Computer security

ABSTRACT This research paper is based on cyber-terrorism. Cyber-terrorism is committed by terrorists who perform acts of violence to influence the behavior of those who have different opinions from their own, with the use of computer based systems. The US government has been targeted by various terrorist groups though cyber-attacks. The nature of organizations which employ the use of Data-Controlled Systems enables such threats to have a great impact on organizations. Cyber threats in…

Anonymous also fights for good, in theory at least, fighting to prevent censorship and the abuse of power. This can go more than overboard though as most of the attacks made by anonymous ended up being rather extreme and compromising innocent users’ security to get a message out to a large corporation. In a way this is the most effective way as it forces the company in question to act to prevent a reputation from being sullied but there are still better ways to get the message across. Anonymous…

7 Eric and Dylan Had Been Arrested Before Huffingtonpost.com In January 1998, one year before the massacre Eric and Dylan were charged with criminal mischief, trespassing, and theft for breaking into a locked van and stealing computers. Surprising they both made a good impression on the juvenile officers who oversaw their assigned classes and treatment. They were so well behaved that they were discharged from a program a few months early. Harris wrote an apology letter to the owner of the van…

of the highly sought profession in the technology industry. Knowing that hackers are highly intelligent people who derive pleasure in manipulating technology to do what they are not intended to, they can be very helpful in different industry where security important. As a typical hacker, you would want to know how technology work, and why they perform certain functions. Should you think like a “black hat”, “white hat”, or “grey hat” hacker? Honestly speaking, a typical hacker might be very good…

Officer Green will represent the best friend of fifteen years to Officer Johnny. Officer Johnny will represent himself, the police officer who is working an unauthorized security job with a firm. Officer Green and Officer Johnny are both assigned to work patrol on the midnight shift and have been together through thick and thin over the last fifteen years. In the scenario provided Officer Johnny is described as being a great police officer, who gives back to the community regularly. Officer…

that a lot of my settings had changed,” he says. A colleague and I were able to duplicate this lack of notification with a quick test: Venmo doesn’t alert you if your password or email credentials change from within the account. “There are basic security holes that you could drive a truck through,” Chris said. (Griswold, 2015) Chis continued to have trouble as he attempted to figure out how to contact Venmo and attempt to get his money back. He found that there is a $50 liability if the fraud is…

Discussion Points 1. Do some Internet research on Chevron’s use of seismic imaging technology? Briefly explain how it works and how it has helped Chevron discover new oil and gas reservoirs. Seismic waves are used to study earthquakes. Seismic imaging technology is widely used to explore underground oil and gas reservoirs by sending sound waves by ultrasensitive device, geophones which detect the appropriate location of oil and gas. This technology is successful in tapping the locations for oil…

Aritra Chatterjee Assignment #9 – Design patterns Date: Nov. 11, 2017 Compare and contrast the use of Decorator and Strategy patterns in two practical scenarios Introduction Decorator pattern – “Attach additional responsibilities to an object dynamically. Decorators provide a flexible alternative to subclassing for extending functionality” [1]. Decorators are transparent to the component they are decorating, that is, they allow augmenting the existing functionality of a component at…

Franklin Clinton Franklin Clinton is one of the three main characters from a video game called, “Grand Theft Auto V”. His height is 6’0”. Franklin is 27 years old. His first job was towing cars. He is sometimes nice, sometimes gets mad, strong, a really good driver, and used to be a gang banger. Even though he’s a criminal and a gang banger, he just do it to protect himself and for money. He live in a poor neighborhood but as soon as he met a guy name Michael, who is also a criminal but more…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that certain implantable cardiac devices of St. Jude Medical have vulnerabilities that let the hacker access a device. The devices, such as defibrillators and pacemakers are used to control heart functions and prevent heart attacks. The penetrable devices under FDA’s warning are the Merlin@home Transmitters made by St. Jude Medical, which are the part of the home monitor. Pacemakers and other implanted cardiac devices use a wireless RF signal to…