The Internet : The Dangers Of Access To The Internet

The purpose of this paper is to touch on the issue of Hacking. It will go into detail about the history, evolution, future and prevention of Hacking. In addition, this paper will discuss different types of hackers and their motivation behind hacking. This paper examines the major impact caused by malicious hackers and give modern examples of such attacks. To conclude, it will predict how hacking will be in the near future and give the precautionary measures Information Security professionals can take to mitigate the risk of being victimized.

With the growing use of the internet by people, protecting sensitive information has become something which must be taken into consideration, quite seriously. Otherwise, the internet can be one of the dangerous places to visit if one's sensitive information isn't being protected. If a computer doesn't have proper security controls then it has high chances of getting infected by malwares, malicious logics and hence, any type of information in that computer can be accessed easily within moments. And, there are many millions of websites on internet which are infected with malwares and spy-programs. Which

Linton (2011, p.44) stated that hacking of network of common users and attacking their personal computers is one of the most threatening problems at present. It is happening in every second that results in a loss in several ways like loss of credentials, personal information etcetera. Although the use of personal computers and the internet has been increased rapidly, numbers of users who are the expert and have good knowledge to tackle the matters are very rare. In addition, time, as well as required equipment to protect hacking, is also very.

Each year there are many attempts to illegal gain entry into networks by attackers to steal information. Some attacks are designed to steal information while other may be to attack a system to cause damage or disrupt services. Attack can happen from anywhere in the world due to the internet and networks. A person from China can hack into an American network or such Stuxnet virus attack on Iran nuclear power plan which thought to be from Israel or United States but it is unsure where the virus originated from. According to Merkow & Breithaupt (2006), viruses caused the greatest financial loss over other computer crimes, (p 142). Worm is a type of virus which replicates and can easily infect a machine and then spread out across the network by using transport features of the computer or network.

The article "The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger?" written by Cathleen Cleaver is a clear claim of the necessity of government regulation to control what is being shown on the Internet. To support her claim, Cleaver gives the pornographic web sites as an example. She argues that the regulations used to control the selling of pornography applied to porn stores, magazines, and television should also be applied to the Internet. The reason for such necessity is that it is impossible to control who is actually accessing such web sites. Following this reason, Cleaver's main claim in the article is that children can access pornographic web sites on the Internet. This claim is clearly stated by

New types of Internet-related crimes have emerged. threats to individuals, also called personal cyber-crime, is to illegally obtain the identity of electronic individuals, such as their e-mail and password, and also extend to e-impersonation. For example, dragging images and important files from the victim's device to threaten them and subject them to orders. Also, threat to Property This type of crime targets government, private and personal entities. For instance, destruction of important files or proprietary software, through malicious programs transmitted to the user's device in several ways, notably e-mails. Likewise, there are threats that target governments - hacker attacks on official government websites and network systems. To eliminate or destroy the infrastructure of the site or network system, these attacks are often politically targeted.in addition to that, Political threats that focus on targeting the military positions of some countries to steal information related to state security. To emphasize, Spyware by sending programs to the computer to obtain confidential military

Security in the age of internet has become a tremendously important issue to provide comfort not only for paranoid people but for many others who are naïve to believe that protection in digital era is essential to communication between millions of people that increasingly used as a tool for commerce.

From my perspective, Nicholas Carr’s argument that the internet appears to be decreasing his capacity for concentration and contemplation does apply to my generation’s internet natives. Generation Z, my generation, has an innumerable amount of internet natives who are perfect examples of Carr’s argument against the internet. My generation, who will be the leaders of the world, are losing their mental capacity because of the frequent use of electronics but especially the World Wide Web. Approximately twenty percent of children from ages eight to sixteen have a computer in their bedroom, and fifty four percent have internet access. Unfortunately, Carr’s argument applies to my generation’s web natives because they are engrossed in the web

Hacking in the world of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is defined as the process of getting unauthorized access to the technical details of a computer such as, programs, applications or the entire computer system. Hacking is performed to improve the system capabilities or to manipulate its normal functions. People who are engaged in this practice are known as “Hackers” (777, 777, 888, 888).

Prevalent to the current trend now is the dependency of the society on Information technology and communication systems. Every aspect of human life is one way or the other linked and controlled by information technology tools. The importance of information technology cannot be over emphasized as its unavailability could lead to a form of disaster or the other. Pivotal infrastructures like finance, healthcare, education and security are driven by information technology. However, information technology and its benefits are accompanied by vulnerabilities and risks that can be exploited by people with the necessary technical skills. Individuals like ‘Hackers’ and ‘Cyber Terrorist’ can cause disruption to information systems, commit financial fraud and also attack computers and networks. These attacks and disruptions could result to violence against people and properties. In some cases, death, serious injuries and severe economic loss could occur as a result of these attacks.

In today's Internet world, Internet security seems to be considered an outdated idea. Instead of making security a priority, technology companies see it as an added way, not as a security measure. This can be referred to now there are many unsound places in the construction of Internet security. But at the same time, some technology companies and the government set special legal restrictions on them, but also can reflect its sound aspects.

The popularity of internet and its technologies increase day by day and so are the threats to the security of our information transmitted through the internet. The unauthorized or illegal access of the data or tampering of data is very high. In order to provide security of data being accessed by unauthorized people, information security is required [1].

Computer crime which can be also referred to as a cybercrime, e – crime or a hi-tech crime. Computer crime can be termed as an event which is dome by a computer user who is sometimes referred to as a hacker. The hacker is mainly involved in some sort of activity which can be termed as an illogical activity by means of which browsing or stealing the information of the private company or individual are obtained with the intention of personal benefits which can be obtained from the prospective of the hacker (Ezeano et al., 2017). In some cases, it can be seen that the group of people or individual may be malicious and destroy or to be precise corrupt the computer and the files which are stored in the system. There is different type of crimes which are performed on a variety of platform which impact a varied sectors and a varied audience. The main way to conduct the crime is the use of a network and a computer system. In some cases, it has been noted that the use of computers has been used to commit the crime, and on other cases it is seen that the main target of the attack is the computer of the user (Mazurczyk, Holt & Szczypiorski, 2016).

There are many threats today that can compromise the security of a network. Network security is now more important as ever as attacks on networks that hold valuable information are being breached, even with security measures put in place. One of the biggest threats to a network is data theft. Outside hackers pose the greatest threat. These thieves target a company’s network and steal information through vulnerabilities that they have found in their networks. They usually gain access through the use of a Trojan horse, which is a program that looks legitimate but can be used by others to gain access to the network. They may also use a virus or worm, which can infiltrate a network with malicious code and replicate itself in a network. Others try to gain entry by attempting to crack the network passwords or user accounts.

Abstract — We have studied 4 security incidences which highlight the issue of computer security by providing information about the vulnerabilities in these incidences and what should be done to prevent such attacks. All these security incidences are based on the concepts and techniques we learnt during the Computer Security course which increased our understanding and eagerness to explore more on these topics.