Malware

It is estimated that cyber-attacks cost companies as much as $400 billion per year. Two of the most devastating attacks are distributed denial of service and social engineering. Although, there is no way to be completely safe from attack, there are precautions to take to help prevent them. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are the most common type of cyber-attack among financial institutions. DDoS is when a hacker floods a server with traffic making

Protagonist of movie are played by Keanu Reeves. Hero name is Neo and he has two faces. The first face is a programmer working for the major software manufacturer and his name is Thomas Anderson. The second face is a genius hacker causing a computer crime and his name is Neo. He was troubled with the sense that dreamed to be up every day. One day, he receives a message and he meets a mysterious woman. Her name is Trinity. After that, Neo meet with her fellow and his name is Morpheus. He said that

First level analysis indicates that, scamming techniques, unverified hacking statements , and instructional online scamming media is the most commonly shared type of information about the company. Additionally, investigations on online forums, known to be used for scamming and potentially other illicit purposes, such as ownedcore.com, depicts a method (albeit unverified) to exploit the company’s arcade machines. Similar methodologies are likely replicated on other forums as the topic of conversation

At my place of employment, the IT department sends out emails anytime numerous incoming spam emails are detected. When IT noticed the “invoice” emails coming in, an email was sent to all users with a warning not to open any attachments if they were not expected. Users were further instructed that if an attachment was opened in error, not to download macros even if prompted to. Unfortunately, there were a few people who did just that and subsequently infected their computers. When IT received an

Computer spyware was originally designed by hackers to corrupt files, steal passwords, and swipe credit card information from the owner. Now, parents have found the easiest way to install spyware and secretly track their children’s history. The intent of parents using spyware can be separated through two arguments. Do parents spy on their children to be nosy and tease or make fun of them? Or, is the objective to protect children from the dangerous online world we live in today? Parents most likely

Cyber Crime is described as criminal activity committed via use of electronic communications with respect to cyber fraud or identity theft through phishing and spoofing. There are many other forms of cyber-crime also such as harassment, pornography etc. via use of information technology. Usually Cyber-crime is divided in below 3 categories: 1. Persons: Cyber Crime against person can be conducted in many ways as in today’s world all the personal information is available on internet and one can use

WHAT IS CYBER CRIME? Crime is a common word that we always heard in this globalization era. Crimes refer to any violation of law or the commission of an act forbidden by law. Crime and criminality have been associated with man since long time ago. There are different strategies practices by different countries to contend with crime. It is depending on their extent and nature. It can be concluded that a nation with high index of crime cases cannot grow or develop well. This is because crime is the

Computers have become much more important and popular to our society in recent decades. The computer’s ability to perform so many tasks speedily and reliably makes it useful for a wide variety of purposes. Therefore much important information is stored on computers. Because people and organisations depend on computers every day for a variety of significant tasks, it is imperative that the systems which are used are protected from loss, damage and misuse. This essay identifies some potential risks

Internet Crime and Moral Responsibility Internet Crime and Moral Responsibility 3 Introduction 3 What is Internet Crime? 3 Types of Crimes 3 Phishing 3 Child Pornography 4 Cyber Stalking 5 Computer Intrusion 5 Denial of Service Attacks and Cyber War 5 Identity Theft 6 Whose responsibility is it to report these crimes? 7 Reporting agencies 8 Conclusion 8 References 9 Internet Crime and Moral Responsibility Introduction The Internet is the technological genius of the computer

Saleh Abuhasharah ID# 1616885 Information Security Dr. Harvey Lowy 1- components of an information system: Information System is a complete set of software and hardware, data, people, and procedures, and networks that enable the use of information resources in the organization. There are six components of information systems and each component has its strength and weakness points, and it has its properties and its uses. And also each component of Information System has its own security requirements