Criminals are turning to cyber-crime because of the speed and convenience. Cyber-crimes include attacks against computer data and systems, identity theft, Internet fraud, e-mail scams, and phishing. In addition the threat of terrorism forces authorities to address security vulnerabilities related to information technology infrastructure such as power plants, electric grids, information systems, and the computer systems of government and major companies. References Cantor, M. (2013). Pentagon on cyber security force: Quintuple it.
CYBERCRIME Lydda Lewis CJS/200 June 3, 2013 Lee Rankin Any kind of criminal activity that is done by using computers and the internet is called Cybercrime. This includes anything from downloading unlawful euphony files to hiding millions of dollars from online bank accounts. Cybercrime also includes non-monetary offenses, such as creating and distributing viruses on the computers or collect confidential information on the internet. Possibly the most popular form of cybercrime is identity stealing, in which are use the online to steal personal information from some other users. Two of the most informal ways this is through is through phishing and pharming.
Infecting the boot sector and potentially controlling the operating system, attaching itself to a certain program, activating when you run your program and deactivation when the program is shutdown, loading itself into the memory, or waiting for a specific date and time. A Trojan horse is malicious and will hide itself within a trusted program, simulates a legitimate program causing damage to the computer or network during program execution. Two viruses that commanded the attention of the media were Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses. Individually striking within fourteen months of each other and exposing the weaknesses in e-mail security and the lack of software to scan these files prior to opening. To be familiar with the person sending the e-mail was not acceptable anymore and it raised awareness
Before wanting to delete cyber bullying, it is important to know what it is and how is it formed. Then we will know why it must be deleted. What is cyber bullying? Cyber bullying, in simple terms, is the harassment of a child that is caused by another child by using the internet. Cyber bullying is worse than normal bullying because it occurs on the internet, which is a much larger scale.
An Anon would post the MySpace of a person he didn't like and they would hack his profile, filling it with taboo pornographic images. The harassment extended to the real world, where they would leave threatening voicemails and send “black faxes” to the target's homes. One instance was reported on KTTV, a Fox affiliate in California, but the occurrences of cyber-bullying were common. Their first foray into activism was the raid on Hal Turner's (a white supremacist and Holocaust denier) radio show. After bandwidth attacks and constant prank calls to the show, Turner went off the
Two basic approaches are used in deliberate attacks on computer systems: data tampering and programming attack. Data tampering is a common means of attack that refers to an attack when someone enters false, fabricated or fraudulent data into a computer or changes or deletes existing data. This is the method often used by insiders and fraudsters and is extremely serious because it may not be detected. Programming attacks are popular with computer criminals that use programming techniques to modify other computer programs. For these types of crimes, programming skill and knowledge of the targeted systems are needed.
In fact, in August of 2011, DHS had a threat assessment released that claims that most of the Anonymous group is nothing more than “script kiddies” (Nguyen, 2011). Script kiddies are hackers that use tools that have been written by other, wiser hackers, and simplify for the uneducated the means to hack a website (among other things). Script kiddie is a rather demeaning term in the hacking world. Maybe DHS poked them with a stick here. Website
The first law that applies to this case study is the Fraud by wire, radio, or television (Title 18 United States Code – Section 1343). This law states that whoever have intended to defraud or obtain money by means of false pretenses, representation, or promises, to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television. Under this law the hackers used the customer’s information to defraud the victims and steal over $290,000. The hackers knew what they were doing and installed a key logger on the computers to steal money from the customers. The second law that would apply to the case study is the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1988 (Title 18 United States Code – Section 1028).
While nice in theory, TOR is not publically accepted and is widely regarded as the “darkweb” due to the sheer amount of illicit content accessible. PRISM is an ongoing data-mining program created and heavily used by the NSA. In theory, PRISM is to be used for the investigation of foreign targets, but its scope has been broadened as the data collected by PRISM affects most citizens internationally. With societies current dependence on internet giants such as Microsoft and Google, it is near impossible to avoid
LEROYALE STANCELL IFSM 304-6382 Paper A “Software piracy is defined as the unauthorized use or illegal copying of a software product without explicit permission from the copyright holder.” (Hinduja, 2008) “PC software piracy remains so prevalent in the United States and all over the world. Software piracy affects much more than just the global software industry. Software piracy also increases the risk of cyber crime and security problems.” (PC SOFTWARE PIRACY POSES CHALLENGES TO CYBER SECURITY, 2009) In the past I illegally downloaded all the music that I uploaded onto my iPod or iPhone. My thoughts on downloading music then were, why pay when I can download it for free?” After the fifth or sixth virus that was downloaded on