The Hacker

The Operation Payback Manifesto from the online hacker group Anonymous was a fascinating read. The group claims its purpose is to fight for the free flow of information and the freedom of speech. The hackers say that any institution or individual that actively works to disrupt these rights will become a target. They will be targeted by having their online world disrupted. For instance, if a corporation engages in censorship of information, anonymous will occupy critical bandwidth resources that…

users. When there is technology involved, there is a potential way you can get hacked in some way. That is what hackers are doing with your information leading to identity theft. There are numerous ways hackers can do with your information. For example, if hackers obtain your social security, address, name, birthdate, they can open credit cards or take out a loan using your name. Also, hackers can pretty much do anything with your information, not buying items or stealing money from you they can…

Technology, it plays a very important part in our everyday lives. It's in our homes, in our neighborhood, and in our city. Almost everywhere you go, you will find technology and that is the problem. Almost every piece of technology has a camera. Cameras are everywhere and that's a bad thing, privacy is no longer a reality, there will always be someone watching you. Privacy, we want it, we need it, and it helps show our true selves. No one truly is how they act in public, people talk and act…

and promote online safety against hackers. This would improve the internet user’s experience by eliminating the cyber threat. But we are also able to take precautions and educate ourselves with the common hacker scams that target social media sites such as phishing scams where they try to get your login information by tricking you to log into their fake login screen caused by a link you may or may have not clicked. Always have a strong password because hackers use software to figure them out…

possible job choices you have, so, you could enjoy a profession with high pay? Worry no more! Thomas Frey, author of Communicating With the Future shared his insights about some of the fast growing power professions in the future. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Believe it or not, but this job belongs to the lists. Many companies actually hire experts in this field to “purposely” hack computer system in order to identify some possible…

game responded. "Players connected. Game Start!" The screens filled with simulated controls of an airplane. The people, including Salem, did nothing. "What are we waiting for?"asked Majed, confused. "Oh, we must wait for the ID and the airport hackers to finish. Just keep track of the meters on the panel. Make sure they aren't low." "So, what does happen in this…

In 2013, in the days prior to Black Friday, hackers stole credit card information for millions of Target customers. The hackers set their traps and planned the data’s escape course. They uploaded exfiltration malware to move stolen credit card numbers. To cover their tracks, they first moved the stolen numbers to staging points spread around the United States. The information was then moved into the hackers’ computers in Russia. The FireEye software Target had installed six months prior to…

After reading “Off Center” by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson for class, I was left with some thoughts that I would like to talk about in this response paper. I will be focusing on identifying an important, researchable issue that was not addressed in this reading. I believe that Hacker and Pierson do an excellent job of using detailed arguments and explanations for why the political party spectrum, and specifically the GOP, is off center. However, this book was written 10 years ago, and I believe…

recommendation to the National Security Council is to pursue Policy #4, using a honeynet to trap attackers and provide attribution. This technical solution is far more covert than our other alternative policies. It allows us to obtain knowledge about hackers’ methods and means of attack during their attempts to infiltrating sensitive data. Most importantly, it could potentially provide irrefutable evidence for attribution. This evidence enables the US to impose harsher sanctions without fear of…

Introduction: On Wednesday May 31st, 2017 unspecified number of Kmart stores which are owned by Sears Holding Corp became prey of malware attack. Their point-of -sale system had been infected by malware and their customer’s payment card data got exposed to hackers. Summary The security breach happened at Kmart affected unspecified number of stores which has compromised customers credit card numbers. As per the spoke person from Kmart they recently became aware of the unauthorized credit card…