Computer security

31st, 2017 unspecified number of Kmart stores which are owned by Sears Holding Corp became prey of malware attack. Their point-of -sale system had been infected by malware and their customer’s payment card data got exposed to hackers. Summary The security breach happened at Kmart affected unspecified number of stores which has compromised customers credit card numbers. As per the spoke person from Kmart they recently became aware of the unauthorized credit card activity following certain…

that each of the organization’s computer systems are safe and free from any internal and external threats that may affect the operations of the business. As the company offers its services to different clients, the IT department makes sure that all operations are streamlined and that every system made to effect its operations is functional. Additionally, the department takes a center role in protecting its users from malicious attacks that could lead to different security threats being posed to…

effectiveness of the response to the security breach. Provide support for your rationale. The accounting field has over past few decades witnessed a number of changes mostly due to increased advancement in technology level. There has been an improvement from paper-based journal and ledgers to a new level of accounting system that is completely automated (The WritePass Journal, 2012). The Accounting Information System commonly referred to as AIS is an automated system that is computer based is…

information can open a credit card account or obtain another kind of loan under another’s name, causing this other person to be proverbially “stuck with the bill.” Sadly, identity theft seems increasingly common in this day of age. Perhaps the aid of computers has made identity theft a greater temptation…

November 6, 2014, Home Depot Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer was hacked by cybercriminals. Hackers gained access to Home Depot Inc., systems by stealing a password from a vendor. The hackers were able to breach Home Depot computer system and steal information for 56 million credit and debit card accounts and 53 million email address of customers. Although, the hackers had only access to the perimeter of Home Depot networks it was a vulnerability in Microsoft…

used by the private sector and public sector; and vulnerability assessments for mobile devices in the BYOD environment may seem to have little in common. However, each comes with security issues, policy controls to be implemented, and human factors that influence the recommended policies. With so many aspects requiring security, the challenge is to recognize important issues, implement effective and comprehensive policies, and be mindful of how those policies are affected. 2. Zero Day Exploits…

tracks, they first moved the stolen numbers to staging points spread around the United States. The information was then moved into the hackers’ computers in Russia. The FireEye software Target had installed six months prior to the 2013 attack, detected the hacking process. Target’s information security team in Bangalore got an alert and flagged Target’s security team in Minneapolis. And then ---- nothing happened. Despite the cyber-attack, Target is still a great company overall. Target…

of IT security. Rouge access points, and seemingly misplaced thumb drives could be gateways into bad times in IT…

Internet technology for voting ,education,security and banking . Today almost all government offices are connected by it. A recent example of cyber espionage is breach of the federal government’s background-check database - the office of personal management (OPM) where hackers stole information of 21.5 million people which has information of people applying for security clearances. The data also included fingerprints of 1.1 million Americans,Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses…

stay private. Privacy is something that is very important and something that everyone has in common, but in the past few years that privacy barrier has been broken multiple times and the freedom of keeping secrets has been taken away. The National Security Agency (NSA) is an agency that hopes to protect the U.S. secrets, and outwit their opponents in data superhighway, while at the same time protect the privacy rights of the American people (“What We Do”). The NSA is supposed to help the…