Phishing

Identity theft, in its most basic form, is the unlawful and unauthorized use of an individual 's personal information for some perceived benefit by the perpetrator. The use of one 's information could consist of their name, address, Social Security number, or any other personal identifying information. The use of such information is typically unknown by the individual whose information it correctly it is, and the benefits received by the perpetrator of identity theft are typically financial in…

Organized crime is criminal structures created by individuals to support the collaborative pursuit of specific goals. This research paper discusses the criminal structure, answering issues on how organized crime are structured, and how these structures lead to criminal activity and financial gains. The structure itself is divided into entrepreneurial, associational, and quasi-governmental. These three structures address the needs of access to resources, criminal behaviour ideology, social status…

Fear is an emotion that protects living beings from the threats in surroundings, and which has evolved to turn into an added complex. There are certain fears that the most of human beings share. As an example fear of being victimised psychologically as well as physical forms by crimes. Every now and then these fears weird to the plain absurd. The world hear about lots of crime over Media as well as experience lots of low-level offences such as graffiti , Vandalism, being drunk in public places,…

ABC Accounting, Inc. is a quickly growing company looking to upgrade its current network. The company has grown from 5 to 200 employees in the past year and a half. The company is expected to grow to 350 employees in one year. ABC Accounting, Inc. will add more offices in the current building, which will span three floors. To accommodate their growth ABC Accounting is seeking the necessary solution to build an affordable, expandable, and secure network. This proposal will provide a…

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and etc are harmful to children. According to children psychologist, Dr Richard Woolfson, he believes that social networking sites are harmful to children because the social networking sites has removed the barriers between a children’s public and private self in which lead them being vulnerable and exposed to dangerous consequences by compulsive sharing online with the strangers that they met online. Additionally, Dr Woolfson also added…

controversy on the use of these social bots in regards to ethics. It is estimated approximately fifty percent of web traffic is through use of bots. These bots have been set up to send email, monitor forums and others used for malicious activities such as phishing scams and steal information. Social bots utilize social media networks to promote ideas, opinions, values or market products and services. These social bots work to lure real social media users into further promoting what the bot has…

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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.…

Side B, on the other hand, believes that child predators are using social media to target children. “The Internet is quickly becoming another place for sexual predators to prey on unsuspecting children” (Long). “CyberTipline, the nation 's hotline for reporting sexual exploitation of children, received 223,374 reports in 2010, nearly double the 2009 number” (Acohido). Byron Acohido states in his article, “Sexual predators, pornographers and prostitution rings are capitalizing on the rising…

your device with a password when you are away from it. 2. Use a virtual private network (VPN) when connecting to Wi-Fi. A primary concern of security-conscious users is having an intruder spy on your online activities and becoming a target for phishing attacks or hijacked connections. This situation could happen in various settings, especially at unsecure Wi-Fi hotspots, fake cellular base towers or hotel networks that have been compromised by cyber-criminals. Thus, it is best to use VPN…