k) Man-in-the-Middle Phishing This is harder to detect than many other forms of phishing. In these attacks hackers position themselves between the user and the legitimate website or system. They record the information being entered but continue to pass it on so that users' transactions are not affected. Later they can sell or use the information or credentials collected when the user is not active on the
Sony PlayStation Network Data Breach Compromises 77 Million User Accounts By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted 2011-04-26 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Sony-PlayStation-Network-Data-Breach-Compromises-77-Million-User-Accounts-208028/ Sony's PlayStation Network has been down for nearly a week, and the company finally admitted that an unauthorized person had stolen personal information belonging to 77 million account holders. An attacker gained "illegal" access to personal information stored on both the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity online music and video service, Sony announced on its blog on April 26. The information included names, addresses, log-in and password credentials, password security answers, email addresses, and birth dates. User purchase history and credit card information may also have been compromised. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility," Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications and social media, wrote on the company blog.
Especially when Cain killed Abel. This was because of greed and jealously. Cybercrime is not crime committed over the Internet but it is crime wherein the individual uses a computer. The Internet does not really provide the individual with new types of crime but it does provide the individual with an avenue to commit existing types of crime with a far-reaching effect. For example, identity theft was a crime long before computers existed.
Disc7 Accounting Black Hat or White Hat Student Name: Institution Name: Abstract A criminal investigation involves seeking, collecting, and gathering evidence for a criminal case. Depending on the depth of the crime committed, it is sometimes necessary to use people convicted of crimes to help convict other people doing similar crimes. The Enron case is one such example of a major accounting fraud which involved using convicts in investigations. Keywords: Accounting fraud, convict A criminal investigation involves seeking, collecting, and gathering evidence for a criminal case. A criminal investigator is the one who looks for evidence to establish whether a crime has taken place (Bratton, William, 2002, p. 24).
Deterring and Detecting Internal Fraud Donna K. Miller Liberty University Acct. 301 Abstract This paper will discuss fraud deterrence and detection. It will present the definition of fraud, types of fraud, what type of person commits fraud, why an individual commits fraud and finally, fraud detection and deterrence. It will present internal control methods to prevent fraud as that is the goal of any organization. However, in spite of great internal controls, fraud is not always prevented.
How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Computer Fundamentals- CSCI -1000 February 25, 2013 Bainbridge College Introduction Years ago, the term identity theft was never used. In today’s modern world the term identity theft is heard on a daily basis. It has become the fastest growing epidemic across the world. Identity theft is fraud by using another person’s social security number, bank information, or any other personal information to obtain the identity of that person. The crime of identity theft is committed by fraudulent means to obtain financial resources from the person.
Perceiving the situation from the NSA’s point of view made me think outside the box for some time, though I’m still very mad… But being at this psychological state of mind will not lead anyone to a better thinking process. Anyways, closer to what I wanted to share with you guys. My guess is that the government is using this technique to actually capture terrorists. As funny as this sounds, I am happy that the government works this way. After all, if not the NSA, then who has the power to prevent terrorists from this country?
This proves that there is almost no defined difference between cyber bullying and regular bullying, so it should be handled as if it were regular bullying. It would be extremely difficult to prosecute a cyber bully because it would be similar to trying to prosecute someone for regular bullying and it is not fair to arrest someone for plainly bothering someone. If someone were to convict a cyber bully they would have to deal with the questions, how does one know what another's intentions are? How does one prove to others what they are? In the case of harassment, the act of harassing or annoying someone, the Supreme Court has ruled that the term annoy is too
In some cases this is the deciding factor in sending a perpetrator to prison. However, eyewitness testimony is not to be fully trusted. Many things can go wrong and end up in a mistaken identification, which can lead to an innocent person being convicted for a crime he or she did not commit. Throughout this paper
What are the boundaries if any? For legitimate purposes I support surveillance of phone calls from/to suspected enemies of the state, but could this lead to an Orwellian society? I think this is a slippery slope and can quickly become a much larger privacy issue than simply “anonymous” phone records. That for me is the moral dilemma in this situation. 3.