Kostadinov goes on to note that most cyberterrorism actions are generally focused on website sabotage and email blasting. In order to prove that the network breach was a terrorist attack the company would need to provide electronic evidence of these types of information warfare. Information warfare is a term often used interchangeably with cyberterrorism but provides a deeper understanding in the shift of how data has become fundamental to society. As governments, companies and people shift to the use of digital information so have the methods used to attack (Gilmer, 2001). In order to combat this aspect of terrorism, the military have adopted computer forensics as part of their defenses (Vacca & Rudolph, 2011).
Ping sweeps and port scans By Brian E Network security has become an important concern for both administrators and users. The corporate networks of today are the lifeblood of the organization. They move and store vast amounts of information and allow for instant access to that information for authorized users. This information is attractive to criminals and most organizations will have to defend against an attacker attempting to gain access to the network. Two methods an attacker may use to get information and gain access to the network are ping sweeps and port scans.
Spyware is almost exactly as it sounds, a spying program. This type of malware will record the users input and transmit it back to the hacker to access at his leisure. This type of spyware is called a key logger and can capture interesting information such as user names, passwords, credit card numbers and email addresses. The more advanced versions of spyware can siphon off network data that will allow the hacker access to files, encryption keys, and other sensitive information. The final malware I will cover is the zombie.
In this journal, Drew discuss the goals of IT security to protect the use of mobile devices in CPA firms and other businesses. His article outlines cybersecurity threats on the mobile and cloud fronts and lists steps that accounting firms, individuals CPAs, and other can take to reduce their risk of suffering a devastating data breach. Drew discusses how the rate of smartphones and tablets sales increase and how it reached 144.4 million units in the first quarter. With the growth of smartphones and tablet increasing, the risk of malicious software have increased. “One of the biggest risks involves employees or executives downloading personally identifying or confidential client information to their personal smartphones or tablets”.
Networked Systems Security Task 1 – THREATS AND IMPACT OF NETWORK THREATS There are many types of threats that can damage your computer either temporarily or permanently. Some threats posed may not threaten your computer right away however have the potential to do so. Some threats that present themselves can include physical threats such as the theft of equipment whether that is the monitor, computer etc. Other threats can be harder to find such as viruses, worms or any kind of malware. Understanding these threats allows the organisation to prevent, protect and correct any damage done to his/her computer to an extent.
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.
Cyber Incident Detection and Data Analysis Center (CIDDAC) - help protect private sector networks with real time cyber attack detection sensors. (RCAD)- prevents outside attackers form reaching the internal database. (IC3)- provides a user friendly reporting mechanism to victims of cyber crime. (ECTF)- Electronic Crimes Task Force is a nationwide network that
VPN outfits its privacy by way of channeling and security measures. Channeling is a way that packets from one protocol are enclosed inside another protocol. There are a lot of hackers these days sending viruses, malware, and other bugs. It is important for a company to stay protected so that they don’t lose private information or open viruses that could temporarily shut a company down. Remote-access VPNs allows you to securely access corporate resources like servers, computers, and multipurpose printers.
Unit 9 Assignment 1: List Phases of a Computer Attack There are 4 or 5 phases of a computer attack, depending on how you look at them, and they are reconnaissance, probing or scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, and preventing detection. Depending on how you look at the phases probing or scanning can be placed in the same phase as reconnaissance. During each phase of a computer attack the attacker has a purpose or reason for what he/she is doing and they could range from placing malicious code onto a network or scanning a network to see which ports are open and may have someone listening to it on the network end. There are many reasons that a particular person or company is targeted for an attack and couple of those are that the attacker is being paid to do so or that person or company did something to the attacker that the attacker feels he needs to punish them for. Reconnaissance is one of the phases of a computer attack and is the safest and the easiest to accomplish.
Cyber Crimes Jennifer Bell Investigating Cyber Crime CJ316-01 Professor Stewart January 14, 2014 In this essay we will look at the KKK a domestic terrorist group, we will look at how they have used technology to further their agenda. We will also look at a couple of case of identity theft and ways that the victims may have been able to protect themselves. The KKK, a name that has been around for many years and their message never changes. However they now have more means to deliver their message to the people, the internet gives them a broader audience to spread hate. They have a website that shares all of their information about saving the race and nation.