipulate that particular vulnerability and compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of that product or system (Definition of a Security Vulnerability ).

This study looked at phishing from a cognitive perspective. The study found that lack of knowledge, visual deception and lack of attention contribute to the success of a phishing attack. Further, the study found that individuals tend to not utilize context cues such as address bar, status bar and security indicators. These individuals were instead frequently influenced by visual presentations of the phishing

Ben-Asher, N., & Gonzalez, C. (2015). Effects of cyber security knowledge on attack detection. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 51-61.

Bots is taken from the word robots and it’s an automated process that interacts with other network services. Bots are utilized to gather information for either good or malicious purposes, but the latter of the two is designed to infect the host and reconnect back to a central server, which acts as a Command and Control (C&C) center for an entire network of comprised devices (Cisco, n.d.). The use of bots is the most sophisticate tool hackers have at their disposal because bots have the versatility of worms and bots also utilize existing viruses, backdoors, and exploits already exposed to log in keystrokes, gather password information, analyze packets, and gather financial information without being immediately noticed (Cisco,

When considering the technological advances over the past 50 years, the Internet has undoubtedly had the greatest impact on everyday life of developed economies and its citizens. The world has become smaller, societies interconnected, and the pace of global integration dramatically increased since the introduction of the Internet. As people and information become increasingly integrated around the world, physical borders between nations are no longer sufficient to restrict access to information and sensitive data. This integrated world allows for malicious cyber actors to advance strategic

Malicious bots are software applications that run automated tasks. These bots are also increasing; when they are used they create automated attacks on networks.

The act of tricking individuals into divulging their sensitive information and using it for malicious purposes is not new. Social engineering attacks have occurred on the internet throughout its existence. Before widespread use of the internet, criminals used the telephone to pose as a trusted agent to acquire information. The term “phishing” has origins in the mid-1990s, when it was used to describe the acquisition of internet service provider (ISP) account information. However, today the term has evolved to encompass a variety of attacks that target personal information.

There is a myriad of perpetrators from cybercriminals and hacktivists to nation states, who would have a motive to gain access to her system. Since motive cannot be denied the focus shifts to denying method and opportunity. As method is concerned with skills, knowledge and tools, ongoing monitoring of methods of attack remains a constant challenge for security personnel. Mapping effective controls on vulnerabilities can attempt to deny the opportunity of attack.

Being touted as the 'new era of cyber crime', advanced phishing attacks recently were responsible for stealing as much as $1 billion from over 100 banks worldwide. [1] In an attack that took place in the shadows of the networks of their victims over more than 2 years, this display of how dangerous these phishing techniques are becomes very apparent. In previous years, it was always thought that the easiest way for a hacker to steal would be for them to go after the customers directly. However, as became apparent in this attack, hackers have become much more resourceful at how they get access to the banking information they desire.

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to inform and educate my audience on the various methods of social engineering attacks because hacking of personal and company accounts and website is in the increase. I want my audience to be able to list and explain three types of social engineering attacks. My central Idea is that social engineering attacks awareness mitigates victimization.

The fight against hackers and cyber crime is a global problem and nationally and internationally, the threats they caused have been recognized and acknowledged.

With the beginning of internet, various online attacks have been increased and among them, the most popular attack is phishing. Phishing is an online security attack where the hacker targets in achieving sensitive information like passwords, credit card information etc. from the users by making them to believe what they see is what it is. It is the combination of social engineering and technical methods to convince the user to reveal their personal data. The paper discusses about the Phishing social engineering attack theoretically and their issues in the life of human Beings. At the same time this paper also provides different techniques to detect these attacks so that they can be easily dealt with in case one of them occurs. The paper gives a thorough survey of various Phishing attacks along with their preventive measures.