This includes hosts file poisoning, even though the hosts file is not properly part of the Domain Name System. Hosts file poisoning is discussed in the malware section since it involves changing a file on the user’s computer [14]. j) Content-Injection Phishing Describes the situation where hackers replace part of the content of a legitimate site with false content designed to mislead or misdirect the user into giving up their confidential information to the hacker. For example, hackers may insert malicious code to log user's credentials or an overlay which can secretly collect information and deliver it to the hacker's phishing server. k) Man-in-the-Middle Phishing This is harder to detect than many other forms of phishing.
What is cyber bullying? Cyber bullying is the use of emails, instant messaging, phones, chartrooms, networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, to harass or threaten someone. Children who have early access to these websites are often being cyber bullied or doing the bullying. Mostly older children are likely to be cyber bullied than younger kids. How can we identify bullying and cyber bullying?
Cyberbullying: A Growing Problem in Today’s Web Based Social World Abstract One of the biggest issues our children are facing in this century is a phenomenon known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is using technology to bully their victim, who is most often from the same school. It occurs by sending information that is meant to hurt someone with the use of electronic technology that is readily available, including cellphone, emails, social networking sites, etc. Today’s technology offers cyberbullies anonymity, speed, no time restraints, easy access, an audience, and not having to see their victim’s emotion. There is a similarity between traditional bullying and cyberbullying.
Sexting has caused embarrassment and humiliation to other young adults because it seems like a game to others to expose other people through texting. Many people took advantage of a lot of things in life which made life easier to live. Opportunities that we get in life, leads us to challenges and obstacles that we think we cannot overcome but yet there is always a way to solve it. In the website http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html there are different types of phones that will help the parents to monitor what their children are doing such as the Mobile Spy Cell Phone Monitoring, WebWatcher Mobile Cell Phone Monitoring, Spycalls Mobile Phone Monitoring and CA Mobile Monitoring & Security. These are some of the things that will help the parents resolve some of the problems that are going on with a teenager’s life.
Portable devices such as laptops, cellphones and iPads have encouraged communication via text and instant messaging. An amalgamation of these factors has resulted in increased vices among teenagers, in particular cyber bullying, sexting and slut shaming. This paper will discuss these three practices, analyzing their causes and effects on teenagers today, and giving suggestions on how they can be controlled. Although technology has been associated with many positive effects, cyber bullying, sexting and slut shaming among teens are detrimental practices that have been encouraged by the advancement of technology owing to the obscurity that the cyber space provides. The first practice that this paper will focus on is bullying.
Surfers Beware! The Term cyberstalking seems to be cropping up everywhere but no one knows exactly what it means. Cyberstalking can be defined as threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the Internet and other forms of online and computer communications (The National Center for Victims of Crime, (NCVC). n.d.). Cyberstalking is an extension of the physical form of stalking but it is harder to detect the perpetrator because of the anonymity issues from electronic communications.
For children who have mobile phones parents can put a blocker on the phone which can only let them access certain websites or block certain numbers ringing them or the child ringing certain numbers. Schools may offer information about the risks and what can happen. Video Games • Abuse • Copying the violence they see • More open to grooming • Poor social skills The ways we can reduce these risks are to restrict access to certain games and maybe putting a higher age certificate on them. We can improve their knowledge on E-Safety and advise them how to be safe online and less vulnerable. We can inform them on strategies to resilience.
Social networking sites have caused cyber-crimes, such as cyber-bullying and identity theft and also intruded privacy of many users of social networking sites. Privacy of people and numerous social networkers have been intruded by not only social networking sites, but also from CCTV surveillance and identity cards. Due to the development of technology, people living in the modern world now, are vulnerable to be invaded in their private life. Some technological devices, which have been manufactured to serve several purposes such as CCTV, which guards the security for buildings and community and identity cards, which hold personal data, have been misused causing social issues and even crimes. People are sensitive when it comes to the matters of privacy.
This can lead into severe and even life threatening situations as the child begins to build a relationship with the person. Some predators will work their way into gaining trust before slowly introducing sexually explicit content in the conversations while others maybe faster and upfront with sexually explicit content. Many times, predators may record or make use of conversations to blackmail or harass a child. The most common stereotype of the online predator is a middle-aged man with no job who lives alone and whose day only consists of luring young children and teenagers through the Internet. Though this may be partly true, the real statistics are interesting.
Stopbullying.gov characterized digital tormenting as a type of social abuse occurring through electronic innovation. These incorporates gadgets and hardware, for example, mobile phones, PCs, tablets and other specialized devices, including online networking destinations, instant messages, talks, and sites. One is being digital harassed when they get mean instant messages or messages, being the theme of gossipy tidbits through online networking posts which includes humiliating pictures, recordings, sites or fake profiles. The site's concentrate even underscored the association of digital harassing to physical tormenting. "Kids who are being digital harassed are regularly tormented in individual too."