Security And Data Integrity

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What is Hacking?

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Hacking is the act of gaining illegal access to a computer system

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What are the possible effects of Hacking?

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1. Hacking can lead to identity theft or gaining

personal information

2. Data can be deleted, changed or corrupted

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How can we protect against Hacking?

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1. Use a Firewall

2. Use strong passwords and user ids

3. Use anti-hacking software.

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What are viruses?

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Viruses are program or program code that can replicate/copy itself with the intention of deleting or corrupting files, or cuase the computer to malfunction

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What are the possible effects of viruses?

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1. Viruses can cause the computer to crash, stop

functioning normally or become unresponsive

2. Viruses can delete files/data

3. Viruses can cprrupt files/data

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How can we stop viruses?

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1. Install anti-virus software

2. Don't use software from unknown sources

3. Becareful when opening emails/attachments

from unknown senders

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What is phishing?

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Phishing is when the creator sends out a legitimate-looking email, as soon as the recipient clicks on a link in the email/attachment, the user is sent to a fake/bogus website

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What are the possible effect of phishing?

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1. The creater of the email can gain personal

data such as bank account numbers from

users when they visit the fake website

2. This can lead to fraud or identity theft

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How can we prevent/avoid phishing?

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1. Many ISPs filter out phishing emails

2. The user should always be cautious when

opening emails or attachments

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What is pharming?

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Pharming is malicious code installed on a user's hard drive or on the web server; the code will redirect the user to a fake/bogus website without their knowledge

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What are the possible effect of pharming?

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1. The creator of the malicious code can gain

personal data such as bank account numbers

from users when they visit the fake website

2. This can lead to fraud or identity theft

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How can we prevent pharming?

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1. Some anti-spyware software can identify and

remove the pharming code from the hard

drive

2. The user should always be alert and look out

for clues that they are being redirected to

another webside

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What is wardriving?

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Wardriving is the act of locating and using wireless internet connections illegally; it only requires a laptop (or other portable device), a wireless network card and an wireless network card and an antenna to pick up wireless signals

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What are the effect of wardriving?

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1. It is possible to steal a user's internet time/

allocation by downloading large files (e.g.

movie files)

2. It is possible to hack into the wireless network

and steal a user's password and other

personal details

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How can we prevent wardriving?

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1. Use of wired equivalent privacy (WEP)

encryption

2. Protect use of the wireless device by having

complex passwaords before the internet

can be accessed

3. Use of firewalls to prevent outside users

from gaining access

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What is Spyware/key-logging software?

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Software that gathers information by monitoring key presses on the user's keyboard; the information is then sent back to the person who sent the software

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Whar are the effect of Spyware/key-logging software?

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1. Spyware/key-logging software gives the

originator access to all data entered using a

keyboard on the user's computer

2. The software is able to install other spyware

real cookie data and also change a user's

default web browser

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How can we prevent Spyware/key-logging software?

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1. Use of anti-spyware software

2. The user should always be alert and look

out for clues that their keyboard activity is

beingmonitored

3. Using a mouse to select characters from

passwords (etc.) rather than typing them in

using a keyboard can help reduce the risk