The Hacker

In fact, some hackers are using their skills for fun, to play trick on people, to show their capacities or to use their abilities in a good way without any bad intention behind their heads. For instance, in the article,” United Pays Millions Pays Miles to Hacker Who Spotted IT-System Flaw” published by the New York Times, the author reports that,” two hackers have scored a million frequent-flier miles each on United Airlines for finding…

Cora Garcia Mrs. Briscoe Honors English 1 Were You Hacked, Or Nah? It’s more than likely that you have been hacked before. Records say that more than 145 million Americans have been victims to hackers. It can be useful to think of hackers as burglars and malicious software as their burglary tools. Having researched cybercrime and technology use among criminal populations for more than a decade, I know that both types of miscreants want to find ways into secure places – computers and…

they belong to. To get this information, a hacker might use various tools and technologies. There are various methods in which a hacker can obtain your information/data. One in particular that comes to mind is Port Scanning. Other methods of gaining access to a network infrastructure would be Social Engineering, Keylogging, Denial of Service, otherwise known as DOS/DDOS, Waterhole Attacks, etc. This is just a short list of the different attacks that hackers use on a daily basis in order to…

Ease of data management is one of the biggest advantages to any business in the world since the technology boom. A Security breach occurs when hackers illegally gain access to the private and confidential database of companies. It is the intrusion by hackers into the network of a computer or the network of multiple of multiple computers in order to steal or destroy confidential company information. In most cases this information is the personal information of the company’s customers and other…

They released the Super Nintendo system, it was a 16-bit video game console (MacNeil). They went on to make the SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Advanced, Nintendo DS, 3DS, etc. (MacNeil). As the game came out, hackers are always there to find holes in the system to exploit the game and use it to the consumer’s benefit. All the game from the 1990s to the early 2000s were all easy to hack, however, as technology advance, the piracy protection increases also. Although…

and the homepod are good example of the new technology. They can be a microphone that might be turned on all day, listening to your conversations and keeping records without you not even knowing. There are laws to prevent hackers from getting our information; however hackers only need 10 minutes to get your six letters…

These attack are meant to take down companies’ servers. All of this could have been prevented if these companies focused more on their security rather than their profits. The group responsible for this calls themselves the “Lizard Squad”, a team of hackers that allegedly takes down companies to force them to work on their security. According to them, the attack was very easy and only took little time and money. If Microsoft and Sony increased their budget for their security program, it would…

biometrics. Biometric security is the use of a biological data to secure the phone, this includes fingerprint, iris or face scanners. As previously stated, the use of four number pins are ineffective because if given enough time or preparation, any hacker can bypass this. This problem is similar for most passwords within any online service, which is why most phones offer to save passwords when accessing certain applications. The main problem with a password is that it must be long and difficult…

recommended in order to make it difficult for hackers to access the network, and easier for security staff to detect the invasion; since multiple layers of protection would be implemented. For instance, with the defense in depth, data would have not been accessed so easily or without any sort of alert (Vijayan, 2014). By the time the first, second, and third layers were accessed, information security staffs would be notified, and in addition, hackers would have been tired, trying to reach the…

As technology grows it makes it easier for people to steal banking information and spend your money. Hackers can see credit card numbers when not using a secure website when buying things online and use that to buy things on their own. Personally, I have had this experience and find out about it from checking my bank account and saw I had no money in my…