Malware

Edward Snowden Thesis: Edward Snowden releasing government files was a good thing, for some. Edward Snowden was part of a series of leaks of government intelligence files that were linked to multiple different countries, countries that include Australia, England, and the U.S. Snowden first released the leaks in May 2013, Snowden had initially released them to the British Newspaper, The Guardian. One of the larger secrets that Snowden released was an order for Verizon which forced them to…

Dictators do not want their people to be ‘free’. If their people have unrestricted liberty to “work; learn; and relax… express itself in any forum and through any media, organize itself along any criteria, respond thoughtfully to the decisions of your administration and participate in the process of governing,” then they are free to organize against their dictatorship (Wood 83). To help regulate and keep control, dictators will instill fear into their citizens with threats. A citizen who is…

Cyberwarfare is defined as a new generation of war that uses computers and software to attack networks and acquire data or damage important infrastructures to get advantage in a military campaign. Nowadays, cyber espionage to obtain access to data bases is common. By using viruses or spyware hackers can invade military or governmental networks to get classified information in order to gain intelligence. An example was the cyber spy GhostNet supposedly used by China in 2009. According to the…

(Weisbaum, 2016) The data breaches are not the only concern, the recent attacks on hospitals using a malware called ransomware is becoming a common problem for many hospitals. The ransomware encrypts data preventing the organization from accessing the data unless a ransom is paid. Denying access to critical hospital data in a timely manner can cause financial…

“There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails.” That quote from Nancy Kassebaum explains just how important it is for technology to be integrated into the learning process. On the other hand, if we were to remove textbooks from the classroom will not make it easier to learn but rather more difficult. Many small and large schools have already switched over to tablets for…

of malicious software to use the administrator permissions and manipulate the operating system. Unlike Windows, Linux does not give the initial user any administrator permissions, or root access, after installation to avoid any complications with malware from the start of the system. Since Linux is open source and the code is accessible to anyone, any code flaws are usually found and resolved quickly by a member of the OS distribution community. Windows is privatized and does not leave their…

Authentication With the rapid growth of Web-based applications, the Internet is a perfect target for hackers. Attacking an individual person or a multi-billionaire company is achievable in a click of a button. Today, almost everything is done by means of using the Internet, from simple email access to paying bills online, managing online banking, filling out taxes, shopping, and so on. As a result, the Internet has become a feeding ground for hackers. These presents a great deal of concerns and…

Cheri Davidson Identity Theft Identity theft has been an epidemic for much longer than most people realize, or care to admit. There was a time when stealing someone’s identity was as easy as claiming to be someone else. The more complicated technology gets it is important not to allow a false sense of security from identity theft, as there are several ways for one to lose their identity. Dumpster diving, phishing scams, phone scams, various viruses and card scanning schemes are some of the…

threat report. IT supply chain integrity issues are growing more complex as IT systems are assembled from a large number of geographically diverse providers (Gartner, 2012). To mitigate this issue of equipment being constructed with back doors, malware and other vulnerabilities, proposed legistlation has been suggested. The legistlation proposes that testing be perfomred on products produced abroad and if anything is revealed suspicious it can be rejected. The overall, prediction is…

Top ten valid an in valid websites Since the birth of the internet websites has come and go, the internet went through the dot- com stage where it inspired many hopes for the future of online business. For this reason, many companies were trying to open a dot.com. The market became flooded with Dot-com that wanted to do a parentage of its business on the Internet. They work through a website that uses a domain. before the bubble burst dot-com stock soared to a very high price and everybody…