Botnet

Cybersecurity research ethics group has pointed out some challenges. These challenges are not exceptional, but increasingly the norm. For example: (i) to recognize significant Internet threats and develop effective defenses researchers infiltrate malicious botnets; (ii) to understand Internet fraud(phishing) studies researchers surreptitiously observe users in order to ascertain typical behaviors; and (iii) to empirically measure network usage and characteristics researchers require access to…

Alex Marshall Media Literacy Andrew Smith 10/28/2016 Piracy Research Paper: How Piracy Has/Will Influenced Advertising When it comes to piracy, most people assume its effect-both positive and negative-is limited to the stealing music, films, and television shows. Although, this is correct and countless of research proves this, it goes much deeper. Piracy also influences the advertising field. The people’s whose jobs are to sell a certain product to the public often can find their ads not only…

Describe how terrorist groups can make the use of internet to spread terror group messages and recruit new members. Give one or more actual examples of this. Many terror groups, whether Islamists or Marxists, nationalists or separatists, or even racists and anarchists have widely endorsed the use of internet to further their ideologies, raise funds, and in the recruitment of new members- both active jihadists and passive supporters (Weimann, 2014). According to Ressler (2006), most terror groups…

Here at Widgets International need to take into account different security aspects with the recent merger and integration of the two networks. Also if we plan on being number one in the global widget industry we need to take into account possible threats not only from outside but also within our network. We are going to have to deploy hardware as well as software to protect our network. A computer use policy will also have to be created as we will have a unified network with more people…

2.1.4 Smartphone's technologies Many users around the world feel attached to their mobile phones, back in around late 1980's the very first mobile phone was available in the market for purchase, of course not everyone could afford to buy it at that time yet it had limited functionality such as making calls and possibly sending text messages, then it gradually changed from there towards these technologies. As the names suggests, smart phones are multifunction device which allows its users…

With the onslaught of hacking and breaches in privacy by groups ranging from hacker cults to the NSA, individuals and corporations must take steps to protect themselves and their data to prevent any further damage. The impacts of coordinated hacking attacks are widespread and can affect any online services: ranging from PayPal to Sony’s PlayStation Network. A team of hackers, especially one with global support such as Anonymous advocate a policy called “hacktivism”. The concept of hacktivism…

Introduction I. Vulnerability Assessments (Or “What do we have of value that must be protected?”) A. The Company Network Figure 1: Existing Company Network 1. Physical Devices a) The NETGEAR MR814 Wireless Router (all versions) has two key vulnerabilities. First, the MR814 only supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption to secure traffic sent over the wireless network [1]. WEP has numerous, well documented vulnerabilities and exploits. In its standard implementation, WEP can be…

data in the RAM will be lost. Although RAM allows data to be accessed much faster which speeds up the computer. More RAM allows for more applications running with the same, fast speed. Managing Threats to Data Common threats to data consist of Botnets, DDoS (Distributed denial of service), Hacking, etc. You can manage and prevent data threats with antivirus/malware/hacking/etc software. By downloading a legitimate program you can protect your computers data. The software will alert you if…

In its beginning, the Internet was much slower than it is today, requiring companies to host their own networks in order to interconnect their computer systems. As the Internet continues to evolve and become faster with each passing year, the ability has emerged for companies to cut costs by offloading their networks to companies who host these services over the Internet. This practice has widely come to be known as Cloud Computing. The benefits of such a service are many, but it does come with…

Malicious software or malware occurs not because of technology failure but because of the human element, people can be easily manipulated through social engineering (Muscanell, Guagagno, & Murphy, 2014). Social engineering is the use psychological tactics to influence individuals to assist their own victimization. The world of mobile devices keeps growing exponentially. Mobile devices, especially smartphones are easily accessible and with internet service they have become essential to people.…