Phishing

broader term. Malware is the overall software that is designed, but there are variants of Malware that are more specific and have different intents when it comes to the victim. Among those variants include Trojan Horses, Worms, Rootkits, Spyware and Phishing. The terms are different and each form of Malware are known for their own purposes. As a collective unit, their purpose is universally the same, which is to inflict as much damage on the user or users as much as…

Some of the most popular ways that a person’s identity is stolen is from the criminal going through the victim’s trash, stealing mail, phishing, or skimming. The first two ways are obvious, but the other two terms may not be familiar to everyone. Phishing is when the criminal poses as someone else, from an individual that works at a bank to law enforcement, in order to gain information from the victim through phone calls or e-mail. Skimming occurs…

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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 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…

addresses, or bank account information. This technique is known as phishing and although most users are aware of the attacker’s scheme, even if one every few hundred thousand users fall for this, it is still a significant amount of compromised accounts. Phishing can result in harm to the user’s account as well as friends and anyone who is subscribed to their page. Once attackers gain access to that user’s account they can then spread the phishing link on that user’s page which will in turn show…

How technology has changed society through identity theft Zaida Liciaga Turabo University Prof. Myra Velez Abstract Until not long ago, when a thief stole the wallet or briefcases, money was all he intended. That is changing, now the most valuable is the number of your credit card, debit cards, checks and other documents containing personal information. Currently this type of fraud are based on stealing confidential information through social networks. Identity theft is one of the fastest…

The divulgence of a small business’s secrets is one of the worst things imaginable. Unfortunately, data security breaches are happening more often. “But I have a small business,” you’re thinking. “No one would take the time to hack into my systems and steal my information.” Quite the contrary. According to Stephen Cobb, a senior security researcher, small businesses are the perfect target for hacking. Large companies use a great deal of resources to ensure data security. However, small…

Phishing is form of social engineering commonly done through email messages were hackers falsify the content of the email. The content appears to be genuine and requests users to login. Hackers are able to retrieve user’s credentials by the user’s clicking on the falsify link which direct the user’s to a bogus website and prompts a user to enter their username and password. A security company known as RSA Security LLC believes phishing was the cause of Sony’s hack. A series of phishing messages…

P3: Explain the potential risks to an organization of committing to an e-commerce system Risks 1. Hacking In computer interacting, hacking is any technical effort to operate the normal performance of network links and connected systems. A hacker is any person engaged in hacking. Today, however, hacking and hackers are most commonly associated with malicious programming attacks on the Internet and other networks. Hacking can lead to theft of important information which can be sold to other…

P1 – The impacts that different types of threats have on an organisation Technical Failure A technical failure can be caused for many different situations. Most devices will fail at some point because of some kind of error. There are certain measures that can be put into place to avoid these errors from occurring more often. Such as the training of staff of the device they are using so these issues will become less common and then they will also be to most likely solve the problem also. Regular…