Internet fraud

took with this assignment I first searched Privacy and Security in The Internet through Googles search engine then the Library Database. I read through the title of the articles to see which one came close to the topic. I then followed same steps on the Library database looking for Scholarly articles only. This article referenced how President Obama Administration is increasing our cybersecurity against cyberattacks. The internet holds thorough information about our lives, but the fact it’s been…

The opponents of regulation also argue that any form of internet regulation is against the individual’s rights to freedom of expression and the concept of net neutrality because in such a scenario a person may not be able to choose the content he wants to view. However, it should be clearly understood that society is greater than a single person and if such rights of freedom cause harm to the values of the society as a whole, then it is perhaps the responsibility of the government to intervene…

ways for one to lose their identity. Dumpster diving, phishing scams, phone scams, various viruses and card scanning schemes are some of the many tactics used to steal identity. According to the Department of Justice, “identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that…

Clayton Anderson Ethics in the Profession Midterm The Ethical Case of AshleyMadison.com To begin discussing this case you must know some of the history and information about the website. First off the name Ashley Madison was not a real person it actually comes from the conjunction of two popular female names “Ashley” and “Madison”. The Website has a slogan which is “Life is short. Have an affair.”. This site is owned by Avid Life Media along with another site called EstablishedMen.com…

In the TED talk, “A vision of crimes in the future” Marc Goodman speaks about how advancing technology is used for crime. From terrorists to robbers, the use of technology allows these people to have an advantage over law enforcement. The terrorist attack in Mumbai used modern communications to allow the terrorist to have an advantage over the police by having a live feed of information from a control center. On the other side of crime is the advancing of gene and cell technology. The same…

prevalent ones are the credit card chip attack because hackers will be able to sniff the networks and grab the data of the customer when its live sending to the banks as a transaction. Another prevalent threat would be the zombie botnets because the Internet of Things can be hacked, a trend of IoT devices for botnets will start to hack smart TVs, cameras, medical devices, and even toasters these botnet armies will launch DDos attacks on banks and many other targets such as schools maybe like…

Developments Domestic Violence in the Digital Age: Towards the Creation of a Comprehensive Cyberstalking Statute. She describes how much more dangerous for stalking has gotten to because of the digital technologies everyone has now. “Indeed, the Internet has provided a new vehicle by which individuals can commit the traditional act of stalking” (117). Due to the emphasis Shimizu set on the word ‘tradition’, it meant that it is more dangerous now than before because of the extreme reliance of…

As you are well aware the world is strikingly different and has evolved through constant change. The same may be stated for the military and social media, when I first entered military service in 1977 our social media was personal interaction, slow-mail and phone conversations. Now we acknowledge various mediums that we may use to communicate or keep in touch with family, friends and so forth. The military acknowledges the fact that social media is an intricate part of our culture, social-media…

VTech, the company, is a direct stakeholder of this information issue of children privacy getting compromised as a result of the data breach. VTech strives to provide innovation through technology. This is resonated in their mission statement which says, “To design, manufacture and supply innovative, high quality products that minimize any impact on the environment, while creating sustainable value for our stakeholders and communities” (VTech Holdings Limited, n.d.). While the mission statement…

How is our information being accessed? If you feel uncomfortable knowing how easy it access your internet history, there are more serious cases where computers have been hacked into, and the user has been completely unaware of the illegal activity happening at the time. What methods are being used to get this information? Well it’s quite easy actually. Here are just a few threats that put our internet privacy at risk: Cookie proliferation: The invisible cookie software agents that track your…