Malicious Intent

Oxford Dictionaries defines an ethical hacker as “a person who hacks into a computer network in order to test or evaluate its security, rather than with malicious or criminal intent” (Ethical Hacker, n.d.). In other words, an ethical hacker aims to discover if any vulnerabilities exist in the system so the vulnerabilities can be fixed before a malicious hacker can exploit them. With ethical hacking being a new development, there have been news articles discussing the boons and concerns of its practice

information on that particular IP address. 3.Man-in-the-Middle Attack :- A man-in-the-middle attack is a type of cyber attack where a malicious actor inserts him/herself into a conversation between two parties, impersonates both parties & gains access to information that the two parties were trying to send to each other. A man-in-the-middle attack allows a malicious actor to intercept, send & receive data meant for someone else,

Overview Traditionally, IT (Information Technology) security focused on securing the IT assets within the organization’s IT framework. However, with the advent of smart mobile devices, cloud computing, and remote connectivity, the IT landscape has changed dramatically in the last few decades. With these changes, the frequency of attacks by cyber criminals has increased as well. We constantly hear news reports of large-scale cyber attacks targeting financial, government and healthcare organizations

switch, then entering a 6-digit code that was tied to their account, and then the phone number that they desired to be connected to. Telco’s routing switch was being targeted at 40 second intervals over the duration of several hours and the malicious party’s intent was to discover access codes that belonged to Telco customer accounts by submitting a “random” 6-digit access code. Telco was able to determine that

the betrayal and malicious behavior seen in the characters of Macbeth. This gives the audience another perspective on how evil corrupts the world around it. When Macbeth acted in a malicious way the environment around him was affected, such as when

As CIO, the goal is to keep the network safe from rapidly evolving malicious intent and this can be accomplished by an effective vulnerability assessment. The first thing on the agenda is to start with performing risk assessment. Corporate assessments are the ones that are risk-based and measurable with the intent of isolating corporate assets that generate the highest value to a corporation and present the highest potential threats and vulnerabilities related to the assets (Bayan, 2004). Further

information from an unknowing victim with the intent of compromising privacy or obtaining confidential information. Computer fraud is any act using computers, the Internet, Internet devices, and Internet services to defraud people, companies, or government agencies of money, revenue, or Internet access. There are many methods used to perform these illegal activities; the most utilized are phishing and viruses. Phishing is a term used to describe the malicious actions of an individual or group to scam

Many classic works of literature encompass the subject of ambition. Ambition is the desire for a goal, usually involving power or rank. Shakespeare’s Macbeth has underlying themes of ambition. Edgar Albert Guest’s Ambition and Emily Dickinson’s Aspiration are two poems that also deal with ambition. The theme of ambition is represented similarly yet differently in the three works. Firstly, they are similar by courage. “Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail” (Shakespeare 1.7

disguised as harmless software. The intent of the hacker is to get people to click on links and phishing scams. When a person who is clueless believe it’s from somebody close to them or coworkers. But, it was hackers trying to get in through emails and stuff and they use many tools. 4. Ransomware – It is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. You could get ransomware if you click on a bad link or open a malicious email attachment. Its hidden

Traditionally, IT (Information Technology) security focused on securing the IT assets within the organization’s IT framework. However, with the advent of smart mobile devices, cloud computing, and remote connectivity, the IT landscape has changed dramatically in the last few decades. With these changes, the frequency of attacks by cyber criminals has increased as well. We constantly hear news reports of large-scale cyber attacks targeting financial, government and healthcare organizations. Moreover